Altium Develop
Altium Develop is a collaborative innovation environment that connects design, engineering, and manufacturing stakeholders in one place. Instead of teams working in isolation, it provides a shared space where feedback, design changes, and requirements are tracked as they happen. Built on the Altium 365 ecosystem, it bridges disciplines such as electrical, mechanical, software, and sourcing to reduce miscommunication and delays. By giving suppliers and production engineers an early voice in the process, it minimizes rework and accelerates product delivery. The result is a faster, more transparent path from concept to production, with alignment across every stage of development.
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PVcase
PVcase Ground Mount is an AutoCAD-based software that allows you to design solar power plants at utility scale. It allows solar engineers to reduce project costs and increase reliability while improving solar plant performance. Realistic, terrain-based PV layouts can reduce project uncertainty and eliminate design errors. Great solar designs can be ruined by poor CAPEX. Get a clear breakdown of the project costs early. Optimize your design and assess potential near-shading issues. Streamline your electrical design by streamlining string mapping and device placement. You can easily download and share cable runs, piling lengths and other cost estimates with your team. PVsyst allows you to export your PV design in a custom format.
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Autodesk Fusion 360
Fusion 360 seamlessly integrates design, engineering, electronics, and manufacturing into one cohesive software environment. It offers a comprehensive suite that combines CAD, CAM, CAE, and PCB capabilities within a single development platform. Additionally, users benefit from features like EAGLE Premium, HSMWorks, Team Participant, and various cloud-based services, including generative design and cloud simulation. With an extensive range of modeling tools, engineers can effectively design products while ensuring their form, fit, and function through multiple analysis techniques. Users can create and modify sketches using constraints, dimensions, and advanced sketching tools. It also allows for editing or fixing imported geometry from other file formats with ease. Design modifications can be made without concern for time-dependent features, enabling flexibility in the workflow. Furthermore, the software supports the creation of intricate parametric surfaces for tasks such as repairing or designing geometry, while history-based features like extrude, revolve, loft, and sweep dynamically adapt to any design alterations made. This versatility makes Fusion 360 an essential tool for modern engineering practices.
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AutoCAD Plant 3D
AutoCAD includes the 2022 Plant 3D toolset, which allows users to design and modify P&IDs, build 3D models, and generate piping orthographics and isometrics using specialized tools tailored for plant design. This toolset facilitates collaboration among project teams, ensuring compliance with industry standards while operating within a cloud-based common data environment. Standard symbol libraries, such as PIP, ISA, ISO/DIN, and JIS, are readily available in the tool palettes for efficient usage. Users can easily detect potential errors by analyzing P&IDs for data consistency based on customizable rules. Moreover, the tool enables rapid creation of 3D plant models utilizing parametric equipment modeling, structural steel libraries, and project-specific piping specifications derived from established piping catalogs. As the 3D model evolves, users can directly extract and update piping orthographic drawings, ensuring that all representations remain accurate. Additionally, collaboration with different industry disciplines is essential for generating comprehensive BIM models for plant projects, enhancing overall project efficiency and accuracy.
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