SOLIDWORKS Electrical is filled with time saving tools that aid in schematic creation, report generation, and 3D Wire routing. On top of the traditional functionality, SOLIDWORKS Electrical includes a robust feature-set to handle Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). Defining PLCs is a breeze thanks to the high-level PLC Management tools and placing them on the schematic can leverage Dynamic Symbols to streamline the schematic development process. One of the trickiest parts of designing PLCs is having to handle the Inputs/Outputs as well as channel addresses. Fortunately, SOLIDWORKS Electrical has efficiency gaining processes to quell even the most cumbersome tasks.

Join us as SOLIDWORKS Elite Application Engineer, Sawyer Gara, walks through how to utilize SOLIDWORKS Electrical to design and document your PLCS in an Electrical Schematic. We’ll discuss how SOLIDWORKS Electrical manages and tracks PLCs at a high level. Then we look at inserting the PLC symbol using both standard and dynamic symbols available for Electrical Schematic Professional. To take this one step further, SOLIDWORKS Electrical allows us to easily represent different slots of a PLC on different pages while maintaining the connection to the top-level PLC. Finally, any assigned channel data information can be pushed downstream to connected terminals.

Key Takeaways:
- Managing Simple or Complex PLCS
- Inserting Dynamic PLC Symbols
- Representing PLCs in Multiple Ways
- Pushing Channel Data to Connected Terminals