”Impressive software for electrical design!”

cadett ELSA is a complete system for electrical design for all categories of users. cadett ELSA is easy to use. You can start by using cadett ELSA as a simple and rational documentation tool. But cadett ELSA will also cover the needs of flexibility and automation that the most advanced users have.

The product is available in different variants.

cadett ELSA View does not require an AutoCAD. cadett ELSA Start, cadett ELSA Basic and cadett ELSA Professional are primarily intended to be used with AutoCAD or AutoCAD Electrical 2009, 2008, 2007 or 2006.

cadett ELSA Start is ideal for simple tasks. cadett ELSA Basic covers every-day needs while cadett ELSA Professional is equipped with advanced features like wire handling and translations.

• The drawing environment helps you to create your drawing sheets faster.
   
• The OnLine automatic functions will help you to create an error free documentation in a fraction of the time that otherwise would be required.
   
• Tables and lists of all kinds are generated by cadett ELSA automatically.
   
• Dynamic OnLine allows you make changes in the lists. The drawing sheets are automatically updated accordingly.
   
• The whole system is controllable using ActiveX. All information can be exported and imported. This gives extraordinary possibilities for automation solutions among other things.

The Project Module of cadett ELSA keeps all projects in good order. The same tree structure is available for all users. You can have several parallel structures for the same projects in order to have the best possible availability. Its for example possible to organize the same projects both in a plant oriented structure and a organizational structure simultaneously.

Multiple users can work in the same project at the same time with all OnLine functions still avail¬able, also between the users.

Multiple projects may be connected to each other in so-called super projects. You will then have references between the projects as well.
 

A project can simultaneously be managed in an arbitrary number of revisions where they all are accessible. Lists of differences concerning devices, connections, terminals, cables and documents between selected revisions are generated automatically.

The drawing environment makes it easy to create circuit diagrams. The OnLine automatic functions are fully integrated.

The OnLine automatic functions will help the designer directly during the design work. There will be no waiting! Pick a contactor from the catalogue. The corresponding symbols for coil and contact mirror will be inserted automatically. The system will generate the item designation automatically. Help contacts will get contact numbers automatically according to the contact mirror. You can select any of the unused contacts in the contact mirror from a dialogue box. If no contacts are available you will be given information of that. All cross-references are generated automatically. Everything is easy to use with dialogue boxes. You only have to click!

Even the wire handling is OnLine. You will immediately receive information of any errors in the wiring. Everything is shown in clear and colourful graphics directly on the screen.

At any time during the design work you can press a key and a device list, a cable core list, a symbol list, a terminal plan or an internal wire list is presented. Directly on the screen. You can alter the lists. The drawing sheets are updated immediately. OnLine!

cadett ELSA is delivered with seven symbol li¬braries containing well over 5000 symbols. The international standards IEC1082 and IEC113 are supported. Also the German DIN, the American JIC and the international ISO1219 for hydraulics and pneumatics are supported. A library inspired by SSG for instrument is integrated with IEC1082. Finally an extensive cabinet layout li¬brary is included.

The interactive Symbol Generator makes it easy to create user-defined symbols.

The Drawing Manager will keep your drawings in good order. The title fields of the drawing sheets and the archive database are fully configurable. The drawing manager gives exceptional performance. You can make changes in the title fields of hundreds of drawing sheets in a fraction of a second!

cadett ELSA contains an integrated high-quality viewer. You can view and plot drawing sheets without opening them with AutoCAD. Therefore it is much faster.

The symbols for the cabinet layouts can be selected and inserted automatically if desired. The cabinet layouts are automatically linked to the circuit diagrams with cross-references. The optimization of the wiring will take the information of the cabinet layout into consideration in order to find the shortest path for the wires within the cabinet.

The automatic functions of cadett ELSA are used to the extent of your own desire. You can gladly mix methods doing some things manually and others automatically. The automatic functions will always respect the work that you have done manually and not make any unintentional alterations.

Some examples:

• Automatic generation of item designations
• Automatic wire numbering
• Forced connection generation
• Automatic cable core numbering
• Automatic terminal numbering
• Automatic error handling.

cadett ELSA contains a complete manager for component catalogues. It is easy to insert new resources, to search and to edit the information. Electrical data, supplier, manufacturer, price, measurements, quantity on stock and a lot of other data can be contained.

The catalogue uses so-called Client/Server Technology in order to give the best possible performance even when the data quantities and the number of users grow.

It is easy to import catalogue data from suppliers. Text files, databases and Excel sheets can be imported. Other formats can also be imported by converting them to one of the supported ones.

The import function takes any changes that you have made into consideration when re-importing catalogue data. Manually made changes will not be overwritten.

The File Manager will take care of backup copying and storing on any drives. You can save your projects on diskettes, hard discs, CD, DVD or other media. You can use data compression.

With the report generator you can create all imaginable and unimaginable tables and lists. Among others the following are supplied as standard:

• Device and ordering lists
• Cable and cable core lists
• Terminal lists
• Terminal plans
• Terminal plans with graphical links
• Internal and external wire lists
• External connection diagrams
• Tables of contents

It is easy to create user defined report definitions.

The heart of cadett ELSA is the automation server PDS which handles all project related data. The open interface does not only make it possible but also very easy to transfer data to and from cadett ELSA, from and to other programs. For example you can transfer the device list to Excel, change the data there and then transfer the altered information back to cadett ELSA where the PDS will make sure that the drawing sheets are updated automatically!

All functions in cadett ELSA can be remotely controlled using ActiveX. This may be used to automatically generate documentation, like PLC drawings from I/O lists.

With the Script Generator you are able to handle many drawing sheets at once automatically. For example you can plot many drawing sheets, change the title fields or make any other manipulation in many sheets at once.

Text in the drawing sheets can be translated between an unlimited number of languages using an integrated dictionary. It is easy to extend the dictionary with more words or expressions that you might want to translate.

The installation program takes care of all types of installations, from the simplest local new installation, to more complex network installations where user data should be fetched from multiple old installations.

Incremental updates are available directly via the Internet. The installation of these no-charge updates is very simple.

New versions containing important new functionality are released once a year. It is possible to buy them as a subscription at an annual fee, or one by one, if you prefer that.

At any time you can import user data of your own choice from other installations of cadett ELSA. This may be used in a number of different situations. After installing a new version the first thing you would do – for example – would be to import all user data like projects, symbols, catalogues etc. from the previous version. The same type of import can be used to transfer data between a portable computer and a network installation of cadett ELSA. This is very useful if you for example would like to continue the work with your projects when travelling or from other locations where you do not have access to your local area network.

cadett ELSA is equipped with a hardware lock. You are therefore free from all the troubles with authorization codes and similar that you experience in connection with software based licensing systems. It is easy and trouble free to move licenses between computers.

Floating licenses with server-based multiple license hardware locks are available as an alternative or in combination with local locks.

English, German and Swedish available.

cadett ELSA is a multi-user system. To accomplish the best possible performance modern tecnology like client/server-solutions are used.

To install cadett ELSA as a multi-user system in a network, a Windows-server is required.

cadett ELSA can also be installed as a single user-system on a local computer.

• Pentium 4 or similar
• Windows XP or Vista
• AutoCAD or AutoCAD Electrical 2009, 2008, 2007 or 2006
• 1 GB RAM or more

cadett ELSA is developed by cadett ab in Sweden and Germany together with international cooperation partners and is marketed all over Europe.

Financing solutions are available.

Please contact cadett or a reseller in your own neighborhood. We will be happy to help you. The best way is of course to have a meeting where we can show you cadett ELSA.