By Miles Nicholson
The following is a general overview of the ARKANCE Localiser and its functionality. More detail about the product and its functions can be found in the PDF Operation Instructions in the ARKANCE Community APPS section.
- eXtras Ribbon with functions not available in the default “out of the box” AutoCAD Electrical such as the KKS numbering of wires, PromisE conversion, Align Attributes etc.
- ARC Library (architectural) enabling you to place and wire up electrical symbols within an architectural room layout
- WD Library (wiring diagram) enabling you to create a symbolic representation of the actual physical device with automatic wire from/to annotation extracted from the schematic connections
a. Enables you to create cable diagrams automatically - IEC61082 Symbols Library
- User Library
- Metric PID Library
- Additional content to the Metric Hydraulics Library
- Additional content to the Metric Pneumatics Library
- Metric JIC Library enabling the user to hot swap from IEC to JIC and vice-versa
- Metric NFPA Library enabling the user to hot swap from IEC to NFPA and vice-versa
- A Pneumatics/Hydraulics/P&ID Ribbon allowing the user the ability to create pneumatics/hydraulics/P&ID drawings without using “electrical” commands
- DIN47100 cable core colours definition file. The out of the box is to American standards
- Metric DIN rail and trunking. The default is Imperial and requires the user to constantly switch between Imperial and Metric
- Working Example Template Projects to enable the user to quickly start using AutoCAD Electrical in accordance with the latest IEC/ISO standards. The ones provided by Autodesk out of the box are not in accordance with IEC / ISO standards and therefore should not be used by end users as a starting point
- Extra catalogue content to the tune of an extra 150,000 European manufacturers parts
- Extra PLC database content
- Extra footprint database content from various manufacturers
- Extra Panel 2D / 3D footprints with the availability of over 100+ million extra content
- Electrical standards in accordance with IEC / ISO / EN / BS standards rather than American standards
- Internal access through AutoCAD Electrical to the ARKANCE Community Apps, Support and Tips and Tricks sections
- Wire Fill Calculator