ARES Electrical is specialized software for designing electrical schematics in Windows, focused on creating and editing documentation in DWG format. The solution combines familiar CAD tools with electrical design functions: working with symbols, connections, wire numbering, and schematic formatting. ARES Electrical is suitable for preparing schematic diagrams, making changes to existing drawings, and producing documentation without switching between different editors.
ARES Electrical can be considered an alternative to AutoCAD Electrical: both programs are designed for developing electrical schematics and use specialized objects instead of manually drawing ordinary lines. At the same time, ARES Electrical operates within the ARES ecosystem and is oriented toward the DWG format, so it can be convenient for projects where drawings are already created in a compatible CAD environment. The functionality of AutoCAD Electrical and ARES Electrical is not identical, so before replacing a familiar solution, it is necessary to verify support for specific templates, libraries, and workflows.
ARES Electrical Features
- Creating and editing electrical schematics in a CAD workspace with support for the DWG format.
- Placing electrical symbols from libraries and reusing prepared symbols in a project.
- Building circuits using intelligent connections that help format schematics more neatly and make changes more quickly.
- Automating the numbering of wires and component designations, reducing the amount of manual work on large sheets.
- Formatting cross-references between related schematic elements for navigating an electrical project.
- Preparing report data on components and connections based on information placed in the drawing.
- Working with project documentation in the familiar ARES Commander environment, including standard editing operations, layers, and annotations.
The primary purpose of ARES Electrical is not simply to graphically draw a schematic, but to support relationships between its elements. As a result, changes to designations, wires, or components can be made more systematically than when manually working with a set of lines and text labels.
Editor Advantages
- DWG support simplifies the exchange of drawings with designers who use other compatible CAD systems.
- Specialized electrical tools eliminate the need to manually repeat typical operations when formatting schematics.
- A unified environment for graphical editing and electrical data is convenient when modifying completed documentation.
- Support for symbol libraries helps maintain a consistent designation style across different projects.
- Automated numbering and report generation are especially useful when working with schematics containing a large number of elements that need to be coordinated with one another.
- The program is suitable for organizations and professionals who need to continue working with DWG without giving up electrical design tools.
Disadvantages
- Learning electrical objects, libraries, and formatting rules requires more time than working with a standard two-dimensional drawing editor.
- ARES Electrical focuses on electrical schematics, so it does not replace a full-featured three-dimensional mechanical modeling system.
- DWG compatibility does not guarantee the complete transfer of specialized objects and settings from AutoCAD Electrical or another specialized system.
- The quality of automatic reports and designations depends on how consistently component properties are filled in throughout the project.
For an accurate result, not only drawing commands are important, but also properly configured libraries, templates, and element properties. When transferring old schematics, some documentation may require manual verification, especially if it was created without specialized electrical objects.
ARES Electrical is designed for those who want a specialized electrical design tool with familiar DWG logic and automation of typical operations. The program is particularly suitable for tasks that require maintaining structured schematics, quickly updating designations, and producing accompanying documentation without unnecessary manual work. ARES Electrical is distributed free of charge.
What's new in the latest version 27.1.2156
Updated
- Property type selection options have been restored in the AECADNECOMP block editor.
- Library export has been accelerated by eliminating lengthy delays during the operation.
- Search in user-imported AEPACK library files has been restored.
- Filter operation when copying component drawings in the library has been fixed.
- The GoTo function has been updated to quickly locate inserted components directly in the graphical area.
- More than 10 connection points can now be assigned to a single component.
- The export window can now be closed by pressing the Esc key.
- Export configurations have been updated to use the current properties in English.
- Adding custom page groups when deleting an existing group has been fixed.
- An issue that caused assigning an address to one wire to delete the address of another wire has been resolved.
- Inserting cables from copied folders into projects has been fixed.
- Wire width is now displayed correctly after changing properties in the library.
- Double-clicking a cable opens its properties window without displaying an error message.
- Freezes and database errors when routing wires have been resolved.
- Page numbering order in new page groups has been fixed.
- Errors in the commands for creating control elements and wires have been resolved.
- Wire numbers are now assigned correctly after running the numbering command.
- The erroneous DWG file not found message that appeared when copying and pasting cables has been fixed.
- The command for assigning addresses to cables no longer deletes existing addresses during an update.
- Copy and paste commands in cable and wire palettes have been fixed.
- Errors that occurred when canceling the copying of numbered wires have been resolved.
- The undo command now works correctly after assigning numbers to wires.
- Electrical connectivity through wire addressing now supports logical connections with cross-references.
- The operation of the commands for inserting cables and components into a project has been improved.
- Wires with a specified length can now be inserted correctly using the LINE command workflow.
- Changing the project language in the electrical design settings is now applied correctly.
- Default electrical design settings are updated when inserting automatic and auxiliary circuits.
- The name and availability of the SCALE property in the settings have been fixed.
- A warning has been added when entering a duplicate name in the ARES Electrical settings.
- Labels and individual interface elements, including the manual addressing command, have been fixed.
- Page numbering now correctly accounts for the “By project” sorting option.
- The progress indicator has been synchronized with the report generation animation.
- Title block display has been fixed, and erroneous nested block detection has been resolved.
- The INVERTED attribute now supports localized values.
- The command for numbering terminals from a strip now starts correctly.
- ARES Electrical project examples have been restored in the standard Samples folder.
- Errors when checking the electrical module database connection have been resolved.
- Protected documents now open without an unnecessary password prompt.
- Custom properties are now saved correctly in the default properties dialog box.
- Recognition of the QCEDITMANUALCON command in the context menu has been fixed.
- Installation reliability has been improved with the updated database engine.
- Page group display when adding new groups to projects has been fixed.
- The library properties window now opens correctly for individual cables in the cable palette.
- The option for specifying a connection point now works when creating and editing components.
- An automatic addressing issue in the presence of previously assigned manual addresses has been resolved.
- The ability to delete pages from drawings has been fixed.
- Inserting title and signature page groups already present in the SQLite database has been fixed.
- Wire stubs are now aligned correctly after inserting pages.
- The page group properties display the correct drawing name instead of the “Multiple values” value.
- The gap option for wire intersection symbols now works correctly.
- The ARES Electrical ribbon has been updated, and the “Collaboration” tab is now available in the interface.
- Display of the multiphase wire icon has been fixed to match the styling of the wire palette.
- Mouse gesture support for navigation in ARES Electrical has been added.
- Crashes when creating connection points, new wire groups, and components, as well as when canceling operations involving multiphase wires, have been resolved.
- Crashes when changing the designations of multilevel terminals and opening terminal block components have been fixed.
- Crashes when checking conduit fill, reopening color selection dialogs, and exiting after editing components have been resolved.
- Crashes when running the print command in certain projects and creating symbols with multiple connection points have been fixed.
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