Case Study: CNC Solutions reduces electrical design time by 50–75% with SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D

Developing electrical systems for manufacturing machinery faster with SOLIDWORKS® Electrical 3D

CNC Solutions designs, fabricates, and builds factory automation and tooling solutions with a focus on electrical and mechanical systems integration. Facing slow, tedious AutoCAD 2D workflows for electrical cabinets and control systems and needing better collaboration with mechanical designers, CNC Solutions evaluated options and chose SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D from SolidWorks to automate wiring/cable routing, speed BOM generation, and improve schematic consistency.

By adding SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D integrated into their SOLIDWORKS mechanical environment, SolidWorks enabled CNC Solutions to cut electrical design time by 50–75%, reduce BOM generation from hours to minutes, standardize electrical symbols to lower rework, and improve cabinet sizing and cross-discipline collaboration—delivering faster throughput, more accurate schematics and BOMs, and plans to expand automated cable routing.

CNC Solutions

Shawn Eckhardt

Controls Engineer