ProfiCAD is a well-known Windows application oriented towards professional engineers, technicians and electricians. There is a set of powerful tools that help to design a large selection of diagrams, schemes and drawings.
Create
It is possible to combine various components with each other to create complex technical illustrations. Users can access symbol libraries accompanied with a wide range of pre-designed objects and templates for electrical and electronic units. On top of that, there are categories with different types of objects for ease of navigation.
The workplace design in terms of functionality and tools display resembles other popular productivity apps like Excel, Word and Google Docs. The program allows you to draw numerous wires between symbols and combine them into one whole diagram or mechanical system. There are flexible exportation options with which you can save your projects in DXF, SVG and PDF files.
BOM
The application supports generation of BOM also known as a bill of materials. This is a comprehensive list of parts, items, assemblies and objects for drawings. You can also export the components individually in CSV and Excel documents to work on your projects. Moreover, there are cross-referencing capabilities to handle large and multilayered illustrations.
Features
- available in several popular languages like English;
- includes preview options to check the quality of drawings before saving them;
- possible to automatically set numbering of wires and symbols;
- free to download and use;
- compatible with modern Windows versions.
