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Strong opinions on diagramming, engineering and CAD.
February 03, 2021 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD · What's New
Best way to display DWG and DXF on your websites, and save 99% on bandwidth
DWG and DXF files are known to be very large in size, and cannot be easily displayed on your website, forcing your customers to download a 3rd party software, resulting in a horrible user experience. Surely, there must be a better way.
Thomas Yip
February 03, 2021
December 31, 2020 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD · What's New
Create, store and manage Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides in Electra Cloud
Google is undeniably a big part of our lives. It’s not uncommon for electrical engineers and their companies to rely on Google Drive for workflow management and projects.
October 27, 2020 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD · What's New
Improving the UI for Electra options
Now that Electra finally has our own platform based on Vecta.io, we are constantly searching for ways to improve, especially on the UI so that our users have a much better experience.
October 14, 2020 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD · What's New
How to generate wiring labels the easy way
Wiring labels are essential to keeping track of cables and wires during the production and installation of an electrical panel, therefore being able to easily generate labels is the very first step to a good and proper cable management.
October 12, 2020 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD · What's New
Bringing electrical CAD to Onshape
When we first launched Electra Cloud back in January 2020, no one foresaw the pandemic that is about to hit in February, and in the middle of the pandemic, we were contacted to partner with Onshape.
October 01, 2020 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD
Electra's innovative symbol generator
Although we have included a myriad of symbols in Electra, sooner, rather than later, users will definitely find the need to create their own symbols for their electrical cad drawings.
October 01, 2020 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD
10 Tips for the new Electra Cloud user
Here are 10 tips that will hopefully speed things up and get you productive quickly by using Electra Cloud.
September 25, 2020 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD
AutoCAD vs Electra User Experience
A System Integrator solution provider in New Zealand wants to stay lean by keeping their ongoing cost low. Electra perpetual license was the best solution for him.
September 25, 2020 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD
3 Tips to customize Electra for faster electrical circuit design
Did you know that your Electrical Schematic Software is infinitely and easily customizable? Listed below are three tips that we hope will get you started right away:
September 04, 2020 · Circuit reuse · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD · What's New
Smart circuit reuse improves productivity by 150%
Since launching Electra Cloud in January, we have been working hard to bring even more innovation and productivity to you, our users. Now that we have our own browser based platform, these improvement can be made faster and easier.
July 22, 2020 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD · What's New
How to share databases and symbols for Electra E9
While Electra automate your electrical CAD drawings and increase your productivity, the ability to share your work with fellow colleagues is even more powerful.
June 13, 2020 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD · What's New
Automatic wiring for electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic circuits
Does your electrical schematic software automatically wires your symbols? Now, with Electra Cloud or Electra E9, you can.
May 24, 2020 · Electra Cloud · Electrical CAD · What's New
Introducing Electra E9 (Offline app)
Looking at our roadmap, you’d have expected it - Electra Cloud Offline app. In our newsletters, we announced that the Offline app is going to be released by May 2020.