PLC Rack Designer
PLC rack drawing automation for AutoCAD Electrical projects. Select the modules for a 17-slot PLC rack and press Run, and the rack drawings are generated for you.
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Rack configuration and drawing generation
PLC Rack Designer is an added extra designed for AutoCAD Electrical projects. Pick the modules for each slot of a 17-slot rack and press Run. It generates the rack layout and drawing automatically, ready to connect to the rest of your AutoCAD Electrical project.
- Configure a 17-slot rack by picking modules
- Drops straight into your CAD project
Supported manufacturers and hardware families
- Currently supported: Allen-Bradley 1756
- Coming soon: more Allen-Bradley series and other manufacturers. No release dates have been announced.
Module and power-supply selection
- Pick the module for each rack slot in the app
- Import Allen-Bradley 1756 PLC module lists from Excel (.xlsx), CSV or TXT files
- PLC settings and the circuit, rack and power-supply catalog editors work without AutoCAD installed or running
Drawing outputs
Pick rack modules, press Run, and I/O sheets, field wiring and interface diagrams are generated with AutoCAD Electrical, together with the rack layout drawing.
AutoCAD Electrical requirements
PLC Rack Designer is designed for AutoCAD Electrical projects and generates its drawings with AutoCAD Electrical. Requires a licensed copy of AutoCAD Electrical 2018 or later, installed on the same PC (not included). Windows 10/11 64-bit.
The rest of CAD Automation Pro does not require AutoCAD Electrical for batch processing. The Batch Drawing Engine requires a licensed copy of AutoCAD 2018 or later for Windows, or AutoCAD Electrical 2018 or later, installed on the same PC (not included). See the full requirements.
Demonstrations and documentation
A PLC Rack Designer demo video has not been published yet. To see it working, ask for a live walkthrough. Installation steps are in the Installation Guide, and common questions are answered in the FAQ.
Included in every license
Every CAD Automation Pro license includes both the Batch Drawing Engine and PLC Rack Designer, with no module splits. See Pricing.
Autodesk, AutoCAD and AutoCAD Electrical are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. Allen-Bradley is a trademark of Rockwell Automation, Inc. Cad Automation Pro, LLC is an independent company and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Autodesk or Rockwell Automation.