⚡ Capital X Panel Designer for ECAD–MCAD integration

🛠️ Connecting electrical and mechanical engineering

Electromechanical co-design connects electrical and mechanical engineering through ECAD–MCAD integration and PLM alignment. Instead of exchanging disconnected files, teams collaborate on synchronized design data across disciplines.

Electromechanical co-design is an integrated engineering approach that connects electrical CAD (ECAD) and mechanical CAD (MCAD) systems, allowing teams to validate schematics, enclosure layouts and product structures within a shared design environment.

Inside the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, electromechanical co-design becomes operational and scalable. Capital X Panel Designer enables cloud-native electrical design while integrating with Siemens mechanical CAD and PLM solutions, supporting collaboration from early concept through production.

🔎 Why electromechanical co-design matters

Electrical and mechanical teams often operate in separate systems and processes. This separation frequently leads to:

• Manual reconciliation between ECAD schematics and MCAD models
• Conflicts in enclosure layout, mounting holes and clearances
• Late-stage rework due to spatial or component misalignment
• Engineering changes that cascade across disconnected tools

These challenges increase risk, extend development cycles and add avoidable cost.

Electromechanical co-design aligns data earlier in the product lifecycle, when design decisions are easier and less disruptive to manage.

🧩 Capital X Panel Designer in the Siemens ecosystem

Capital X Panel Designer provides cloud-native electrical schematic and control panel design. Browser-based access, automation capabilities and real-time collaboration support modern engineering teams.

Integration across the Siemens ecosystem includes:

• Solid Edge for mechanical design collaboration
• NX for advanced 3D mechanical workflows
• Teamcenter as the system of record for product structures and BOM management

Aligned data across ECAD, MCAD and PLM reduces reliance on file-based handoffs and manual coordination.

Already using Designcenter, Solid Edge, NX or Teamcenter?

The Advanced tier makes your workflow complete — keeping mechanical and electrical CAD together in one Siemens ecosystem, without needing external tools.

⚙️ How electromechanical co-design works in practice

Electrical schematics and mechanical layouts are developed in parallel rather than sequentially.

A typical workflow includes:

1. Electrical engineers create schematics in Capital X Panel Designer.
2. Components and layout intent are shared with mechanical design tools.
3. Mechanical engineers validate enclosure constraints in Solid Edge or NX, evaluating:
   • Mounting hole alignment
   • Panel cutout positioning
   • Clearance and spacing
   • Cable routing feasibility
4. Mechanical adjustments update the shared design context.
5. Electrical design reflects validated constraints.
6. Product structures and BOM data are governed in Teamcenter for revision control and traceability.

Conflicts are identified during design instead of during manufacturing.

🎥 Electromechanical co-design overview

High-level overview demonstrating ECAD–MCAD alignment using Capital X Panel Designer inside the Siemens ecosystem.

Suggested focus:

• Shared design context
• Mechanical validation
• Early conflict detection

📈 Key benefits for engineering organizations

🔄 Unified MCAD–ECAD workflows

Electrical and mechanical data remain synchronized, reducing late-stage surprises.

🛠️ Early mechanical validation

Enclosure constraints and spatial conflicts are identified before drawings are finalized.

☁️ Cloud-native collaboration

Capital X Panel Designer supports distributed teams through browser-based access and real-time updates.

🤖 Built-in automation

Automated numbering, wiring support and reusable design elements reduce repetitive work and minimize human error.

📊 PLM-connected design

Teamcenter governs structures, BOMs and revisions, supporting configuration management and lifecycle traceability.

🎥 Capital X Panel Designer and MCAD integration

Demonstration showing schematic creation in Capital X Panel Designer, enclosure validation in Solid Edge or NX, and BOM synchronization in Teamcenter.

Suggested focus:

• 3D enclosure validation
• Change propagation
• BOM consistency

Supporting multidisciplinary teams at scale

🚀 Supporting multidisciplinary teams at scale

Increasing product complexity requires closer alignment between electrical and mechanical disciplines.

Unlike file-based ECAD–MCAD workflows, electromechanical co-design inside Siemens Xcelerator maintains associativity between schematics, 3D models and BOM data.

Electromechanical co-design inside Siemens Xcelerator enables:

• Parallel development across ECAD and MCAD
• Standardization across Siemens design and PLM tools
• Scalable collaboration as teams expand
• Reduced downstream engineering change impact

Organizations starting with electrical design benefit from automation and cloud accessibility, while maintaining a clear path toward full ECAD–MCAD–PLM integration.

🏁 Conclusion

Electromechanical co-design represents a measurable operational improvement. Capital X Panel Designer integrated into Siemens Xcelerator connects electrical and mechanical engineering within a controlled, data-driven environment.

Engineering teams reduce risk, improve quality and accelerate development by aligning disciplines from the beginning of the lifecycle.