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Welcome to the cadett ELSA Basic Course spring 2025! Are you ready to take your electrical schematic design to the next level? This basic course, held in our own premises in Stockholm, is a great opportunity to learn everything about cadett ELSA. During three intensive days, we will dive into the drawing archive, schematic drawing, symbols and much more. Don't miss the chance to meet our dedicated cadett and other course participants. Sign up today and secure your place for an inspiring and educational experience! Visit our website for more information.

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cadett ELSA Enterprise

cadett ELSA Enterprise

Key features of the cadett ELSA Enterprise

cadett ELSA Enterprise is the product for plant owners and decentralized organizations with multi-site operations. Efficient solutions for working from home are also included.

cadett ELSA Enterprise is the product for the really big projects, such as the documentation of entire plants. Several concurrent users, multiple interconnected projects, designers in several locations, and sometimes working from home. This is where the functionality of cadett ELSA Enterprise excels the most. The product is fully compatible with other cadett ELSA products. The differences between all cadett ELSA products are described in the comparison list below.

Working with large sites

Super projects and plant database

A super project is a large project consisting of multiple interconnected sub-projects with references and connections between them. Reports can be created for the entire super project. Central databases manage, among other things, all PLC I/O's, and provide the opportunity to define both plant structure and objects in advance.

VPN

Working from home or from elsewhere

Support for efficient and fast work over slow networks like VPN is provided by WAN mode or thin clients. If you have no network connection at all, you can use the Travel features.

Dynamic editing of tables

Dynamic table editing

Edit the automatically generated tables directly on the screen or in Excel. The whole project is updated automatically, efficiently and dynamically.

Revision Management

Revision Management

Manages the projects in any number of revisions and tracks all changes fully automatically.

Consistency control

Consistency control

Checks that all documents are consistent and helps to correct any discrepancies.

Products

Option Handling

Enables multiple variants in the same project. Parts of a project spread over several sheets can be activated or deactivated as needed.

Block diagram with SQL

Block diagram

Advanced block diagram management with configurable framework ideal for large plant suppliers. Based on MS SQL.

Article portal

Article portal

The built-in article portal from CADENAS allows you to load hundreds of thousands of articles directly into cadett ELSA.

PDF with hyperlinks

SilentPDF

Generation of PDF files in the background for multiple projects simultaneously.

Multiuser

Multiple simultaneous users

Multiple users can work on the same project at the same time.

PLC handling

PLC

Full symbol library for all control systems with I/O symbols and PLC mirrors. Automatic transfer of data between them provides all the benefits of both function and location oriented documentation at the same time. Link to Excel. Automatic audit trail so you can retrieve old I/O information whenever you want, even if you have changed or deleted it.

Comparison of the different cadett ELSA products

The table below shows the differences between all the cadett ELSA products, which features are available in each product. 

Features
LT
Professional
Enterprise
Embedded genuine AutoCAD
Revision Management
Automatic lists of changes between revisions
Import/export of projects, symbols etc.
Complete configuration by project
Drawing Manager (editing)
Embedded viewer with printing facility
Free configuration of drawing frames and title fields
Drawing Environment
Maximum number of drawing sheets per project (OnLine)
100
Unlimited
Unlimited
OnLine error checking
OnLine wire and cable check
OnLine consistency check
Symbol Generator
Ability to create user defined macros/sub-circuits
Option Handling
Symbol library according to IEC617/IEC1082
Symbol library according to IEC617/IEC113
Symbol library according to DIN
Symbol library according to JIC
Symbol library according to ISO1219 (hydraulics/pneumatics)
Symbol library for instrument (equivalent to SSG)
Symbol library for cabinet layout
Cable harness module
PLC
Automatic pick-list for cabinet layout symbols
Symbol list, editable, dynamic (1)
Device list with print option, OnLine
Device list, editable, dynamic (1)
Terminal list with print option, OnLine
Terminal table, editable, dynamic (1)
Cable list with print option, OnLine
Cable core list with print option, OnLine
Cable core list, editable, dynamic (1)
Internal wire list with print option, OnLine
Internal wire list, editable, dynamic (1)
Automatic wire-numbering
Possibility of easy editing with Excel
Report generator
Script Generator (mass processing with AutoCAD)
Multi-page PDF files with hyperlinks
Translator
Catalogue (article database), editing
Catalogue (article database), import
Catalogue (article database), editing with Excel
Full API for easy programming
Automatic generation of intelligent external connection diagrams
Support for thin clients, roaming profiles and dynamic workstations
Replicator (connects server installations in different locations)
Super projects (linking several projects)
Remote import (remote import of drawing environment with symbol libraries, catalogs etc.)
Remote Travel (remote import and export of projects)
SilentPDF (background generation of PDF files for many projects simultaneously)
WAN mode (support for slow networks such as VPN)
Enhanced management of PLC data (PLC database)
Facilities database
Advanced block diagram

1) The changes in the table are transferred OnLine to the circuit diagram.

Working with large sites

SUPER PROJECT AND FACILITY DATABASE

With cadett ELSA Enterprise you can manage huge projects by linking several projects together. It is possible to have references between drawing sheets in different sub-projects that are part of such a super project.

With the plant database in cadett ELSA Enterprise you can define devices in advance, before you even start to draw anything, and then use this as a pick-list for circuit diagram or cabinet layout.

VPN

WAN / VPN

cadett ELSA Enterprise has powerful functionality for working remotely, for example in organizations spread across multiple locations, or when working from home.

  • WAN mode allows for fast and efficient work even over slow networks such as via VPN.
  • Thin clients allow you to work from any internet-connected computer, without even having to install the software.
  • The TRAVEL feature allows you to check-out projects from the server and then work completely offline, without any connection at all.
Dynamic table editing

Dynamic table editing

We call it Dynamic OnLine. It provides direct access to device lists, connection tables, terminal tables and cable tables. You can edit the content directly on the screen. Circuit diagram sheets and other documents in the project are updated with your changes at lightning speed, fully automatically.

Equipment list
Connection table
Cable part table
Plinth table
Automatic cabinet display

DISPLAYOUT

If you wish, you can start your design work with the cabinet layout. When it is time for the circuit diagram, you will then automatically receive a pick list with everything to be inserted into the circuit diagram. Or you can do the opposite. You can start with the circuit diagram and from that get a pick list for the cabinet layout. A third option is to work in parallel. You have complete freedom to do what you want with an automatic consistency check that compares the different document types with each other and both tells you what is different and helps you to fill in what is missing.

There are functions to convert a 2D cabinet layout into 3D, allowing for a simple collision check. Is there room for everything, in all directions? The physical sizes in all three dimensions are available in the cadett ELSA article database.

The connection management takes into account how the devices are positioned in the cabinet layout to optimize the connection order, so that the wires are routed the shortest way.

The connection table can be easily exported, for example to Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge, Solidworks or other 3D CAD systems.

Article portal

ARTICLE PORTAL

A cooperation agreement between cadett and CADENAS gives all users of cadett ELSA access to a built-in portal with hundreds of thousands of articles. This makes it easy to search for the right article and then retrieve metadata and symbols for both 2D and 3D layouts and circuit diagrams. Everything is based on the eClass standard, which in turn is based on ISO3584 and IEC1360.

Read more about eClass in the FAQ.

PDF with hyperlinks

REPORTS AND PDF FILES

It is easy to produce reports in your preferred formats, such as Excel or AutoCAD.

PDF files are generated quickly and easily. They are searchable, have handy bookmarks and hyperlinks for the cross-references.

Create reports
Excel reports
PDF with hyperlinks
PDF with hyperlinks
Block diagram with SQL

Block diagram

The block diagram module in cadett ELSA Enterprise contains functions with advanced rules for item structures with, for example, cabinets that are combined into a complete plant. The block diagram can contain information about all cables, cable cores, and connection possibilities.

An automatic check ensures that there are no double coatings or impossible connections.

Everything is tied together using MS SQL.

BlockSchema
PDF with hyperlinks

SilentPDF

SilentPDF creates PDF files for multiple projects at once. It works in the background, while you do something else.

SIlentPDF

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