We can Elcad.
cadett's business concept is to develop and sell the world's best CAD system for electrical design.
cadett was founded in 1979. Our main product - cadett ELSA - has been on the market since 1985. cadett ELSA is
market leader in high-end solutions for electrical schematics in the Nordic region for many years.
Our product range is fully concentrated on schematic design solutions based on Autodesk platforms.
As the oldest supplier of CAD for electrical design software, cadett has a unique expertise in the field that benefits current and future customers.
Our comprehensive range of services, including training, support, customisation, installation and much more, makes us an ideal partner for anyone involved in electrical schematic design. Elcad
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The business was founded in 1979 in Järfälla outside Stockholm as a pure software development company focused on the then burgeoning personal computer market.
In 1985, a specialisation towards CAD - computer-aided design - was made, in the same time as the company was given the name "cadett". The development of "elNett", a software for circuit diagram design, was started.
At the same time, in the German city of Mönchengladbach, the company MG-Data GmbH was founded to develop and market the electrical schematic design software MG-CAD.
In 1986, at a trade show in Birmingham, England, cadett and MG-Data crossed paths for the first time. The result was a development partnership in the form of a joint venture.
The Scandinavian version of the software was marketed under the name cadett ELSA. The slightly different German version was still sold under the name MG-CAD.
The cooperation intensified continuously and in 2003 MG-Data was finally acquired by cadett and the two companies got a joint owner in the form of cadett Holding AB. The German business was renamed cadett GmbH.
The two separate national versions of the software that existed at this time were replaced by a single multilingual version with support for several standards. The new product was named cadett ELSA in all markets.
Below, we list some important milestones in the history of cadett.
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1979 |
The company is founded in Järfälla outside of Stockholm. |
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1981 |
The first prerequisite for the future CAD business - IBM PC - is introduced. |
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1982 |
The second prerequisite - AutoCAD - is introduced. |
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1985 |
CAD operations are launched in Sweden at the same time as MG-Data GmbH is founded in Germany. The deliveries of cadett ELSA R1 (MG-CAD 1.0) begin. The operating system that is used is called MS-DOS. |
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1986 |
The company takes the name cadett ab. |
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1987 |
cadett ELSA R2 (2.01) is the first fully Swedish version. |
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1988 |
The Norwegian operation starts. |
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1990 |
cadett ELSA R5 (3.04) with a brand new foundation. DWG files are replaced by DXF for better performance. |
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1991 |
cadett ELSA R6 (3.05) with cabinet layout and external connection diagrams, among other news |
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1992 |
cadett ELSA R10 (3.8) with automatic wire numbering |
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1994 |
cadett ELSA R11 (3.85) with OnLine |
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1995 |
cadett ELSA R13 (4.1) with network support, the first true multi-user system |
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1996 |
cadett ELSA R15 (4.15) with support for Windows NT, the predecessor of today's Windows 10 and 11 |
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1999 |
cadett ELSA R20 (6.0) with Dynamic OnLine |
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2002 |
cadett ELSA R22 (7.0) with new Catalogue and new Drawing Manager |
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2003 |
MG-Data GmbH is acquired |
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2006 |
The company moves back to Järfälla after a period in Kista, Sollentuna, Upplands Väsby and Lunda. |
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2010 |
New version numbers based on releases starting at cadett ELSA R30 |
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2011 |
cadett ELSA R31 with Option Handling |
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2012 |
cadett ELSA R32 Enterprise with thin clients |
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2013 |
cadett ELSA R33 with ribbon menus and document codes |
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2015 |
cadett ELSA R35 with Vault integration |
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2016 |
cadett ELSA R36 with Windows 10 support |
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2016 |
The physical medium (CD and DVD) disappears and is replaced by downloading via the Internet |
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2018 |
cadett ELSA R38 with support for IEC1355 |
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2020
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Training courses are moved online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Integrity check is introduced with cadett ELSA R40. |
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2022 |
New web-based reference manual |
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