Transform Your Electrical Design Workflow with AutoCAD Electrical and Vault

In the race to bring smarter products to market faster, efficient electrical design is no longer optional — it’s a competitive advantage. AutoCAD Electrical is already a go-to tool for many engineering teams, thanks to its automation, symbol libraries, and intelligent schematic capabilities.

But what happens when all that electrical design data remains stuck in files, disconnected from the broader product lifecycle? That’s where Autodesk Vault Professional changes the game.

The Hidden Bottleneck in Electrical Design

Let’s face it: even with the best design tools, engineering teams often struggle when it comes to managing and reusing project data like Bills of Materials (BOMs). These challenges typically look like:

• Multiple versions of the same drawing floating around

• Manual, error-prone BOM exports

• Time-consuming handovers to procurement or ERP systems

In fast-paced manufacturing, that’s a recipe for delays, miscommunication, and costly mistakes.

Enter Vault: The Missing Link for AutoCAD Electrical

Pairing AutoCAD Electrical with Autodesk Vault Professional is like switching from spreadsheets to smart data — especially when you leverage the Vault Item Master.

Instead of manually managing BOMs or struggling with version control, Vault brings structure, traceability, and automation into your workflow.

Here’s how it works:

1. Automated BOM Extraction

When your electrical schematics are complete, Vault extracts BOMs directly from your AutoCAD Electrical projects and populates them into the Item Master — no extra steps, no exporting to Excel.

2. Accurate, Always-Up-to-Date Data

Vault stores BOMs as structured data tied to the actual items in your database. This eliminates duplicate entries and ensures every department works from a single source of truth.

3. ERP-Ready from Day One

With tools like coolorange powerGate, you can push BOMs from Vault straight into your ERP system — clean, complete, and without the copy-paste chaos.

4. Built-In Revision Control

When your design changes, so does your BOM — and Vault tracks every update, version, and approval. You’ll never wonder which part is the latest or who changed what.

5. Collaboration Across Teams

The Item Master becomes the shared language between electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing teams. Everyone knows which components are being used, where, and in which version.

What’s in It for You?

Faster BOM generation
Say goodbye to time-wasting manual exports.

 Improved data accuracy
No more inconsistencies between design and production.

 Full traceability
Always know who changed what — and when.

 Streamlined change management
Design updates are automatically reflected in the BOM.

 Seamless ERP integration
Your BOMs are structured, clean, and ready for downstream systems.

Ready to Work Smarter?

AutoCAD Electrical gives you the intelligence to design faster. But Vault gives your designs the structure to scale.

By managing your BOMs through Vault’s Item Master, you’re not just organizing your files — you’re unlocking a connected, production-ready engineering workflow that saves time, reduces risk, and gets you to market faster.

It’s time to stop managing files and start managing data. 
Start building a single source of truth for your electrical designs.