PATRUCCO
S.A.S., founded in 1977, offers users powerful
2D CAD solutions for civil and electrical installation
design, including industrial automation and electrical
panel design. Uni-Tool Professional is Windows
based and does not rely on other CAD software
to operate.
Please click on one of the products listed below
for more information:
THE PERFECT TOOL FOR
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
AND ELECTRICAL PANEL DESIGN
UNI-TOOL Automation
is an engineering software program developed
for the Windows 95/98/NT platform to generate
drawings for industrial automation, electrical
panel design and electromechanical design.
UNI-TOOL Automation consists
of a powerful 2D CAD tool that allows you
to generate, in an extremely easy and fast
way, electromechanical designs with unlimited
single/multi-wire auxiliary and/or power sheets,
terminal strips and PLC schematics.
In
addition to its design functions, UNI-TOOL
automatically processes the wire numbering,
the filling of the coil/contact cross-reference
table for relays and remote control switches,
the terminal numbering and the cable definition
UNI-TOOL Automation directly extracts the whole project documentation composed
of terminal lists, cable lists, wiring lists,
reference lists and part lists.
UNI-TOOL Automation also perfectly integrates and interfaces with
UNI-TOOL Manager, another
product of the UNI-TOOL family. With UNI-TOOL
manager it's possible to extract more complex
and detailed bills of materials and estimates
with prices, labour tables, cost analysis and
warehouse functions.
UNI-TOOL Automation
can also automatically process a single sheet
belonging to a whole multi-sheet project, in order
to extract complete bills of materials with part
numbers, codes, descriptions, prices, etc. You
may directly extract information from an internal
database containing the product descriptions provided
by the leading component producers (Siemens, Schneider,
Klockner-Moeller, etc.).
UNI-TOOL Automation
is developed in a proprietary environment
absolutely independent from any other CAD
software (AutoCAD® or similar). Engineers
and installers will find in this product all
the commands and tools necessary for an electromechanical
design with no need to resort to other external
software.
It's the UNI-TOOL Automation
complete independence from other systems that
has made it possible to devise its specific
procedures and commands. Thanks to these features,
you can generate schematics and designs in
a much faster and more intuitive way when
compared with programs that operate on an
already preexisting basis.
UNI-TOOL Automation
is very easy to use because it works with
Microsoft Windows®.
UNI-TOOL Automation
is inexpensive because it's completely
autonomous software: it doesn't
require other CAD products (as AutoCAD®) to
operate. Therefore, its cost is offset with the
completion of the first project!
MAIN
FEATURES
Auxiliary and power schematics design (multi-sheet designs)
Unlimited multi-sheet design creation with
auxiliary and power schematics.
Symbol libraries
Over 1000 symbols in conformity with IEC
norms. Visual symbol selection inside of a window
that displays all the symbols of the selected
library. Direct symbol loading by typing their
code (guided mode). Unlimited possibility of either
easily creating new symbols or
modifying those already provided.
Composed
symbols
Composed symbols libraries for "intelligent"
management of complex devices (remote control
switches, auxiliary contacts blocks, etc.), which
are composed of multiple symbols placed on different
parts of the design.
Design management and automatic processing
Intelligent project management tools with
commands to browse through different pages of
a multi-sheet design. Design processing with automatic
wire numbering, automatic filling of coils/contact
cross-reference tables and terminal numbering
with the possibility of setting numbering parameters.
Powerful graphical functions
Design with Cartesian, polar and tilted
axis. Selectable measure units, design scale and
grid points. A4, A3, A2, A1, A0, A, B, C, D, E
or customizable sheet size. Predefined or customizable
title block. Design up to 256 layers. Automatic
area sketching. Automatic quotation.
Cabinet
and mechanical detail design
Special symbol libraries with scale design
functions, automatic dimensioning, multiple layer
management.
Design import/export in DXF format from
other CAD programs
DXF interface to import
designs in DXF format from other CAD programs(e.g.
planimetries processed with AutoCAD® 12, 13,
14, 2000, LT).
Symbol legend automatic creation
Automatic extraction of the schematic legend
with symbol direct computation.
Cable
management
Possibility of setting out cables in a
design as collections of several single wires.
Online cable management with direct control of
the maximum wire number permitted for each cable.
Command to set cable features such as section,
length, type, colour, etc.
Part lists, bills of materials, terminal strips/cables/wiring
lists
Very simple and immediate creation of part
lists and bills of materials by indicating which
type of information must be visualized. Terminal
strip, cable and wiring list extraction in electromechanical
multi-sheet designs. Customizable lists as regards
both graphical format and contents categories.
Terminal strip and cable lists automatically
extracted both in alphanumerical format or in
graphical format.
Possibility of using UNI-TOOL automation
in connection with UNI-TOOL Manager for more complex bills
of materials and special functions (labor tables,
cost analysis, warehouse management functions,
etc.).
Electric device database
Complete database with part numbers, descriptions,
prices, etc. that can be used in connection with
symbols placed on the design. Possibility of using
either the internal UNI-TOOL database or external
price lists provided by other electrical device
suppliers (the following formats are supported:
Microsoft Access®, Microsoft Excel®, Paradox,
dBIII and dBIV, Metel).
Text
translation
Special command for English, German, French,
Italian and Spanish text translation. Unlimited
possibilities of adding new terms and their related
translations.
Label
creation with Grafoplast and Modernotecnica
labelling systems
Direct interface with Grafoplast and Modernotecnica
labelling systems to create labels for the device
numbers used in the electrical design. File creation
to produce labels with component, terminal, terminal
strip and wire numbers.
Colour
print/Print preview
Possibility of using any ink-jet/laser
printers and plotters supported by Microsoft Windows®.
Help
on line
Direct access to information about any
available commands.
UNI-TOOL
automation auto-training course
For better training in UNI-TOOL automation
you can use UNI-TOOL Assistant,
an interactive training-course about UNI-TOOL
CADs on PC.
The course is based on hundreds of descriptive
texts, pictures, and examples in order to let
you discover all the commands and techniques necessary
to generate simple to more complex electrical
system designs.
Thanks to guided descriptions of all available
commands and detailed procedures, you'll arrive
at a deeper understanding of UNI-TOOL CAD structures
and you'll be able to use all their potential.
Totally developed for Microsoft Windows®
User interface is totally organized in
comformity with Microsoft Windows® standards
for the leading application-oriented programs
(Microsoft Word®, Microsoft Excel®, etc.),
a feature that makes this program very easy-to-use.
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
PC Pentium
or higher, Microsoft Windows®
95/98 or NT ver. 4.0, 32 MB RAM (minimum), 50
MB free on hard disk, CD-ROM drive.
Auxiliary and power schematics design (multi-sheet designs)