UNI-TOOL

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:



PATRUCCO

Commercial sector

UNI-TOOL cable link

STRUCTURED WIRING SYSTEM DESIGN
(English version soon available)

developed in agreement with
KRONE

UNI-TOOL cable link - Picture 1 UNI-TOOL Cable Link is software developed on Windows 95/98/NT platforms for structured wiring systems (in conformity with ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-A, ISO/IEC 11801 and EN 50173 norms) and civil/industrial electrical system design.

UNI-TOOL Cable Link consists of a powerful 2D CAD that allows one to design, in an extremely easy and fast way, room planimetries on which one can subsequently position symbols and wires belonging to the electrical (or other) system. Following the planimetric system design, you can directly extract single/multi-wire schematics of the corresponding electrical panels.

UNI-TOOL Cable Link also has special functions for on-line checking of the wire length in order to advise students when they reach the maximum permitted length (90 m. or other customizable standard).

The software has also specific functions for cable and protection device estimation.

With UNI-TOOL Cable Link students can design rack 19" distribution cabinets. It's possible to build rack 19" cabinets of different sizes by means of symbols that represent all of their features (optical fibre panels, hubs, hot swap panels, RJ45 UTP 16/24/32 I/O panels, RJ45 STP 16/24 I/O panels, telephone strips).
Special symbols are also available to define the type and quantity of patch cords necessary to drive cabinets and users.
UNI-TOOL Cable Link is provided with special commands to directly extract bills of materials and estimates (with part numbers, descriptions, quantities and prices) from the design.

UNI-TOOL Cable Link 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, labor tables, cost analysis and warehouse management functions.
UNI-TOOL cable link - Picture 2
UNI-TOOL Cable Link is developed in a proprietary environment absolutely independent from any other CAD programs (such as AutoCAD® or similar). Engineers and installers will find in this product all the commands and tools necessary for the completion of an electrical system design without the need to resort to other external software.

UNI-TOOL Cable Link is very easy-to-use because it works in Microsoft Windows®.
It's the UNI-TOOL Cable Link complete independence from other systems that has made it possible to devise specific procedures and commands. Thanks to these features, you can generate schematics and designs in a much faster and more intuitive way when compared to programs that operate on an already preexisting basis.

UNI-TOOL Cable Link is inexpensive because it is completely autonomous software and it does not require other CAD products (such as AutoCAD®) to operate. Therefore its cost is offset with the completion of the first project!

UNI-TOOL Cable Link has been developed in agreement with KRONE, one of the leading worldwide company in structured wiring design and data-phone network connection technology.

Developed in agreement with
KRONE

MAIN FEATURES

Facilitated planimetry design
Wall design with selectable thickness and inclination. Automatic wall connection with intersection cleaning. Door and window intersection with wall automatic cut. Horizontal, vertical and tilted dimensioning.
Possibility of directly importing planimetries (DXF format) from another CAD software (AutoCAD or similar®) in order to immediately generate the electrical system design.

System design
Alarms, anti-fire, telephone, TV, hydraulic, thermal and civil/industrial electrical system design by means of symbol positioning and covered wire/connection drawing. Bidimensional design with wire value regulation in order to exactly compute wire, cable and channel length for the final part list and for dimensioning estimates. Special functions that advise when 90 m. length has been reached during a link tracing.

Symbol library
Over 400 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.

Distribution cabinet design
Symbol library special features representing the different rack 19· cabinets and their equipment: optical fiber pannels, hubs, RJ45 UTP 16/24/32 gates and RJ45 STP 16/24 gate panels, phone-strips.

Electrical panels and functional schematics
Automatic creation of electric panel functional schematics starting from the system schematic. Automatic dimensioning computation based on distribution wires and protection devices. Automatic table filling with all data and descriptions. Customizable table shapes.
Possibility of creating the panel without the need to design the related electrical system.

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.

Design import/export in DXF format from other CAD software
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.

Computation and dimensioning functions

Computation of cable load, section, voltage drop and length in conformity with parameters such as absorbed power, current, voltage, environment and cable temperature, cos-fi, cable type, placing type, number of wires in the cable and its insulator type. Functions to verify the protection devices, such as computation of s. c. min. current, min. protected lenght, I2t.

Part list/estimate creation
Special commands to directly extract bills of materials and estimates from the design. Possibility of calculating - besides the computation of the different objects found in the design - the total length of the distribution cables and links with their tridimensional development (up and down).
Description data, codes, prices, etc. extracted from the inner database, with possibility of inserting any necessary descriptive information. Possibility of reading external price lists provided by other electrical device suppliers (the following formats are supported: Microsoft Access®, Microsoft Excel®, Paradox, dBIII and dBIV, Metel).
Possibility of using UNI-TOOL Cable Link in connection with UNI-TOOL Manager for more complex bills of materials and special functions (labor tables, cost analysis, warehouse management functions, etc.).

Color 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.

Totally developed for Microsoft Windows®
User interface totally organized in conformity with Microsoft Windows® standards for the leading application-oriented programs (Microsoft Word®, Microsoft Excel®, etc.), a feature that makes the 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.