SDS Protection & Control

Streamline protection and control design

Substation Design Suite – Protection & Control brings automation and accuracy to one of the most complex and detail-intensive areas of substation design.

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Built on AutoCAD Electrical, this solution enables utilities and engineering firms to significantly reduce manual drawing time while enforcing consistent standards across schematics, wiring diagrams, and control cabinets. The result is more accurate protection and control drawings, faster design cycles, and easier collaboration across project teams.

Automate wiring and schematic design

Save time and reduce errors

  • Automatically generate wire connections, terminal diagrams, and cable schedules.
  • Place multi-component templates with protection relays, terminal blocks, CTs, PTs, and associated wiring in a single action.
  • Update drawings instantly when changes are made — reducing rework and maintaining alignment across all documentation.

Ensure design consistency

Apply design standards at every step

  • Enforce utility-specific drawing standards and naming conventions through configurable templates.
  • Automatically generate cross-references and intelligent annotations to ensure drawing clarity.
  • Use a common library of protection and control components to standardize across teams and projects.

Improve design quality and collaboration

Deliver high-quality packages faster

  • Eliminate the need for manual drawing tasks, reducing human error.
  • Maintain traceable links between logic diagrams, wiring schematics, and device placement.
  • Share standard AutoCAD DWG files across design and engineering teams for streamlined review and updates.

Built for Protection & Control Engineers

Purpose-built for electrical substation design

  • “GEO-enabled CAD” means that real-world projections and coordinate systems are used in detailed design.
  • Intelligent network models are used in the CAD environment; includes features classes, attributes, specifications, relationships and connectivity.
  • Integration with GIS and ERP/EAM systems is supported with model mapping and two-way data sync including all changes.