How can CAD be helpful to Electrical?

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Originally Posted by waterbott

Our team is trying to fully integrate CAD into robotics design for next year. In what ways can CAD be helpful to the Electrical team? All I can think of is teaching how to design an electrical board on CAD.

For some background, our team uses Solidworks student edition.

My team lays out the entire controls system in Solidworks prior to building the drivetrain. We figure out where we want to mount components, where to place the battery, and create mounting points for all of the above in the parts before they're machined. This leads to much more polished control systems overall.