WSCAD has introduced ELECTRIX OS, an AI-native engineering platform that sits above an electrical CAD system and proposes a design from stated objectives. The company calls the approach "Engineering Intelligence." Engineers set goals and constraints, review the proposed solution, and approve it. The E-CAD system then generates the circuit diagrams, bills of materials, and manufacturing documentation.
WSCAD's example is a packaging machine specified at 250 bottles per minute, with Allen-Bradley components, UL requirements, redundant safety circuits, and a control cabinet no wider than 50 inches. ELECTRIX OS builds a design from those parameters, covering functional structure, power distribution, control and safety concepts, and component selection. The engineer can request changes before approving. Inputs can be specification documents, customer requirements, company standards, or task descriptions. The system breaks them into verifiable requirements and records where each came from. If specifications conflict, it asks clarifying questions, and the affected planning steps stay open until they are answered.
For automation engineers, the difference is where the software works. WSCAD says conventional CAD supports design and documentation, and AI copilots assist with individual tasks, while ELECTRIX OS acts earlier, when the technical solution is being developed. "Humans define the objective, AI develops technical solutions, and the CAD system handles implementation and documentation," said Dr. Axel Zein, CEO of WSCAD GmbH. In WSCAD's own survey of 1,267 E-CAD users across 40 countries, around 54 percent said they had no time for innovation or workflow improvements.
Specialized AI agents handle tasks such as requirements analysis and power distribution. Before a proposal enters the project model, the system checks it for structural integrity, completeness, and inconsistencies. Every AI processing step is logged with its inputs and results. "Where the AI is uncertain, it asks rather than decides," said Daniel Papp, Product Owner ELECTRIX OS at WSCAD.
A separate knowledge base holds standards, company guidelines, and proven solution patterns. The AI can apply that material but cannot change it. The knowledge can be stored on a company's own computers or servers, and WSCAD says no public or external cloud processing is required.
Initial integration runs through ELECTRIX AI, WSCAD's own E-CAD software, which has been in production use since 2024. Market launch is planned for 2027, and companies can sign up as development partners to work with WSCAD's development team on their own projects.
