New cloud-native Capital Electra X electrical design SaaS offering helps small to medium sized businesses

Siemens Capital Electra X gives individual electrical designers or small teams an affordable yet powerful electrical design solution

Siemens Digital Industries Software has something exciting to announce. As of today, customers can try Capital™ Electra™ X, a new cloud-native electrical design software as a service (SaaS) offering aimed at individual electrical designers or small teams.

Designed for easy collaboration, consumers who require an affordable yet powerful electrical design solution can try it for 30 days for FREE.

Part of the Siemens Xcelerator™ portfolio of software and services, Capital Electra X offers users sophisticated electrical design capabilities with lower cost-of-ownership and shorter time-to-productivity than traditional on-premises solutions.

The increase in E/E systems complexity across all industries makes a robust and accurate design necessary, and the need for a lightweight, easy-to-use, browser-based tool was apparent. Capital Electra X will enable the creation electrical schematics easier and faster, using any device, for a low monthly cost. It is already used by engineers in over 50 countries who rely on nimble, browser-based collaboration.

Siemens’ unique digital and industrial technologies offer mechanical, thermal, electrical, electronic and embedded software design capabilities on a single integrated platform. Siemens commitment to cloud-based software and SaaS will bring speed, efficiency and convenience to millions of users, improving bottom lines and time to market. This SaS technology will also benefit being part of the Capital portfolio by being able to take advantage of more integration and synergies.

Chad Jackson, CEO and Chief Analyst, Lifecycle Insights recently was briefed on the new offering and agrees. He had this to say: “Siemens, with its broad and deep Capital product suite, is a leading solution provider in enterprise electrical design, especially in the automotive, aerospace and off-road vehicle industries. Our research has shown that companies of many sizes are building out electrical design competencies to support the development of smart, connected products. With Capital Electra X, Siemens supports small and medium-sized businesses’ efforts to incorporate electrical systems into their offerings with power and ease of access.  More broadly, this acquisition bolsters the entire Capital suite, allowing Siemens to serve the right solution to those working on products of any complexity and in any stage of growth.”

The new Capital Electra X offering is based on pioneering technology from the recently acquired Radica Software Sdn. Bhd., based in Ipoh, Malaysia.