Create a Control Panel Quote — and Drawings — in Just 10 Minutes with Switchonomy

How-To Guide | Switchonomy

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What if your team could receive an enquiry, build a complete control panel quotation with accurate component pricing, and generate professional panel layout drawings — all in under 10 minutes, without touching a single spreadsheet or external design tool?

With Switchonomy, that's not a promise. It's the workflow.

Before the quote — setting up in Switchonomy

Once logged in, Switchonomy's dashboard gives you five immediate options: Create Project, Create Free Drawing, View Existing Projects, View Contacts, and View All Products. These are front-and-centre shortcuts designed to get your team to the right place in seconds.

For a new enquiry, the journey starts with Create Project. You enter the project name, customer details, address, follow-up date, project probability, and status. Existing contacts can be selected from the database, or a new contact added instantly. Once saved, the project record is live — and everything that follows links directly to it.

The 10-minute workflow — from project to quote to drawing

0–2 mins: Create the project and open a new estimation

Click Create Estimation inside the project. A new estimation slot is generated and linked to the project record — quotation number, date, enquiry reference, and customer details all pre-filled. Nothing needs to be entered twice.

2–5 mins: Create the panel and configure feeders

Click Create Panel. Choose Electrical + Auto Design or Panel Design Only. Enter the panel name, type, and quantity. Configure your feeders — feeder name, feeder type (EB Incoming, DG Incoming, Solar Incoming, Bus Coupler, Outgoing), switchgear type (ACB or MCCB), current rating (200A to 8000A), and quantity. The system validates ratings automatically for compliance.

5–7 mins: Configure the panel enclosure

Define the full enclosure specification — enclosure type, form, IP rating, termination locations, busbar material and size, load-bearing material thickness, door material, short circuit rating (STC kA), panel depth, and rear maintenance requirement.

7–9 mins: Click Generate Diagram — drawings created in seconds

Click Generate Diagram and the platform automatically creates a complete panel layout drawing based on every feeder and enclosure detail already entered. Standard-based, accurate, and ready to review or customise — generated in seconds, not hours.

9–10 mins: Set margin, add miscellaneous charges, export PDF

Apply your desired margin percentage — the quotation total recalculates in real time. Add miscellaneous charges (wiring, transportation, coupling, warranty, packaging) as a percentage or fixed amount. Then click Export PDF to generate either a professional Quotation PDF or a detailed BOM (Bill of Materials) PDF — both client-ready in one click.

What Switchonomy generates automatically — in seconds

When you click Generate Diagram, Switchonomy produces a complete, standard-based panel layout drawing from the feeder configuration and enclosure specs already entered. No separate drawing tool. No AutoCAD. No design engineer to hand off to. The diagram can be reviewed and customised before finalising, and once confirmed, it becomes part of the estimation record — included in the PDF export alongside the quotation and BOM.

Generated outputs include: Panel layout drawing, Feeder-based auto design, Standard-based generation, Editable and customisable diagram, Diagram linked to quotation record.

What else Switchonomy handles — beyond the 10 minutes

The three action icons on the estimation page — Edit, Diagram, and Upload Documents — give your team complete control from one place.

Duplicate estimation: Copy any estimation for a similar project. Identical panel configs don't need to be rebuilt from scratch.

Add to Favourites: Save frequently used panel configurations for instant reuse across future projects.

Upload documents: Attach test certificates, compliance documents, and client-approved drawings directly to the project record.

Share with client: Use the Share Switch to create client login credentials. Clients access shared project details securely — no email chain required.

The Duplicate Feeder advantage: When multiple feeders share the same specifications, the Duplicate Feeder feature replicates the configuration instantly — reducing manual entry and cutting panel setup time on complex projects.

Speed and accuracy — from the same source

Pricing is drawn from a live database of over 12,000 updated switchgear prices. The panel board drawing is generated from the exact specifications entered. The BOM, quotation, and design all live within the same project record. What was quoted is exactly what gets drawn. What gets drawn is exactly what gets built.

Ten minutes for a complete control panel quotation — with a professional drawing generated automatically in seconds — is what Switchonomy delivers, consistently, for every enquiry.

The businesses winning more contracts aren't always the ones with the most experience. They're the ones who respond first, with a quote and drawings that are accurate, professional, and ready to go.

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