Hello,

Hello,

We frequently design systems with many electrical enclosures interconnected by wiring. These layouts can be very large and difficult to manage.

Today, we place all enclosures into a single project and link everything together. This gives us change warnings when a schematic or panel is modified and speeds up schematic development since everything lives in one master schematic. The downside is that some projects grow very large and become slow or cumbersome to work in.

Some on our team suggest breaking projects out per panel. Panels are often moved or later become independent systems, and smaller per-panel schematics are easier to manage. However, this approach reduces global visibility and change tracking across the full system. Though it becomes more manageable, more modular and the cost tracking/BOMs become way more visible as a pro.

Both approaches have trade-offs. What is considered best practice for handling large, multi-panel systems like this? What are other people doing?

Thanks