Getting Started Faster: Project Creation Paths in CELUS Design Studio

 

Starting a project in the CELUS Design Platform is now faster and more intuitive. Upon logging into Design Studio, the CELUS Design Assistant is ready to help you begin. This AI-powered tool interprets natural language prompts to generate a system-level architecture, allowing you to initiate your design just by describing what it should do.

Prefer a reference? Clicking Create New Project from the Welcome Screen brings you directly to the Template Selection page. From there, you can choose from curated, functional reference designs to spark ideas and accelerate your structure.

In both cases, you land directly on the Design Canvas—the central space for shaping your project. Here, you can continue developing your system by:

• Configure your design 

Or

• Use the Design Assistant to update or expand the architecture.

You can now:

• Start projects instantly after login

• Describe functionality in natural language

• Select a reference template aligned with your design goals

• Land on the canvas and immediately begin customizing your architecture

• Combine AI support with manual precision as the project evolves

This new flow reduces initial friction while maintaining full control and flexibility throughout your design process.

 

Project Creation with CELUS Design Assistant

The CELUS Design Assistant is an AI-powered feature within the CELUS Design Platform that transforms functional design intent—whether described in text or captured in an image—into a structured project architecture.

Whether you're typing a prompt like “5V power supply with USB-C”, or uploading a sketch, block diagram, or hand-annotated schematic, the Assistant interprets your input and builds a modular system architecture using reusable design blocks (CUBOs) and validated components.

 

Design Assistant at Welcome Screen

 

Available at project start or anytime via the Design Canvas, it helps engineers move quickly from idea to implementation:

• Parses written prompts to generate functional block diagrams

• Interprets uploaded image files (digital or hand-drawn)

• Suggests technically appropriate CUBOs for each block

• Retains design context across sessions and supports multilingual input

By lowering the barrier from concept to prototype, the Design Assistant supports both novice and experienced engineers in streamlining architectural design.

🔎 Explore more: Accelerating Electronics Design in Canvas using Design Assistant

 

 

Start Fast with CELUS Templates: Build from Proven Designs

The Create New Project flow in CELUS Design Studio gives engineers flexible entry points to begin development quickly. Upon selecting "Create New Project" from the Welcome Screen, users are taken to the Template Selection page.

From there, you can:

• Start from scratch by clicking Go to Canvas

• Choose from curated templates, aligned with common use cases and industries

These templates are powered by CELUS CUBOs and include pre-validated schematics and component selections. Whether you're prototyping or building production-ready circuits, templates help frame functional thinking and reduce time spent structuring basic blocks.

 

Select a Template related to Fitness Tracker

 

After clicking Create Project, you’ll be presented with available templates. Pick one that closely matches your design goals, and you’ll be placed directly onto the Design Canvas with everything loaded.

Keep in mind:

• Template search is based on name only.

• Templates are not AI-recommended.

• There is no automatic matching, ranking, or filtering.

If you want full flexibility, starting from scratch is still available.

 

Start Project from Scratch

If you want full control from the beginning, you can still start a project from scratch. Simply skip template selection and begin with an empty canvas by clicking on Go to Canvas button. From here, add your own Functional Blocks and define your system architecture exactly as you want it.

Once your project is created, you can:

• Add Functional Blocks manually.

• Resolve your design to get CUBO suggestions.

• Customize the structure freely.

You remain in charge of your design from day one.

 

Start a Project from Scratch

 

Learn from Real Designs with Featured Projects

 

Click on Copy Project button on the Featured Project of your Choice

 

The Featured Projects section on the CELUS Design Platform Welcome Screen showcases a curated selection of high-quality, recommended projects. Each project represents a fully validated design reference that demonstrates best practices in architecture, configuration, and CUBO implementation.

You can interact with Featured Projects in two ways:

• View Project: Opens in read-only mode for architecture review

• Copy Project: Duplicates the design into your workspace for editing

Each project includes functional blocks, schematic content, BOMs, and metadata—allowing you to explore real-world configurations before customizing them for your own needs.

When users select Copy Project, the system creates a new project instance that inherits all the solutions, configurations, and functional structures from the original. This gives engineers a ready-to-use, pre-configured base that can be customized to fit their design intent, significantly reducing setup time and ensuring functional consistency.

Importantly, Locked CUBOs within a Featured Project remain unchanged when copied. These CUBOs preserve the validated configurations and parameters from the original project, maintaining design integrity and preventing accidental modification of verified content.

 

Copying a Featured Project Inheriting Solutions and Configurations

 

This workflow allows engineers to begin from a trusted, production-grade foundation, accelerating design iterations while ensuring technical accuracy across reused solutions.