The invention provides an intelligent arc fault simulation system. The simulation system is characterized in that the system includes an arc fault simulation device cabinet, a test circuit, a test load cabinet, a data acquisition card and a computer; the arc fault simulation device cabinet includes a carbonization device, a cutting device and a point contact device; the test circuit includes a plurality of fully controlled switches; test loads are arranged in the test load cabinet, including a resistive load and an inhibitory shielding load; the data acquisition card is connected with the computer through a PCIE interface; and the computer includes a principal computer platform. The intelligent arc fault simulation system of the invention has a high degree of automation and high success rate of arc fault simulation, and has the ability of fault arc analysis. The whole test process is controllable. The system is highly safe and beneficial to environmental protection.