AutoCAD Electrical Essential Training

Learn how to work with the AutoCAD Electrical toolset inside AutoCAD to design wiring, circuiting, PLC modules, panels, and more.

Introduction

• Working with AutoCAD Electrical
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files
• The new AutoCAD Electrical 2022 interface
• Prerequisite courses in the library

1. Explore the AutoCAD Electrical User Interface

• Explore the AutoCAD Electrical user interface
• Use the AutoCAD Electrical ribbon
• Right-click marking menu
• The AutoCAD Project Manager
• Drafting Settings dialog box
• Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)

2. Manage Files and Projects

• Open projects
• Open drawings
• Use AutoCAD Electrical template files (DWT) to add new drawings
• Manage project paths and file paths in AutoCAD Electrical

3. Navigate in the Drawing

• Use zoom and pan
• Use the mouse
• Navigate project drawings

4. Work in a Project

• Access project files and drawings
• Create a new electrical drawing in a project
• Add a regular drawing to a project file
• Manage drawings in projects with the project drawing list

5. Schematics: Single Wires and Components

• Use ladders in a drawing
• Insert and edit wires
• Add rungs to ladders
• Number wires
• Source and destination signal arrows
• Insert components
• Parent and child components

6. Schematics: Multiwiring and Circuits

• Use dashed link lines
• 3-phase ladders
• Multiple Wire Bus dialog
• Use 3-phase components
• Number 3-phase wiring
• Use cable markers
• WBLOCK circuits
• Work with saved circuits
• Add saved circuits to the icon menu
• Copy and move a circuit
• Use the Circuit Clipboard
• Use the Circuit Builder

7. AutoCAD Electrical Editing Commands

• Edit with the marking menu
• Use the Project Task List
• Use the SCOOT command
• Move components
• Copy components
• Align components
• Delete components
• Use the Surfer command (AESURF)
• Use the Copy Catalog Assignment
• Copy installation and location code values
• Use the attribute editing commands

8. Work with Panel Drawings

• Use Insert Footprint (Icon Menu)
• Use Insert Footprint (Schematic Menu)
• Insert Component (Manufacturer Menu)
• Edit panel footprints
• Assign item numbers and add balloons to panels

9. Work with Terminals

• Insert terminal symbols into drawings
• Use multiple-level terminals
• Insert jumper terminals
• Create a jumper chart
• Use the DIN Rail command

10. Use PLC Symbols

• Insert a PLC (parametric)
• Insert a PLC (full units)
• Insert PLC I/O points
• Tag PLC symbols
• Use the Spreadsheet to PLC I/O function

11. Use Point-to-Point Wiring

• Insert and edit connectors
• Use and insert splices
• Use and insert multiple wires
• Bend wires

12. Create Custom Symbols

• The Symbol Builder
• Insert standard attributes
• Insert wire connection attributes
• Save the new symbol
• Insert the new symbol
• Add new symbols to the Icon Menu

13. AutoCAD Electrical Titleblocks

• Update titleblocks
• Set up AutoCAD Electrical titleblocks
• Working with revision clouds

14. Report in AutoCAD Electrical

• Save to external files
• Put reports on drawings
• Configure report templates
• Run automatic reports
• Use the Electrical Audit command

15. Settings and Templates

• Set project properties
• Set drawing properties
• Set the panel drawing configuration
• Set up a template file

16. Use Drawing Update Tools

• Update and retag projects
• Use project-wide utilities
• Plot projects
• Export projects to spreadsheets
• Update a project from a spreadsheet
• Copy a project
• Swap and update blocks
• Mark and verify drawings

17. New Features in AutoCAD Electrical 2022

• Using the new Trace feature
• Using the COUNT command in AutoCAD Electrical
• Using floating drawing windows
• Sharing your current drawing

Conclusion

• Next steps