AutoCAD: Electrical Toolset

Learn the essential skills of AutoCAD Electrical toolset, which offers automated drafting tools for designing wiring, circuiting, PLC modules, panels, and more.

Introduction

• Working with the AutoCAD Electrical Toolset
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files
• Prerequisite courses in the library
• The AutoCAD Electrical 2023 interface

1. Exploring the User Interface

• Using the ribbon and the right-click marking menu
• The Project Manager
• Drafting Settings dialog box
• Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)

2. Managing Files and Projects

• Opening projects
• Opening drawings
• Using AutoCAD Electrical template files to add new drawings
• Managing project paths and file paths in AutoCAD Electrical

3. Navigating in the Drawing

• Using zoom and pan
• Using the mouse right-click settings
• Navigating and surfing project drawings

4. Working in a Project

• Accessing project files and drawings
• Creating a new electrical drawing in a project
• Adding new drawings to a project file
• Managing drawings in projects with the project drawing list

5. Schematics: Single Wires and Components

• Using ladders in a drawing
• Adding rungs to ladders
• Inserting and editing wires
• Numbering wires
• Source and destination signal arrows
• Inserting components
• Parent and child components

6. Schematics: Multiwiring and Circuits

• Using dashed link lines
• Three-phase ladders
• Multiple Wire Bus dialog
• Using three-phase components
• Numbering three-phase wiring
• Using cable markers
• WBlocking circuits
• Working with saved circuits
• Adding saved circuits to the icon menu
• Copying and moving a circuit
• Using the Circuit Clipboard
• Using the Circuit Builder

7. AutoCAD Electrical Editing Commands

• Editing with the marking menu
• Using the project task list
• Scooting and aligning components
• Moving components
• Copying components
• Deleting components
• Using the Surfer command (AESURF)
• Using the Copy Catalog assignment
• Copying installation and location code values
• Using the attribute editing commands

8. Working with Panel Drawings

• Using Insert Footprint: Icon Menu
• Using Insert Footprint: Schematic Menu
• Insert Component: Manufacturer Menu
• Editing footprints
• Assigning item numbers and adding balloons to panels

9. Working with Terminals

• Inserting terminal symbols into drawings
• Using multiple level terminals
• Inserting jumper terminals
• Creating a jumper chart
• Using the DIN Rail command

10. Using PLC Symbols

• Inserting a PLC: Parametric
• Inserting a PLC: Full Units
• Inserting PLC I/O points
• Tagging PLC symbols
• Using the Spreadsheet to PLC I/O function

11. Using Point-to-Point Wiring

• Inserting and editing connectors
• Using and inserting splices
• Using and inserting multiple wires
• Bending wires

12. Creating Custom Symbols

• The Symbol Builder
• Inserting standard attributes
• Inserting wire connection attributes
• Saving the new symbol
• Inserting the new symbol
• Adding new symbols to the Icon Menu

13. AutoCAD Electrical Title Blocks

• Updating title blocks
• Setting up AutoCAD Electrical title blocks
• Working with revision clouds

14. Reporting in AutoCAD Electrical

• Saving to external files
• Putting reports on drawings
• Configuring report templates
• Running automatic reports
• Using the Electrical Audit command

15. Settings and Templates

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

16. Using Drawing Update Tools

• Updating and retagging projects
• Using project-wide utilities
• Plotting projects
• Exporting projects to spreadsheets
• Updating a project from a spreadsheet
• Copying a project
• Swapping and updating Blocks
• Marking and verifying drawings

17. New Features in the AutoCAD Electrical Toolset

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

Conclusion

• Next steps