Courseware Description
This guide provides an overview of many AutoCAD Electrical utilities designed to enable users to quickly create and
manage electrical-controls production drawings. Users focus on how to build intelligent ladder diagrams and panel
layouts, and how to leverage the intelligence built into AutoCAD Electrical. Hands-on exercises representing real-world
design scenarios for the IEC (international) standard are included.
Objectives
To teach users the basic commands necessary for creating professional electrical-controls drawings with AutoCAD
Electrical software.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Navigate the AutoCAD Electrical user interface.
- Manage projects and the multiple drawing and inter-drawing relationships contained in electrical projects.
- Insert wires, add wire numbers, manage circuits, and create point-to-point wiring diagrams and drawings.
- Insert and annotate schematic symbols.
- Edit drawings project wide with commands that are specific to the electrical design environment.
- Extract information from drawings to create Bill of Material, Wiring, and other reports.
- Create and annotate panel layout drawings with lists of components that are extracted from schematic drawings and with other specific panel layout tools, such as the Terminal Strip Editor.
Who will benefit?
New AutoCAD Electrical Users
Prerequisites
It is recommended that students have a working knowledge of:
- Completion of ACAD-1 course or equivalent working knowledge of the content of this course.
- Electrical drafting, design, or engineering principles.
- Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows® Vista or Microsoft® Windows® XP.
Course Content
Basic Workflow
- Explore the Basic Circuit Workflow
Project Basics
- Project Basics
- Project Files
- Creating New Projects
- Project Drawing List
- Moving Through Project Drawings
- Copy Projects
Schematic Wiring
- Insert a Ladder & Wires
- Add Point-to-Point Wiring
- Add Wire Numbers
- Add Source & Destination Signal Arrows
Schematic Components
- Insert a Relay Coil & Child Contact
- Insert a Schematic Component from a Panel List
- Add Connectors & Wiring
- Create Terminal Jumpers & Associations
- Copy, Save & Insert a Circuit
- Create a Three-Phase Circuit
Schematic Editing
- Use Basic Editing Tools
- Copy Catalog & Location Values
- Swap & Update Blocks
- Use Electrical Audit & Drawing Audit
- Update & Retag a Project
Schematic Reports
- Generate Schematic Reports
Panel Layouts
- Create a Panel Layout from a Schematic List
- Insert a DIN Rail
- Edit & Insert a Terminal Strip
- Annotate a Panel Layout
Settings and Configurations
- Create New Wire Type Layers
- Change the Drawing Properties
- Change Project Properties
- Create a Drawing Template
- Edit Search Paths & the WD.ENV File
Custom Components
- Create a Custom Symbol
- Modify the Icon Menu
- Create a Panel Footprint
Custom Data
- Add Part Numbers & Assemblies to the Parts Catalog
- Copy & Insert Relay Contacts
- Edit the Terminal Properties Database
- Map to a Title Block
PLC Modules
- Insert a Parametric PLC Module
- Create a PLC Module
- Add PLC Address-Based Components
- Create PLC Drawings from a Spreadsheet
Advanced Tools
- Add Wiring Data to Footprints
- Identify & Label Wires for a Cable
- Use the Circuit Builder
Automation Tools
- Update a Drawing from a Spreadsheet
- Generate Reports Automatically
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