AutoCAD Electrical Essential Training

Course details

Learn about using the powerful AutoCAD Electrical toolset, which offers automated drafting tools for designing wiring, circuiting, PLC modules, panels, and more. Explore the interface and the process of creating precise, measured electrical drawings and schematics. Instructor Shaun Bryant shows how to design wiring diagrams, insert components and terminals, use PLC symbols in ladder diagrams, perform point-to-point wiring, create custom symbols, add annotations like title blocks to drawings, and run reports. Shaun also shows how to adjust settings, customize the built-in templates, and use the drawing update tools to reuse, copy, export, and verify drawings.

Learning objectives
Navigating the AutoCAD Electrical interface
Inserting, editing, and numbering wires
Using 3-phase ladders and components
Using the Circuit Clipboard and Circuit Builder
Editing, moving, copying, and deleting components
Copying installation and location code values
Inserting terminals and jumpers
Using PLC symbols
Inserting connectors for point-to-point wiring
Creating custom symbols
Setting up title blocks

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Working with AutoCAD Electrical
02 - What you should know before watching this course
03 - Using the exercise files
04 - The new AutoCAD Electrical 2022 interface
05 - Prerequisite courses in the library

1. Explore the AutoCAD Electrical User Interface

06 - Explore the AutoCAD Electrical user interface
07 - Use the AutoCAD Electrical ribbon
08 - Right-click marking menu
09 - The AutoCAD Project Manager
10 - Drafting Settings dialog box
11 - Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)

2. Manage Files and Projects

12 - Open projects
13 - Open drawings
14 - Use AutoCAD Electrical template files (DWT) to add new drawings
15 - Manage project paths and file paths in AutoCAD Electrical

3. Navigate in the Drawing

16 - Use zoom and pan
17 - Use the mouse
18 - Navigate project drawings

4. Work in a Project

19 - Access project files and drawings
20 - Create a new electrical drawing in a project
21 - Add a regular drawing to a project file
22 - Manage drawings in projects with the project drawing list

5. Schematics - Single Wires and Components

23 - Use ladders in a drawing
24 - Insert and edit wires
25 - Add rungs to ladders
26 - Number wires
27 - Source and destination signal arrows
28 - Insert components
29 - Parent and child components

6. Schematics - Multiwiring and Circuits

30 - Use dashed link lines
31 - 3-phase ladders
32 - Multiple Wire Bus dialog
33 - Use 3-phase components
34 - Number 3-phase wiring
35 - Use cable markers
36 - WBLOCK circuits
37 - Work with saved circuits
38 - Add saved circuits to the icon menu
39 - Copy and move a circuit
40 - Use the Circuit Clipboard
41 - Use the Circuit Builder

7. AutoCAD Electrical Editing Commands

42 - Edit with the marking menu
43 - Use the Project Task List
44 - Use the SCOOT command
45 - Move components
46 - Copy components
47 - Align components
48 - Delete components
49 - Use the Surfer command (AESURF)
50 - Use the Copy Catalog Assignment
51 - Copy installation and location code values
52 - Use the attribute editing commands

8. Work with Panel Drawings

53 - Use Insert Footprint (Icon Menu)
54 - Use Insert Footprint (Schematic Menu)
55 - Insert Component (Manufacturer Menu)
56 - Edit panel footprints
57 - Assign item numbers and add balloons to panels

9. Work with Terminals

58 - Insert terminal symbols into drawings
59 - Use multiple-level terminals
60 - Insert jumper terminals
61 - Create a jumper chart
62 - Use the DIN Rail command

10. Use PLC Symbols

63 - Insert a PLC (parametric)
64 - Insert a PLC (full units)
65 - Insert PLC I O points
66 - Tag PLC symbols
67 - Use the Spreadsheet to PLC I O function

11. Use Point-to-Point Wiring

68 - Insert and edit connectors
69 - Use and insert splices
70 - Use and insert multiple wires
71 - Bend wires

12. Create Custom Symbols

72 - The Symbol Builder
73 - Insert standard attributes
74 - Insert wire connection attributes
75 - Save the new symbol
76 - Insert the new symbol
77 - Add new symbols to the Icon Menu

13. AutoCAD Electrical Titleblocks

78 - Update titleblocks
79 - Set up AutoCAD Electrical titleblocks
80 - Working with revision clouds

14. Report in AutoCAD Electrical

81 - Save to external files
82 - Put reports on drawings
83 - Configure report templates
84 - Run automatic reports
85 - Use the Electrical Audit command

15. Settings and Templates

86 - Set project properties
87 - Set drawing properties
88 - Set the panel drawing configuration
89 - Set up a template file

16. Use Drawing Update Tools

90 - Update and retag projects
91 - Use project-wide utilities
92 - Plot projects
93 - Export projects to spreadsheets
94 - Update a project from a spreadsheet
95 - Copy a project
96 - Swap and update blocks
97 - Mark and verify drawings

17. New Features in AutoCAD Electrical 2022

98 - Using the new Trace feature
99 - Using the COUNT command in AutoCAD Electrical
100 - Using floating drawing windows
101 - Sharing your current drawing

Conclusion

102 - Next steps