AutoCAD Electrical Essentials

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Course Overview

This course covers the core topics for working with AutoCAD Electrical software. You will create schematic drawings (ladder logic and point to point), panel drawings and PLC I/O circuits using automated commands for symbol insertion, component tagging, wire numbering and drawing modification in addition to methods of customizing AutoCAD Electrical symbols, circuits, and databases.

Course Objectives

After completing this course participants should be able to understand and/or create:

Understanding project files
Creating and editing schematic and panel drawings
Working with PLC symbols
Creating custom symbols
Generating reports

Who Should Attend?

AutoCAD users who are manually creating schematic drawings (ladder logic and point to point) as well as their corresponding panel drawings.

Pre-requisites

Completion of the AutoCAD Essentials course or equivalent experience using the AutoCAD software
It is recommended that delegates are Microsoft Windows proficient

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit

Processor
2.5 GHz Intel® i-Series, Xeon®, or AMD® equivalent

Memory
8GB

Display Card
DirectX 11 compliant 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth

What's Included

e-Manual

Software Trial

Certificate

Certified Instructor

*Items may differ between courses, contact an agent for details

Qualifications

On completion of the course, you will be presented with an internationally recognized Autodesk Authorized Training Certificate.

Introduction

Purpose of AutoCAD Electrical
Drawing Files
Electrical Components and Wires
Design Methodologies

Project Files

Project Manager Interface
Accessing Project Files
Opening a Drawing
Creating a Drawing
Drawing to a Project file
Managing Drawings in Projects
Project Manager Drawing List

Schematics

Referencing
Ladders
Insert Wires
Edit Wires
Adding Rungs
Wire Setup
Wire Numbering
Source and Destination Signal arrows
Insert Component
Parent/Child Component

Schematics II

Dashed Linked lines
Phase Ladders
Multiple Wire Bus
Phase Components
Phase Wire Numbering
Cable Markers
Fan In/Out
Insert Saved Circuits
Saved Circuit Creation and Editing
WBlock Circuits
Circuit Builder

Editing Commands

Edit Component
Modify alignments and placements
Surfer Commmand
Manipulating Catalogue Data

Panel Drawings

Inserting Footprints
Editing Footprints
Insert Components
Assign Item numbers
Balloons, Item numbers & Annotations

Terminals

Insert Terminals
Multiple Level Terminals
Jumpers
Terminal Strip Editor
DIN Rail insertion

PLC Symbols

PLC (Parametric)
PLC (Full Units)
Individual PLC I/O Points
PLC Based Tagging

Point-to-Point Wiring Drawings

Insert, Edit Connectors and Splices
Multiple Wires
Bend Wires

Symbol Creation

Schematic Symbol Creation
Naming Conventions
AutoCAD Electrical Databases

Titleblocks

Titleblock setup
Titleblock update

Reporting Tools

Create reports and electrical audits

Setting up Templates

Project and Drawing properties
Panel Drawing Configuration
Template Files

Drawing Management and Update Tools

Update and Retag
Project-Wide Utilities
Plotting Projects

Students are to be at the training venue by 08h00 in preparation for a 08h30 start time.
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Course Overview

Course Objectives

Who Should Attend?

Pre-requisites

What's Included

Qualifications

Project Files

Schematics

Schematics II

Editing Commands

Panel Drawings

Terminals

PLC Symbols

Point-to-Point Wiring Drawings

Symbol Creation

Titleblocks

Reporting Tools

Setting up Templates

Drawing Management and Update Tools

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