AutoCAD Electrical - The Complete Guide

This course is designed to give you a solid understanding of AutoCAD Electrical features and capabilities.

Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

English

Course Length: 30 Hours

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What you'll learn

Introduction to AutoCAD Electrical
Working with Projects and Drawings
Working with Wires
Creating Ladders
Schematic Components
Schematic Editing
Connectors, Point-to-Point Wiring Diagrams, and Circuits

Panel Layouts
Schematic and Panel Reports
PLC Modules
Terminals
Settings, Configurations, Templates, and Plotting
Creating Symbols

Course Description

AutoCAD Electrical The Complete Guide is designed to give you a solid understanding of AutoCAD Electrical features and capabilities. Every course is designed to use all learning styles from the text, audio, video, interactivity, quizzes and practical “Let Me Try” examples.

You’ll follow a workflow-based approach that mirrors the development of projects in the real world, learning the steps to wire components together, editing Ladder Diagrams, working with connectors and circuits, using Wiring Diagrams, creating and editing reports, and creating your own symbols to use in the drawings.

To get the most out of this course, we strongly recommend you review every topic within the course, and use all the learning styles to ensure you retain the important information within. We also encourage you to take all the progress tests to ensure you have retained the knowledge, and most importantly practice with the hundreds of real-world, Let Me Try examples.

You do not need any previous experience with AutoCAD Electrical to take this course; however, it does assume a reasonable level of experience with the Windows operating system on your part. While not absolutely necessary, some experience with other CAD software is helpful.

Course Outline

AutoCAD Electrical Course Outline

New for AutoCAD 2020

What’s New in AutoCAD 2020
AutoCAD Including Specialized Toolsets

Introduction to AutoCAD Electrical

Invoking Commands
Workspaces
Saving the Work
Getting Help
Interface Components
Dynamic Input Mode

Working with Projects and Drawings

Creating a New Project
Working with Drawings
Working with Project Drawings
Copying/Deleting a Project
Other Options in the Project Manager

Working with Wires

Inserting Wires into a Drawing
Modifying Wires
Wire Types
Wire Numbers
Inserting Wire Markers/Labels in a Drawing
Troubleshooting Wires

Creating Ladders

Inserting and Editing Ladders
Grid Labels

Schematic Components

Inserting Schematic Components
Inserting Components Using Catalog Browser
Annotating and Editing the Symbols
Assigning Catalog Information and Editing the Catalog Database
Inserting Components from the Equipment List
Inserting Components from Panel Lists
Swapping and Updating Blocks

Schematic Editing

Changing Component Location
Updating Components
Auditing Drawings and Projects
Retagging Drawings
Using Tools for Editing Attributes

Connectors, Point-to-Point Wiring Diagrams, and Circuits

Inserting Connectors
Editing Connectors
Using Point-to-point Wiring Diagrams
Working with Circuits
Building a Circuit
Multiple Phase Circuits

Panel Layouts

Creating Panel Layouts
Annotating and Editing Footprints
Setting the Panel Drawing Configuration
Adding Balloons to a Component
Inserting Footprints
Item Numbers, Nameplates and DIN Rail

Schematic and Panel Reports

Generating Schematic Reports
Report Generator Dialog Box
Changing Report Formats

PLC Modules

Inserting Parametric PLC Modules
Inserting Nonparametric PLC Modules
Editing a PLC Module
Inserting Individual PLC IO Points
Creating and Modifying Parametric PLC Modules
Creating PLC I/O Wiring Diagrams

Terminals

Inserting Terminal Symbols
Adding and Modifying Associations
Selecting, Creating, Editing, and Inserting Terminal Strips
Terminal Tables
Resequencing Terminal Numbers
Settings, Configurations, Templates, and Plotting
Setting Project Properties
Setting Drawing Properties
Reference Files
Mapping the Title Block
Updating Title Block Settings
Creating Templates
Plotting the Project
Project Task List

Creating Symbols

Creating Symbols
Naming Convention of Symbols
Customizing the icon Menu
Miscellaneous Tools

Navigation Strategies

Beginners: Complete the course in order from beginning to end. Once any topic is completed, you will have full access to it at any time for one year after registration, to use as a resource.

Intermediate/Advanced Users: Use the course as a flexible resource tool to find what you need, whenever you need it. Try the assessment tests first, if you get 80%+ you can move to the next level, if you get less than 80% you should complete the lecture. This gives you a pre and post-assessment score, which can be used to track your skills improvements.