Complete Course In Autocad Electrical 2022

A Masterclass

What you'll learn

Students will get an in depth knowledge of Functionality of AutoCAD Electrical software.

Using this knowledge, students can create professional electrical control drawings

This course covers a wide range of tools and features such as schematic drawings, Circuit Builder, panel drawings, parametric and nonparametric PLC modules

This will help the students to create electrical drawings easily and effectively.

Requirements

The instructor starts right from the basics so there are no prerequisites. However, knowledge of AutoCAD is an added advantage

Description

AutoCAD Electrical is the software of the AutoCAD suite which is intended to help control designers with the creation and modification of control systems. This software has extended features to automate control engineering tasks, such as building circuits, numbering wires, and creating bills.For electrical engineers it is good for making circuit layout to power plant layout. This module include electrical schematic components, automatic report generation, PLC I/O drawing for spreadsheet, and so on.This course is basically designed to assist the engineering students and the practicing designers. Keeping in view the varied requirements of the students, this course covers a wide range of tools and features such as schematic drawings, Circuit Builder, panel drawings, parametric and non-parametric PLC modules, stand-alone PLC I/O points, ladder diagrams, point-to-point wiring diagrams, report generation, creation of symbols, and so on. On the completion of this course, students will be able to create electrical drawings easily and effectively.Salient Features of this Course:A comprehensive course consisting of 140 video lectures that are organized in a pedagogical sequence.Detailed explanation of all AutoCAD Electrical commands and tools.Step-by-step instructions to guide the users through the learning process.Practice Examples Practice TestCertificate of Completion

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to AutoCAD Electrical

Lecture 1 Overview of AutoCAD Electrical Interface

Lecture 2 Customizing the AutoCAD Electrical Interface

Lecture 3 Understanding WD_M and WD_PNLM Blocks

Section 2: Working with Project Manager

Lecture 4 Creating a New project and Opening an Existing Project

Lecture 5 Creating a New Drawing

Lecture 6 Copying and Deleting a Project

Lecture 7 Understanding Important Project and Drawing Related options

Lecture 8 Understanding Important buttons in the Project Manager

Lecture 9 Understanding Location view tab in Project Manager

Lecture 10 Example 1 - Project Manager

Lecture 11 Example 2 - Project Manager (Location View tab)

Lecture 12 Example 3 - Project Manager (Exception list and Settings Compare)

Section 3: Working with Wires

Lecture 13 Inserting Wires

Lecture 14 Stretching and Trimming Wires

Lecture 15 Inserting Multiple Wire Bus

Lecture 16 Creating and Modifying Wire Types

Lecture 17 Changing Wire Types and Converting Lines into Wires

Lecture 18 Understanding Wire Number Types and Inserting Wire Numbers

Lecture 19 Inserting 3 Phase Wire Numbers

Lecture 20 Working with Wire Numbers - I

Lecture 21 Working with Wire Numbers - II

Lecture 22 Inserting Source and Destination Arrows

Lecture 23 Inserting Fan In Source and Fan Out Destination Markers

Lecture 24 Inserting Cable Markers

Lecture 25 Showing and Editing Wire Sequence

Lecture 26 Troubleshooting Wires - I

Lecture 27 Troubleshooting Wires - II

Lecture 28 Example 1 - Wires and WIre Numbers

Lecture 29 Example 2 - Creating and changing Wire Types

Lecture 30 Example 3 - Showing and Editing Wire Sequence

Section 4: Creating and Modifying Ladder Diagrams

Lecture 31 Understanding and Inserting Ladders

Lecture 32 Modfying Ladders - Revising and Renumbering Ladders

Lecture 33 Modifying Ladders - lengthening, shortening, widening and compressing the ladder

Lecture 34 Modifying Ladders -Adding Rungs and using the Convert Ladder tool

Lecture 35 Modifying Ladders - Repositioning ladder and Changing the Rung Spacing

Lecture 36 Changing Reference Numbering Style of a Ladder and Inserting X-Grid and X Y Grid

Lecture 37 Example 1 - single and three phase ladder, Wire and Multiple wire bus insertion

Lecture 38 Example 2 - Stretching and Revising Ladder

Lecture 39 Example 3 - Format Referencing style, X-Y grid labels, Ladder Reference nos

Section 5: Schematic Components Insertion

Lecture 40 Inserting Schematic Components using the ICON Menu tool

Lecture 41 Inserting Schematic Components using the Catalog Browser tool

Lecture 42 Editing the Catalog Database

Lecture 43 Editing the Schematic Components

Lecture 44 Creating Parent Child Relationship

Lecture 45 Inserting Schematic Components using the Equipment list

Lecture 46 Inserting Schematic Components using the User Defined List

Lecture 47 Inserting Schematic Components using Panel List

Lecture 48 Creating Project Specific Catalog Database

Lecture 49 Swapping and Updating Blocks

Lecture 50 Example 1 - Inserting Components in a Ladder Diagram

Lecture 51 Example 2 - Swapping Component, Adding Catalog Data using the Catalog Browser

Lecture 52 Example 3-Symbol Library, Swapping a Component & Proj Specific Catalog Database

Section 6: Schematic Components Editing

Lecture 53 Scooting, Moving, Copying, Aligning, and Deleting the Component

Lecture 54 Updating Schematic Components from Catalog Database

Lecture 55 Updating Schematic Components from One-Line Components

Lecture 56 Surfing the Component

Lecture 57 Retagging Drawings

Lecture 58 Auditing Drawings - I

Lecture 59 Auditing Drawings - II

Lecture 60 Using Miscellaneous Tools for Schematic Components Editing - I

Lecture 61 Using Miscellaneous Tools for Schematic Components Editing - II

Lecture 62 Editing Attributes of Schematic Components

Lecture 63 Example 1 - Using the copy Component, Move component, Scoot Component tools

Lecture 64 Example 2- Auditing a drawing and Surfing the Component

Lecture 65 Example 3 - Copying the Catalog Data and Copying the Location Data

Lecture 66 Example 4 - Updating the Drawing using the Update Retag Tool

Section 7: Connectors

Lecture 67 Inserting Connectors

Lecture 68 Understanding Point to Point Wiring Diagrams and Inserting splices

Lecture 69 Editing Connectors

Lecture 70 Modifying Connectors

Lecture 71 Example 1 - Creating Point to point wiring Diagrams

Section 8: Working with Circuits

Lecture 72 Inserting Saved Circuits and Moving Circuits

Lecture 73 Saving Circuit to an ICON Menu

Lecture 74 Copying Circuit

Lecture 75 Saving Circuit by WBlock Command and Inserting Wblocked Circuit

Lecture 76 Building a Circuit

Lecture 77 Configuring a Circuit

Lecture 78 Example 1 - Inserting User Circuit, Copying & Saving the Inserted circuit

Lecture 79 Example 2 - Configuring a Circuit using the Circuit Buider Tool

Lecture 80 Example 3 - Inserting Saved Circuit, Saving a Circuit as a Wblocked Circuit

Section 9: Creating and Modifying Panel Layouts

Lecture 81 Understanding Key Features of Panel Layout Drawings and WD_PNLM Block

Lecture 82 Creating Panel Layouts from Schematic List

Lecture 83 Inserting Footprints from the ICON Menu and using the Manual Tool

Lecture 84 Annotating and Editing the Footprints

Lecture 85 Inserting Footprints from the User Defined List

Lecture 86 Inserting Footprints from the Equipment List Tool

Lecture 87 Inserting Footprints from the Vender Menu

Lecture 88 Making X Data Visible and Renaming Panel Layers

Lecture 89 Adding a Balloon to a Footprint

Lecture 90 Adding Multiple Balloons to a Footprint

Lecture 91 Resequencing the Item Numbers and Copying the Footprints

Lecture 92 Inserting Nameplates

Lecture 93 Inserting DIN Rails

Lecture 94 Editing the Panel Footprint Lookup Database File

Lecture 95 Setting the Panel Drawing Configuration

Lecture 96 Example 1-Inserting Panel Footprints and Nameplates

Lecture 97 Example 2- Editing the Footprints and Assigning Balloons

Lecture 98 Example 3 - Inserting Footprints Manually and Making Xdata Visible

Lecture 99 Example 4 - Inserting Footprints using User Defined list & Adding record in it

Section 10: Generating and Customizing Reports

Lecture 100 Generating Schematic Bill of Material Report

Lecture 101 Generating Missing BOM and Component Report

Lecture 102 Generating Fromto Reports

Lecture 103 Generating Panel Reports

Lecture 104 Understanding Report Generator Dialog Box

Lecture 105 Changing Report Formats

Lecture 106 Placing Reports in the Drawing and Saving Reports to a File

Lecture 107 Adding Fields using the User Attributes Tool

Lecture 108 Setting Format file for Reports

Lecture 109 Generating Cumulative Reports

Lecture 110 Example 1 - Generating schematic BOM Report and Component Report

Lecture 111 Example 2 - Generating Panel Nameplate Report and Panel Component Report

Lecture 112 Example 3 - Generating Cumulative Report

Section 11: PLC Modules

Lecture 113 Inserting Parametric PLC Modules

Lecture 114 Inserting Nonparametric PLC Modules and Editing PLC Module

Lecture 115 Creating and Modifying Parametric PLC Modules

Lecture 116 Creating PLC IO Wiring Diagrams

Lecture 117 PLC IO Points and Tagging Based on PLC IO Addressing

Lecture 118 Example 1- Inserting Parametric PLC Module

Lecture 119 Example 2 - Creating PLC Module using the PLC Database File Editor Tool

Lecture 120 Example 3 - Generating PLC Drawing using the PLC IO Utility Tool

Section 12: Terminals

Lecture 121 Inserting Terminal Symbols

Lecture 122 Editing Terminal Symbols and Understanding Terminal Properties

Lecture 123 Creating, Editing, and Inserting Terminal Strips

Lecture 124 Generating the Terminal Strip Table

Lecture 125 Editing the Terminal Database Table

Lecture 126 Resequencing Terminal Numbers, Copying Terminal Properties, and Editing Jumpers

Lecture 127 7. Example 1 - Inserting Terminal Symbol and Adding Required Information for it

Lecture 128 Example 2- Inserting DIN Rail and Terminal Strip

Section 13: Project and Drawing Properties

Lecture 129 Understanding Project and Drawing Properties

Lecture 130 Understanding Reference Files

Lecture 131 Example 1: Changing the drawing properties for a wire no and updating wire nos

Lecture 132 Example 2 - Changing the project properties

Section 14: Title Blocks and Templates

Lecture 133 Customizing the Existing Template

Lecture 134 Creating wdl File and Updating Title Block

Lecture 135 Creating New Templates

Lecture 136 Setting and Updating Title Blocks

Section 15: Customizing Symbols and Understanding Various Miscellaneous Tools

Lecture 137 Creating Symbols

Lecture 138 Customizing the ICON Menu

Lecture 139 Exporting Data to the Spreadsheet

Lecture 140 Marking and Verifying Drawings

Section 16: Self-Assesment Test

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