AutoCAD Electrical
Master electrical design with our AutoCAD Electrical Essentials course! Learn the key techniques for 2D design and drafting using Autodesk's specialist electrical CAD software. This comprehensive training covers all the key features, commands, and tools needed for professional electrical design and drafting.
per person
Level
Duration
Training Delivery Format
Face-to-face / Virtual Class
per person
Level
Duration
Training Delivery Format
Face-to-face (F2F) / Virtual Class
Class types
Public Class
Private Class
In-House Training
Bespoke
About this course
AutoCAD Electrical training course teaches the key techniques for 2D electrical design.
The AutoCAD Electrical application is Autodesk’s specialist control panel and electrical CAD drafting software.
This AutoCAD Electrical Essentials course provides thorough grounding in the AutoCAD Electrical application, teaching how to use the key features, commands and tools for professional 2D electrical design and drafting.
Who should attend?
For electricians, and anyone else who wants to start designing and documenting electrical control systems using the AutoCAD Electrical application.
Prerequisites
Delegates should be familiar with the fundamentals of AutoCAD.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Introduction
- Introduction to the course
- Overview of AutoCAD Electrical
- Overview of screen layout
Lesson 2: Understanding project files
- Creating a new project
- WDF project files
- Project Manager interface
Lesson 3: Electrical schematic drawing
- Wire numbering
- Component tagging
- Electrical control circuits
- Schematic symbol libraries
- Editing commands
Lesson 4: Working with PLC symbols
- Insert PLC (parametric)
- Insert PLC (full units)
- Insert Individual PLC I/O points
- PLC based tagging
- Spreadsheet to PLC I/O utility
Lesson 5: Creating custom symbols
- Creation of schematic symbols
- Naming convention
- Icon menu wizard
- AutoCAD Electrical databases
Lesson 6: Terminal plan drawing
- Insert terminal symbol
- Manipulation of the terminal plan
- Multiple level terminals
- Multiple insert component command
- Insert jumpers
- Terminal strip editor
- DIN Rail command
Lesson 7: Generating reports
- Save an external file
- Put on drawing
- Configure report templates
- Running automatic reports
- Electrical audit
At this time, this course is available for private class and in-house training only. Please contact us for any inquiries.