AutoCAD Electrical Course Module

Duration: 40 Hours
Classes: 20
Module: 15
Hands-on: 12
Exam: 3
Software used: AutoCAD Electrical
Books to be given:
AutoCAD Electrical Reference Guide (E-Book)
Extra Supports:

•  AutoCAD Electrical installation support
•  Weekly 2 support classes for both online & offline batches
•  Assignments for each module
•  One to one session regarding freelance market places & AutoCAD Electrical
•  Capston Project

Detail:

Module 1: Introduction to AutoCAD Electrical

• Software installation
  • AutoCAD Electrical user interface
  • How to navigate in AutoCAD Electrical
  • Understanding co-ordinate system
  • How to set limits & display units
  • How to create basic dimensions

Module 2: Working with project in AutoCAD Electrical

• Project manager interface of AutoCAD Electrical
•  Learn project workflow in AutoCAD Electrical
•  Introduction & accessing with project files in AutoCAD Electrical
• Opening and closing project
• Create a project & set project properties.
• How to copy a project
• How to delete a project
• Understanding standards and templates
• How to activate a project
• Wdm block, surfer tool & existing project layers
• Project-wide update/retag

Module 3: Working with drawing in AutoCAD Electrical

• Create a drawing & set drawing properties
• How to open a drawing
• How to configure the drawing list display
• Removing a drawing from a project
• Grouping drawing within a project
• Add & managing a drawing to a project
• Comparing/matching drawing and project setting
• Create a project & create a drawing in this project
• Add a drawing from demo project
• Add subfolder

Module 4: Application of Blocks and Attributes

• How to create & insert simple blocks
• Modifying, redefining, writing & global block
• How to make and modify attributes
• How to create and insert attributed blocks
• AutoCAD Electrical title blocks

Module 5: Working with wiring in AutoCAD Electrical

• Inserting wires & inserting wires at angles
• How to insert & extend multiple bus wiring
• How to trimming a wires
• How to create, change & set default wire types
• How to insert single & three phase type wire numbers
• How to copy, move & delete a wire number
• How to edit, hide & unhide a wire number
• How to swap, flip & scoot a wire numbers
• How to finding & replacing with toggling wire numbers
• Wire numbers with leaders
• Wire identification using cable markers
• How to set wire color and gauge labels
• How to stretching & bending wires at right angles
• How to checking, tracing a wire and line entities
• Insert, check, flip, delete wire gaps & loops
• How to add source & destination signal arrows
• How to edit source and destination signal arrows

Module 6: Working with ladder & rungs in AutoCAD Electrical

• How to insert a single & three phase ladder
• How to renumber ladder rung references
• How to resize & re-positioning a ladder
• How to add rungs & remove ladder rungs with rung spacing
• How to convert objects to a ladder
• How to insert x-y grid labels
• How to insert x zone labels

Module 7: Working with schematic components in AutoCAD Electrical

• Introduction with schematic components (iec, ieee)
• How to insert single & three phase components
• How to insert & edit parent & child components
• Working with existing part number
• Working with project specific catalog database
• Inserting components from the equipment list
• Inserting components from the catalog browser
• Edit & add a catalog entry
• Inserting components from panel lists
• Swapping and updating blocks

Module 8: Working with terminals in AutoCAD Electrical

• Inserting terminals from icon menu
• Inserting terminals from schematic list & manually
• Terminal block associations properties & terminal strips
• Using jumpers in terminal block
• Generating terminal tables

Module 9: Working with connector diagram in AutoCAD Electrical

• Inserting connectors
• Adding, deleting, moving & swapping connector pins
• Reversing, rotating & stretching a connector
• Spliting a connector & editing pin numbers
• Using point-to-point wiring diagrams & splices

Module 10: Using PLC symbols in AutoCAD Electrical

• Inserting parametric PLC modules
• Inserting & modifying full unit PLC modules
• Working with individual PLC i/o points & database editor
• Using the spreadsheet to PLC i/o utility (export & import)

Module 11: Creating symbols in AutoCAD Electrical

• Creating custom symbols
• Editing custom symbols
• Add to icon menu & inserting from icon menu

Module 12: Working with schematic circuits in AutoCAD Electrical

• Working with wblock
• Working with circuits (icon menu)
• Move & copy circuits
• Working with circuit clipboard
• Working with circuit builder

Module 13: AutoCAD Electrical editing commands

• Using copy, move & scoot in components
• Using align, toggle, delete & dashed link lines
• Using the surfer command
• Using attribute edit tools

Module 14: Working with panel layout drawing in AutoCAD Electrical

• Inserting from icon menu & edit footprint
• Another way inserting & coping footprint
• Inserting balloons & rename panel layers
• Re-sequencing & nameplates
• Working with panel drawing configuration & din rail

Module 15: Generating reports in AutoCAD Electrical

• Creating reports
• Report format setup
• Run automatic reports
• Using the electrical audit command