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From Nothing to Something using AutoCAD® ElectricalTodd SchmoockSolutions Engineer - Synergis Technologies, Inc

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Before getting started

Turn cell phones to silent!

Our lab assistants are: Jim Swain Steve Carlson ???

Some questions: How many currently use AutoCAD® Electrical? How many are thinking of purchasing AutoCAD Electrical?

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Class Summary

In this lab you will work with AutoCAD® Electrical to:• Create an AutoCAD® Electrical Project• Create an AutoCAD® Electrical schematic drawing• Create an AutoCAD® Electrical panel drawing• Run bills of material, wire connections, and other reports on the newly created files

You will do all this with tools available in a typical installation of AutoCAD® Electrical!

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Learning ObjectivesAt the end of this class, you will be able to: Create an AutoCAD® Electrical Project:

Create projects from scratch Modify the project properties Add schematic and panel drawings to the project Modify the drawing properties

Create an AutoCAD® Electrical schematic drawing: Create a drawing using an AutoCAD® template Add the drawing to the project, review, and modify the drawing properties Add Ladders, PLCs, Components, Wire Numbers

Create an AutoCAD® Electrical panel drawing: Create a drawing using an AutoCAD® template Add the drawing to the project, review, and modify the drawing properties Extract information from the schematic to add the panel footprint

Run reports on the AutoCAD® Electrical project

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Class Setup

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Class Setup:

Open AutoCAD® Electrical  Note: There are files located in a folder called "MA2085-L" which is the

Autodesk University lab name for this class, but you should not need them since you will be creating everything from scratch. These files will only be used if files are missing.

***Do not forget to fill out the class survey!!!

Let’s get started!

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Create an AutoCAD® Electrical Project

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Create an AutoCAD® Electrical Project using the “New Project” tool located in the Project Manager:

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Create an AutoCAD® Electrical schematic drawing

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Create an AutoCAD® Electrical schematic drawing using the “New Drawing” tool located in the Project Manager :

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Create an AutoCAD® Electrical panel drawing

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Create an AutoCAD® Electrical panel drawing using the “New Drawing” tool located in the Project Manager :

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Run reports on drawing/project

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Run drawing/project reports:

Run Component Report on Active drawing:

Run (Wire) From/To Report:

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Class Summary

During this lab you have learned how to create an AutoCAD® Electrical project. Created schematic and panel drawings using a regular AutoCAD® template. You inserted ladders, PLCs, and blocks. Created a panel drawing by extracting the information from the schematic drawing. Then ran a bill of materials and other reports based on this newly created intelligent data. While this was only done on a small sample the same techniques could be used throughout a complete AutoCAD® Electrical project.

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