Electrical/Electronics CAD
AutoCAD Electrical software, part of the Digital Prototyping solution is for electrical design. It includes all the functionality of familiar Electrical CAD software plus a complete set of electrical CAD features, including comprehensive symbol libraries and effective tools for automating electrical design tasks.
Course Prerequisite
Eligibility:B. Tech/M. tech/ Any Graduate/ITI Electrical/Electronic Branch
Course Duration: 60 Hrs./6 Weeks/1.5 Months
Why Electrical CAD ?
Autocad Electrical is part of Autocad which comes with all electrical standard libraries, symbols which helps electrical engineer to design and document electrical drawings.
This course is designed to teach you about productivity tools in AutoCAD Electrical. Topics include Settings and Configurations, Custom Components, Custom Data, PLC Modules and more.
After completion of the ECAD course:
Capable of Circuit design and using symbol libraries Generate PLC layout modules, insert PLC modules, and organize PLC database files Automatic report generation Capable to do wire numbering and component tagging in circuits design
After completing the AutoCAD Electrical course, you will be able to navigate the user interface and follow basic electrical design workflows, manage projects, manage multiple drawing and inter-drawing relationships in projects, insert wires, add wire numbers, manage circuits, and create point-to-point wiring diagrams and drawings, insert and annotate schematic symbols, edit drawings with commands, extract information for Bill of Materials and Wiring, and create and annotate panel layout drawings, including using the Terminal Strip Editor.
Career Scope
Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacture of electrical equipment. Some of this equipment includes electric motors; machinery controls, lighting, and wiring in buildings; radar and navigation systems; communications systems; and power generation, control, and transmission devices used by electric utilities. Electrical engineers also design the electrical systems of automobiles and aircraft.
ECAD Course Syllabus
Eligibility: B. Tech/M. tech/ Any Graduate/ITI
Course Duration = 60 Hours/1 Month
Session = Weekdays-1-2 hrs/Weekends – 4hrs
Introduction to AutoCAD Electrical
- What is AutoCAD Electrical?
- Drawing Files
- Electrical Components and Wires
- Design Methodologies
Project Files
- Project Files
- Project Manager Interface
- Opening a Drawing
- Creating a Drawing
- Add a Drawing to a Project File
- Managing Drawings in Projects
- Project Manager Drawing List
Schematics I – Single Wires/Components
- Referencing
- Assembly modeling-1, Assembly modeling-2
Ladders
- Insert Wires
- Edit Wires
- Add Rungs
- Wire Setup
- Wire Numbers
- Source & Destination Signal Arrows
- Insert Component
- Parent/Child Components
Schematics II – Multi wire and Circuits
- Dashed Link Lines
- 3-Phase Ladders
- Multiple Wire Bus
- 3-Phase Components
- 3-Phase Wire Numbering
- Cable Markers
- Fan In/Out
- Insert Saved Circuits
- Save Circuits to Icon Menu
- W Block Circuits
- Copy Circuit
- Move Circuit
- Circuit Clipboard
- Circuit Builder
Editing Commands
- Edit Component
- Project Task List
- Scoot
- Move Component
- Copy Component
- Align
- Delete Component
- Surfer Command
- Copy Catalog Assignment
- Copy Installation/Location Code Values
- Attribute Editing Commands
Panel Drawings
- Insert Footprint (Icon Menu)
- Insert Footprint (Schematic List)
- Insert Component (Panel List)
- Edit Footprint
- Assign Item Numbers
- Add Balloons
Terminals
- Insert Terminal Symbols
- Multiple Level Terminals
- Multiple Insert Component Command
- Insert Jumpers
- Terminal Strip Editor
- DIN Rail Command
PLC Symbols
- Insert PLC (Parametric)
- Insert PLC (Full Units)
- Insert Individual PLC I/O Points
- PLC Based Tagging
- Spreadsheet to PLC I/O Utility
Point-to-Point Wiring Drawings
- Insert Connectors
- Edit Connectors
- Insert Splices
- Insert Multiple Wires
- Bend Wires
Symbol Creation
- Schematic Symbols
- Naming Convention
- Icon Menu Wizard
- Auto CAD Electrical Databases
- Project Database
- Catalog Database
- Footprint Lookup Database
- PLC Database
Titleblocks
- Update Titleblocks
- Titleblock Setup
Reporting Tools
- Create Reports
- Save to External File
- Put on Drawing
- Configure Report Templates
- Running Automatic Reports
- Electrical Audit
Settings and Templates
- Project Properties
- Drawing Properties
- Panel Drawing Configuration
- Template Files
- Sharing Symbol Libraries and Databases
Drawing Update Tools
- Project-Wide Update/Retag
- Project-Wide Utilities
- Plot Project
- Export to Spreadsheet
- Update from Spreadsheet
- Copy Project
- Swap/Update Block
- Mark Drawings
- Verify Drawings
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