AutoCAD Electrical 2017 (R1)

The AutoCAD® Electrical 2017 (R1): Fundamentals with IEC Standards student guide covers the indispensable core topics for working with the AutoCAD® Electrical software. In this student guide, students learn how to use many of the powerful electrical drawing creation tools in the AutoCAD Electrical software. Students create schematic drawings (ladder logic and point to point), panel drawings, and PLC-I/O circuits using automated commands for symbol insertion, component tagging, wire numbering, and drawing modification. In addition, students are introduced to methods of customizing AutoCAD Electrical symbols, circuits, and databases. Other topics covered include titleblock linking, reporting tools, templates, and project files.

Topics Covered

Understanding project files.
Creating and editing schematic and panel drawings.
Working with PLC symbols.
Creating custom symbols.
Generating reports.

Prerequisites
Before taking this course, students need to have a good working knowledge of the AutoCAD® software and electrical terminology.

Author Biography

ASCENT develops and produces a wide range of courseware offerings, knowledge products, and courseware for the industry’s leading engineering software tools from Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes, and PTC. ASCENT’s team is comprised of courseware developers, engineers, instructional designers, architects, and technical writers who work together to create training solutions that work for our clients. Our curriculum group specializes in the creation of blended education programs that incorporate the best of expert-led and technology-based training offerings to create the most effective course content and ensure that users achieve maximum productivity from their chosen engineering tools. We also work to meet our client’s needs by offering different levels of customization for classroom-training curriculum.