2008
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- AutoCAD Electrical What's New
- Project Management
- Overview of AutoCAD Electrical Help
- Overview of projects
- Use recently opened projects
- Work with projects
- Create a new project
- Add a new drawing to the current project
- Add existing drawings to the current project
- Copy a project
- Group drawings within a project
- Change the order of drawings in the project
- Remove a drawing from the active project
- Assign a description to each drawing
- Preview a drawing
- Pick a different project
- About collaborative design
- Create a new drawing
- Change drawing display options
- Overview of project related files
- Overview of the project file format
- Archive a project
- Work with Multiple Clients
- Drawing and Project Properties
- Symbol Libraries
- Determine symbol block names
- Library Symbol Naming Conventions
- Overview of symbol naming conventions
- Cable Marker Symbols
- Components - General
- Component Location Mark Symbols
- Configuration and Ladder Master Line Reference Symbols
- Connector Symbols
- Hydraulic Symbols
- Inline Wire Marker Symbols
- P&ID Symbols
- Panel Layout Footprint Symbols
- Parametric Twisted Pair Symbols
- PLC I/O Parametric Build Symbols
- Plug/Jack Connector Pin Symbols
- Splice Symbols
- Source/Destination Wire Signal Arrow Symbols
- Stand-Alone PLC I/O Point Symbols
- Standalone Terminal Symbols
- User-Defined Symbols
- Wire Dot Symbols
- Wire Number Symbols
- Overview of symbol naming conventions
- Split a tag name into two pieces
- Use multiple symbol libraries
- Overview of Hydraulic and P&ID symbols
- Attribute Requirements
- Schematic Attributes
- Overview of schematic attributes
- Schematic parent and child components
- Wire connection/terminal pin number pairs
- Schematic connector parametric build symbols
- Schematic terminal symbols
- Special Multiple Connection Sequence Terminal symbol
- Source/Destination wire signal symbols
- Stand-Alone Source/Destination cross-reference symbols
- In-line wire labels or wire numbers
- PLC single I/O point symbols
- Splices
- Parametric Twisted Pair symbols
- Overview of schematic attributes
- Non-Schematic Attributes
- Overview of parent and stand-alone component attributes (TAG1)
- Overview of child component attributes (TAG2)
- Copy attributes
- Schematic Attributes
- Managing Library Symbols
- PLC
- Generate PLC layout modules
- Insert PLC modules
- Overview of the PLC database file
- Single, Stand-Alone I/O Points
- Work with PLC styles
- Create PLC I/O Drawings from Spreadsheets
- Component Tools
- Insert schematic components
- Insert a copy of a component
- Insert similar components
- Insert from catalog lists
- Use the schematic lookup file
- Insert from panel lists
- Manipulate Components
- Swap contact states
- Check coil/contact count
- Follow signals
- Insert dashed link lines
- Overview of DIN Rails
- Edit schematic lookup files
- Overview of user data records
- Component Cross-References
- Circuits
- Wire Jumpers
- Component Attribute Tools
- Edit attribute values
- Force attributes to layers
- Manipulate component text
- Manipulate terminal text
- Move description values
- Manipulate Attributes
- Set tags to fixed
- Change to multi-line text
- Add location codes
- Update child codes
- Location Mark Symbols
- Change attribute justification
- Change attribute text style
- Change attribute text size
- Modify library symbols
- Add attributes to blocks
- Wire/Wire Number Tools
- Overview of wires
- Insert 3-phase bus wiring
- Insert wires
- Trim wires
- Stretch wires
- Overview of wire color/gauge labels
- Insert cable markers into wires
- Insert shield symbols
- Insert in-line wire markers
- Wire Gaps
- Ladder Tools
- Wire Numbers
- Wire Sequencing
- Source and Destination Markers
- Terminal Tools
- Point-to-Point Wiring Tools
- Project-Wide Tools
- Icon Menus
- BOM and Catalogs
- Use catalog tables
- Overview of the catalog database table structure
- Use the merge utility
- Catalog Assignment
- Assign catalog information to components
- Use the Component Insert/Edit dialog box
- Use a project-specific catalog file
- Use a miscellaneous catalog file
- Use the last used assignment
- Perform a drawing or project-wide search
- Pull information from another project
- Pull from an external file
- Pull from your own external database application
- Add multiple BOM catalog numbers to a component
- Insert components and modify catalog information
- Overview of the LISTBOX_DEF catalog database table
- Copy catalog assignments from component to component
- Show missing catalog assignments
- Assign catalog information to components
- Contact Quantity/Pin List Lookup
- Reports
- Generate reports
- Schematic Reports
- Generate schematic reports
- Bill of Materials reports
- Component report
- Wire From/To report
- Component Wire List report
- Connector Plug report
- PLC I/O Address and Description report
- PLC I/O Component Connection report
- PLC Modules Used So Far report
- Terminal Numbers report
- Terminal Plan report
- Connector Summary report
- Connector Details report
- Cable Summary report
- Cable From/To report
- Wire Label report
- Generate a schematic report
- Generate schematic reports
- Panel Reports
- Overview of format files
- Run automatic reports
- Modify spreadsheet data
- Create user-defined attributes
- Export to Autodesk Inventor Professional
- Panel Layout
- Overview of panel layouts
- Relationship between schematic drawings and panel layouts
- Overview of footprint attributes/Xdata
- Footprint/Terminal Insertion
- Layout Wire Connection Annotation
- Lookup Files
- Item Numbers/Balloons
- Nameplates
- Panel Leveling/Sequencing Tools
- Conduit Tools
- Conversion Tools
- Miscellaneous Tools
- Advanced Productivity
- Set up peer-to-peer component relationships
- Create automated pin assignments
- Set up AutoCAD Electrical for multiple users
- Show source and destination markers on cable wires
- Use the PLC Database File Editor
- Add your own symbols, circuits and commands to the icon menu
- Build your own symbols
- Configure projects for various drawing standards
- Use Autodesk Vault with AutoCAD Electrical
- AutoCAD Electrical Command
- Index
PLC database file editor 225, 1205
advanced 1205
PLC Database File Editor dialog box 233
PLC I/O Address and Descriptions Data
Fields to Report dialog box 881
PLC I/O address and descriptions
report 915
PLC I/O Address/Description Export dialog
box 1002
PLC I/O component connection
report 905
PLC I/O Connection Export dialog
box 1001
PLC I/O Header Information Export dialog
box 1000
PLC I/O Wire Numbers dialog box 525
PLC Modules Used So Far Data Fields to
Report dialog box 886
PLC modules used so far report 919
PLC Parametric Selection dialog box 219
PLC Selection dialog box 236
plot 694
pneumatic tools 1161
point-to-point tools 636
add pins 636
delete pins 636
edit pin numbers 636
insert connectors 636
move pins 636
reverse connector 636
rotate connector 636
split connectors 636
stretch connector 636
swap pins 636
position tags 172
potential assignment 1158
power check 1158
power check report 1160
power flag 1158
power source 1158
overview 1158
report 1158
Power Source/Load Report dialog
box 1160
previous 693
Project Database Table Data - Project
Drawing Files Update dialog
box 86
project manager 38, 52
Project Manager dialog box 38, 52
Project Properties 99, 102, 106, 110–
112, 496, 539
Components tab dialog box 102
Cross-References tab dialog box 110
Drawing Format tab dialog box 112
Project Settings dialog box 99
Styles tab dialog box 111, 539
Wire Numbers tab dialog box 106,
496
project related files 70
.wdn 70
catalog lookup 70
description defaults 70
external component 70
family code map 70
footprint lookup 70
installation codes 70
location codes 70
project labels 70
ratings defaults 70
RSLogix import 70
Spreadsheet to PLC 70
title block 70
wire color and gauge labels 70
Project Zip dialog box 83
Project-wide Schematic Terminal
Renumber dialog box 578
Project-wide Update or Retag dialog
box 698
project-wide utilities 509
Project-wide Utilities dialog box 509
projects 29, 50, 70, 77, 82–83, 86, 90–
91, 96, 129, 160, 509, 697, 705,
1243, 1250
add drawings to a project 29
alternate environment settings 160
archive 82
collaborate 50
configure - advanced 1243
copy 29
create 29
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