Total Number of Pages: 724
Total Hours: 24
The AutoCAD® Electrical 2024: Fundamentals with NFPA Standards guide is
designed for those using AutoCAD® Electrical 2024 with a Windows operating
system. This guide is not designed for the AutoCAD for Mac software.
The AutoCAD Electrical 2024: Fundamentals with NFPA Standards guide covers
the indispensable core topics for working with the AutoCAD Electrical software.
In this guide, you will learn how to use many of the powerful electrical drawing
creation tools in the AutoCAD Electrical software. You will 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, you 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
Access to the 2024.0 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this guide. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included with this guide might not be compatible with prior versions (e.g., 2023).
Instructor guides are valuable teaching resources and for this guide they include the following aids: answers to chapter review questions, suggested course delivery timing, and instructor presentation files.