Autocad Electrical Training Report.docx

Training Report On AutoCAD ELECTRICAL In the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) 2015-2019

Submitted To:-

Submitted By:-

Dr. Nidhika Birla

MOHIT SHARMA

(HOD,ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT)

1216791

Department of Electrical Engineering Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology Radaur-135133(Yamuna Nagar) (Affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra,Haryana)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The present report would not have been possible without the help of the workers who can give me their presious time and knowledge. I extend my special thanks to MY TRAINNING TEACHEAR MR. SHUBHAM for their guidance and kind cooperation throughtout my trainning and for completing the project report. Last thanks to all the members of CAD DESK for their support.

Mohit Sharma (1216791)

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PREFACE An engineer has to serve the market, for that one must know about the demands and requirements in the market, the way of tackling the hurdles and find a way of working out for their solutions at the right place. After the completion of four year degree course an engineer must have a thorough knowledge about the theory and practical. For this one must be practically sound with theory aspects. To make the engineer good at practical the engineering courses provides a 5-6 weeks industrial training where one gets the opportunity to apply the theory in practical processes and production.

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CANDIDATE’S DECLARATION I, MOHIT SHARMA, Roll No. 1216791, B.Tech of the JMIT, Radaur, hereby declare that the Training Report entitled “AUTOCAD ELECTRICAL” is an original work and data provided in the study is authentic to the best of my knowledge. This report has not been submitted to any other Institute for the award of any other degree.

Place: JMIT, Radaur

MOHIT SHARMA

Date: 10/09/2018

Roll No. 1216797

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LIST OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: AutoCAD 1.1 Introduction 1.2 AutoCAD screen 1.3 Screen components 1.4 History AutoCAD 1.5 Variants of AutoCAD Chapter 2: AutoCAD electrical 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Benefits of electrical CAD 2.3 Comprehensive symbol libraries 2.4 Understanding the differences between AutoCAD and AutoCAD electrical 2.5 List of Family codes Used by electrical AutoCAD 2.6 Wire & Wire numbers 2.7 Change wire to different layer 2.8 To Add a Module to the PLC Data base 2.9 Assigning Terminal Types 2.10 Simple/AutoCAD Electrical Circuit Diagram of Motor 2.11 Create/Edit Wire type 2.12 Panel Layout Drawing 2.13 Create a PLC Style 2.14 AutoCAD Electrical Delievers 2.15 Real Time Error Checking 2.16 Generate Schematic Report 2.17 Generate Panel Report 2.18 Change the Report Format 2.19 Save the Report to a File 2.20 Insert a Report as a Table 2.21 Electrical AutoCAD Drawing Chapter 3: Reference

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LIST OF FIGURE

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AutoCAD (Autodesk))

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Figure 2.

AutoCAD Screen

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Figure 3.

Command Window

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Application Status bar

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Symbol libraries

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Create/Edit Wire type

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Figure 7.

Change/Convert Wire tool

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Figure 8.

Category for top input

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Figure 9.

Type for Category input

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Circuit Diagram for Motor Circuit

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Figure 11.

AutoCAD Electrical Motor Circuit Diagram

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Figure 12.

Connector Arrangement

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Figure 13.

Panel Layout Diagram

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Figure 14.

Electrical Tools

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Figure 15.

Drawing Audit

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Figure 16.

Electrical AutoCAD Drawing 1

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Figure 17.

Electrical AutoCAD Drawing 2

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Chapter 1 AutoCAD 1.1 Introduction AutoCAD is a software application for both 2D and 3D computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting — available since 1982 as a desktop application and since 2010 as a mobile web-and cloud-based app, currently marketed as AutoCAD 360

. figure 1 : AutoCAD Developed and marketed by Autodesk, Inc., Autocad was first released in December 1982 — having been purchased a year prior in its original form by Autodesk founder John Walker. The software is currently marketed in its eighteenth generation. As Autodesk's flagship product, by March 1986 Autocad had become the most ubiquitous microcomputer design program worldwide, with functions such as "polylines" and "curve fitting". Prior to the introduction of AutoCAD, most other CAD programs ran on mainframe computers or minicomputers, with each CAD operator (user) working at a graphical terminal or workstation. AutoCAD is used across a range of industries, including architects, project managers and engineers, among other professions, with 750 training centers established worldwide as of 1994.

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1.2 AutoCAD screen Various components of the initial AutoCAD screen are drawing area, command window, menu bar, several toolbars, model and layouts, and the status bar (Fig. 1). A title bar that has AutoCAD symbol and the current drawing name is displayed on top of the screen.

Figure 2 :Auto-CAD Screen

1.3 Screen Components Drawing Area: The drawing area covers the major portion of the screen. Here we can draw the objects and use the commands. To draw the objects, we need to define the coordinate points, which can be selected by using our pointing device

Figure 3:Command Window

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The command window at the bottom of the drawing area has the command prompt where we can enter the commands. It also displays the subsequent prompt sequences and the messages. We can change the size of the window by placing the cursor on the top edge and then dragging it. Application Status Bar :

Figure 4 :Application Status Bar The Status Bar is displayed at the bottom of the screen .It contains some useful information and buttons that will make it easy to change the status of some AutoCAD functions. We can toggle between on and off states of most of these functions by choosing them. Coordinates: The Coordinates information is displayed on the left corner of the Status Bar. We can select this coordinate button to toggle between on and off states. If the COORDS system variable controls the type of display of coordinates. Snap Mode: The snap mode allows you to move the cursor in fixed increments. If snap mode is on, the Snap Mode button is chosen in the Status Bar; otherwise it is not displayed. Grid Display: The grid lines are used as a reference lines to draw objects in AutoCAD. If the Grid Display button is chosen, the grid lines are displayed on the screen. Ortho Mode: If the Ortho Mode button is chosen in the Status Bar, we can draw lines at right angles only. Polar Tracking: If we turn the polar tracking on, the movement of cursor is restricted along a path based on set as the polar angle settings. Choosing the Polar Tracking button in the Status Bar turns it on. Remember that turning the polar tracking on, automatically turns off the ortho mode.

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Object Snap: When the Object Snap button is chosen in the Status Bar, we can use the running object snaps to snap a point Allow/Disallow Dynamic UCS: Choosing the button allows or disallows the use of dynamic UCS. Allowing the dynamic UCS ensures that the XY plane of the UCS got dynamically aligned with the selected face of the model. Dynamic Input: The Dynamic input button is used to turn the Dynamic Input on or off. Turning it on facilitates the heads-up design approach because all commands, prompts and the dimensional inputs will now be displayed in the drawing area and we do not need to look at the command prompt all the time. This saves the design time and also increases the efficiency of the user. Show/Hide Line width: Choosing this button in the Status Bar allows you to turn on or off the display of line width in the drawing. Model : The Model button is chosen by default because you are working in the model space to create drawings. Annotation Scale: The annotation scale controls the size and display of the annotative objects in the model space. The Annotation Scale button has a drop-down list that displays all the annotation scales available for the current drawing. Annotation Visibility: This button is used to control the visibility of the annotative objects that do not support the current annotation scale in drawing area. Automatically Add Scale: This button, if chosen, automatically adds all the annotation scales that are set current to all the annotative objects present in the drawing

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1.4 History of AutoCAD AutoCAD was derived from a 1977 program called Interact CAD, which was written in a proprietary language (SPL) by inventor Michael Riddle who later co-founded Autodesk to market AutoCAD. This early version ran on the Marinchip Systems 9900 computer (Marinchip Systems was owned by Autodesk co-founders John Walker and Dan Drake). While initially Walker and Riddle had a profits-sharing agreement for any product derived from Interact, in the end Walker paid riddle US$10 million for all the rights. When Marinchip Software Partners (later known as Autodesk) formed, the founders decided to recode Interact in C and PL/1. They chose C because it seemed to be the biggest upcoming language. In the end, the PL/1 version was unsuccessful. The C version was, at the time, one of the most complex programs in that language. Autodesk had to work with a compiler developer, Lattice, to update C, enabling AutoCAD to run. Early releases of AutoCAD used primitive entities — lines, polylines, circles, arcs, and text — to construct more complex objects. Since the mid-1990s, AutoCAD supported custom objects through its C++ Application Programming Interface (API). AutoCAD uses its own fork of the ACIS geometry modelling kernel. The modern AutoCAD includes a full set of basic solid modeling and 3D tools. The release of AutoCAD 2007 included the improved 3D modeling that provided better navigation when working in 3D. Moreover, it became easier to edit 3D models. The mental ray engine was included in rendering and therefore it is possible to do quality renderings. AutoCAD 2010 introduced parametric functionality and mesh modeling. The latest AutoCAD releases are AutoCAD 2014 and AutoCAD 2013 for Mac. The 2014 release marked the 28th major release for the AutoCAD for Windows. The 2013 release marked the third consecutive year

1.5 Variants of AutoCAD There are many variants of the AutoCAD Software some of them are given as below.

1. AutoCAD LT AutoCAD LT is the lower cost version of AutoCAD, with reduced capabilities, first released in November 1993. Autodesk developed AutoCAD LT to have an entry-level CAD package to compete in the lower price level. AutoCAD LT, priced at $495, became the first AutoCAD product priced below $1000. It is sold directly by Autodesk and can also be purchased at computer stores (unlike the full version of AutoCAD, which must be purchased from official Autodesk dealers). As of the 2011 release the AutoCAD LT MSRP has risen to $1200. While there are hundreds of small differences between the full AutoCAD package and AutoCAD LT, currently there are a few recognized major differences in the software's features:

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3D Capabilities: AutoCAD LT lacks the ability to create, visualize and render 3D models as well as 3D printing. Network Licensing: AutoCAD LT cannot be used on multiple machines over a network. Customization: AutoCAD LT does not support customization with LISP, ARX, and VBA. Management and automation capabilities with Sheet Set Manager and Action Recorder. CAD standards management tools.

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Chapter 2 AutoCAD Electrical 2.1 Introduction Electrical control design using AutoCAD electrical software. This software will scale new heights in the ever-growing field of electrical control design.

2.2 Benefits of Electrical Cad 1. Design more accurately in less time 2. Re-use designs and rapidly respond to customer changes

2.3 comprehensive symbol libraries AutoCAD Electrical Delivers Symbol libraries based on International standards Automated insert component processes

Figure 5 : Symbol Libraries

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2.4 Understanding the differences between Auto-CAD and Auto-CAD electrical Many people get confused by the fact that AutoCAD "Electrical" has the standard AutoCAD commands available as well. This is because "Electrical", which was formerly known as an addin program called "Wiring Diagram", installs its tools into the AutoCAD menu structure, so it can make use of the AutoCAD drafting engine. It is not wise to assume that standard AutoCAD commands will produce results that "Electrical" can interpret. Electrical must maintain control of the drafting engine so Electrical can manage the databases that run in the background. The drafting engine doesn't know how to interact with the databases. When you use standard AutoCAD commands you are going off-line and the results could be ambiguous. Sometimes manipulating things with standard AutoCAD commands might work but you have to be familiar enough with the inner-workings of Electrical to know how to manually manipulate the data in such a way that the Electrical data manager can interpret what you did. For example you can use ATTDEF and AutoCAD LT to create symbols that are compatible with Electrical but you must know the proper syntax for the attributes, the symbol naming conventions, etc. However, the Symbol Builder on the Schematic tab of Electrical will act as a wizard and guide you through the symbol creation process such that your symbol is sure to offer the Electrical data manager properly formatted data to work with. You may reason that the only thing that makes a line a wire is the layer name (which must be listed in the Create/Edit Wire Type table), thus you can assign a wire to a different layer by using the standard AutoCAD Layer utilities. This is true, but it will be necessary to select each and every wire segment in the node (a.k.a. wire network), since standard AutoCAD doesn't know how to treat a line segment as a wire, and will not reason that all segments make up one wire. So the second time the same block name is inserted. Another example of the superiority of Electrical commands over standard AutoCAD commands has to do with editing a symbol that has already been inserted. A standard rule of AutoCAD is that, once a block is inserted into a drawing, another occurrence of the same block name in the drawing is merely a copy of an existing one. So the second time the same block name is inserted into a drawing, AutoCAD simply copies the one that already exists on the drawing. Why does it do this?

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The one on the drawing is already 0loaded into RAM. To load the same block from the hard drive takes additional computing time. This time difference was noticeable with older computers. (I started out with an Intel 286/12MHz computer that had 512KB of RAM.) AutoCAD functioned faster for repeat block insertions by copying the one that was already loaded into memory. So if you made changes to the block after it was inserted into a drawing, the only way to see the changes was to delete all instances of this block, purge the unused blocks, and re-insert the block. You would also need to repopulate any attribute values that were lost. AutoCAD "Electrical" makes this operation quick and easy with the SWAP/UPDATE tool. Competitive electrical design programs that install into AutoCAD and use the AutoCAD drafting engine, turn off all standard AutoCAD functions that they do not control, thereby preventing you from accidentally breaking your drawings or using the long way around to accomplish a task. For example, they may have an icon that looks just like AutoCAD Erase tool, but if you click it, the code is re-routed through their application. Their application prompts you to click on a circuit entity. If you click a wire segment that is left-over from a "T" intersection and is no longer needed, the Erase command trims the excess wire. If you click a wire that is complete and connected on both ends, the entire wire is erased. If you click on a component symbol, the component symbol is erased. This is all done with the same icon. In order for this economic use of menu icons to work, grips are disabled. You must select the command first and then select the drawing element you wish to affect. This is only one of many examples where the electrical addin program takes over the command structure of the drafting engine in order to dictate work-flow that will ensure data integrity. This is allows the full use of standard on a a component symbol. Some may not like the fact that all standard AutoCAD commands are not available with the competitive add-ons, thus they would probably prefer the Autodesk version. The makers of AutoCAD “Electrical” decided to give you full use of standard AutoCAD commands, so you have a one-package that fits all of your DWG editig needs. This allows you to edit legacy AutoCAD drawings and mechanical drawings with the same software that you use to create electrical control system wiring diagrams. However by accepting software with this much horsepower under the hood you must also accept the responsibility of knowing when to use which of its many tools. That you use to create electrical control system wiring diagram.

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Proper classroom training from a qualified instructor is critical to gaining full use of "Electrical". The Ribbon menu has helped. It is a new user-interface environment that was introduced with version 2010. I was resistant to the Ribbon menu at first but, as an instructor, I quickly realized its benefits for new users. The Ribbon menu can significantly reduce the learning curve for a new user and enforce proper work-flow. For example, the Home tab on the ribbon menu is where you find standard AutoCAD commands, those which can "break" your intelligent electrical drawings if you don't know when and when-not to use them. One rule of thumb that I encourage new users to follow is to stay away from the Ribbon menu's Home tab until they have attended classroom training by a qualified instructor. The Project, Schematic, Panel, Reports, etc. tabs are for electrical functions and they go in order (left-to-right) of the typical electrical design workflow. You start by creating a project, followed by the schematic, the panel layout, and reports. I also advise new users not to type commands at the command prompt. This will prevent those who are experience users of plain "vanilla" AutoCAD from using commands that might break their electrical continuity. Once they become experienced with the inner workings of AutoCAD Electrical, some manipulation from the command prompt or the Home tab can be acceptable for certain situations. Experienced users of AutoCAD tend to "go home to momma" and use commands they know. After all, the name of the software has the word AutoCAD in it, right? But remember that AutoCAD is merely the drafting engine. The real intelligence lies within the databases and how they "handshake" with the drawing data, the "Electrical" portion of the code. The drafting engine provides the user with visual feedback so the user can see what type of data is being written to the database. Consider the symbols for example. The way they look is important for the user, but not to Electrical. Electrical interprets the attribute values within the symbol blocks, but doesn't care how the symbol is shaped. The appearance of the symbol is for the user's benefit. The drafting of engine provide the user with visual feedback so the user can see.

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Thanks to the ribbon interface, you no longer see the standard AutoCAD commands (unless you click on Home), which could damage your electrical drawings and lead to strange results or errors from the project database manager. Unless you intentionally select the Home tab, or type at the command prompt, you are working with Electrical commands that lead to a proper workflow and provide the database engine with properly formatted data to work with for reports, error analysis,.I strongly encourage a new user of AutoCAD Electrical, including those who are intimately familiar with standard AutoCAD, to attend a hands-on, instructor-led training course in order to gain the full benefit of implementing AutoCAD Electrical. But at the very least, upgrade to version 2010 or later and use the ribbon interface, avoiding the temptation to use the Home tab or type standard AutoCAD commands. You may think you don't have the time or money to spend on proper training, but start adding up the cost of the time lost in floundering around on your own, or visiting the Electrical Discussion Group for answers, and I guarantee you that a 4-day training course will pay for itself many times over.

2.5 list of Family Codes used by AutoCAD Electrical These Family Codes correspond to the table names found in the default_cat.mdb database file. When you click Lookup to assign a part number to a component, AutoCAD Electrical looks at the 2nd and 3rd character in the edited symbol's file name and opens the corresponding table inside the catalog database. This is the first level of filtering used during a part number assignment Lookup. Family Code = Description AM = Amp Meters AN = Annunciation (Bells / Buzzers / Horns) BA = Batteries C0 = Connectors/Pins CA = Capacitor CB = Circuit Breakers CN = Receptacles/Plugs-Pins That Break Wire Number CR = Control Relays DB = Distribution Blocks

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DI = Diodes DN = Device NET DR = Drives DS - Disconnect Switches DV = Generic Device EN = Enclosures / Hardware FL = Float Switches FM = Frequency Meters FS = Flow Switches FT = Foot Switches FU = Fuses GN = Ground HT = Heaters LR = Latching Relays LS = Limit Switches LT = Lights MO = Motors MS = Motor Starters/Contactors NP = Name Plates OL = Overloads PB = Push Buttons PC = Pull Cord Switches PE = Photo Eye Switches/photo electric sensor PG = A-Plug Switches PLC I/O = Programmable Logic Controllers PS = Pressure Switches PW = Power Supplies PX = Proximity Switches/proximity sensors RE = Resistors SS = Selector Switches SU = Suppressor/surge suppressor

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SV = Solenoid Valves SW = Generic Switches TC = Thermocouple TD = Timer Relays TG = Toggle Switches TRMS = Terminal Blocks TS = Temperature Switches VM = Volt Meters VR = Variable Resistors WO = Cables XF = Transformers

2.6 Wire and Wire Numbers Insert wires, wire numbers, and signal arrows. A wire is simply a line object that is on a layer defined as an AutoCAD Electrical wire layer. A wire network is one or more wire line segments and optional branches that interconnect and form an electrically unbroken conductor. Manage Wire Layers Use the Create/Edit Wire Type tool to create or edit existing wire types.

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figure 6:Create/Edit wire Existing wire layers are listed in the grid. Edit the color and size by typing in the grid. To rename a layer, right click on the layer name and click Rename Layer. To create a wire layer, enter a wire color and size in the blank row. A default layer name is entered and can be renamed as needed. During a wire number operation, wire numbers are added to all layers unless they are defined as "No Wire Numbering". This option is useful in some cases, for example one-line drawings. Use Color, Line type, and Line weight to define the layer properties. To change a layer so it is no longer a wire layer, select the row and click Remove Layer. The layer still exists in the drawing but any lines drawn on that layer are not considered wires.

Wire layers are defined on a per-drawing basis. Click Import to bring wire layers from another drawing into the active drawing. You can also define wire layers on a template drawing. That way any drawing created using that template will contain those predefined wire layers. Insert Wires Use the following commands to insert wires on your drawing. 

Inserts orthogonal wires.

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Inserts a wire angled by 22.5°.

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Inserts a wire angled by 45°.

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Inserts a wire angled by 67.5°.

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Interconnects components with wire connection points that are aligned.

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When you insert wires using any of these commands, the wires are automatically placed on a wire layer. If the wire connects to another wire, it is drawn on that wire's layer, otherwise it is drawn on the default wire layer as defined in the Create/Edit Wire Type dialog box. When a wire crosses another wire, it can receive a loop or a gap as defined on the Styles tab of the Drawing Properties dialog box. When a wire ends at another wire to form a tee connection, it receives a dot or an angled tee as defined on the Styles tab of the Drawing Properties dialog box.

2.7 Change Wires to a Different Wire Layer Use the Change/Convert Wire Type command to change wires to a different layer or convert lines to wires.

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Figure 7 : Change/Convert Wire Tool

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Wire Number Setup Use the Wire Numbers tab on the Drawing Properties dialog box to define the wire number format, type, and placement. He format can contain a combination of text and replaceable parameters. The following replaceable parameters are supported for wire numbers.

2.8 To Add a Module to the PLC Database 1. Click Schematic tab Database File Editor.

Other Tools panel

Database Editors drop-down

PLC

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2. Click the PLC Database File Editor tool. 3. In the PLC Database File Editor dialog box, highlight PLCs in the PLC selection list and click New Module. 4. In the New Module dialog box, specify the following: o Manufacturer: Allen-Bradley o Series Type: Discrete Input o Code (Catalog Number): By default, when creating a PLC module the PLC Database File Editor lists as many blank field Terminal Types as there are terminals defined in the New Module dialog box.

You now have a new blank input module with nine terminals and eight addressable I/O points. You now need to define some information for each terminal in the module, the most important being what symbols AutoCAD Electrical should stack together to build the module. Usually the top-most symbol for the module is a little different from the rest so that it can carry some basic information for the module that only needs to occur once in the final symbol.

2.9 Assigning Terminal Types 1. In the PLC Database File Editor dialog box, right-click Terminal Type 1 and select Edit Terminal from the context menu. The Select Terminal Information dialog box appears. There are 3 categories for top symbols: Top Input, Top Output, and Top Terminal. Top Input and Top Output are addressable terminals, while the Top Terminal category consists of non-addressable terminals. 2. In the Select Terminal Information dialog box, select Top Input.

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The available terminals for that category appear along with any recently used terminals. Each terminal shown is slightly different. It may have an input wire connection terminal or have terminals for both input and output, or it may not have a wire connection.

Figure 8 :Category for top input 3. In the PLC Database File Editor dialog box, multiple-select the next seven terminals, rightclick, and select Edit Terminal. Note: You can select multiple fields to edit at the same time by dragging your mouse across contiguous fields or by holding down the Control key while selecting non-contiguous fields. 4. In the PLC Database File Editor dialog box, multiple-select the next seven terminals, rightclick, and select Edit Terminal. Note: You can select multiple fields to edit at the same time by dragging your mouse across contiguous fields or by holding down the Control key while selecting non-contiguous fields. 5. In the Select Terminal Information dialog box, select the Input category and look at the available terminals.

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Figure 9 :Type for category input

6. In the PLC Database File Editor dialog box, right-click on the last terminal and select Edit Terminal. 7. In the Select Terminal Information dialog box, select the Terminal category. 8. Click the Terminal Point Wire Right terminal and click OK.

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2.10 Simple/AutoCAD Electrical Circuit Diagram of Motor

Figure 10 :Circuit Diagram of motor Circuit

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000000 Figure 11 :AutoCAD Electrical Motor Circuit Diagram

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2.11 Create/Edit Wire Type Define a layer as a wire layer. The program saves the wire layer name and associated properties, such as wire color and size, in the drawing file. Use the grid control to sort and select wire types to modify.

Figure 12 :Connector Arrangement The program saves the wire layer name and associated properties, such as wire color, size, and whether the wire layer is processed for wire numbers, in the drawing file. Use the grid control to sort and select wire types to modify. Tip: Use the Change/Convert Wire Type tool to convert lines to wires. You can also type "T" at the command prompt during wire insertion to use the Set Wire Type tool . Wire type grid Displays the wire types used in the active drawing. The wire layer name and the wire properties like color, size, whether the wire layer is processed for wire numbers, and user-defined properties are listed in the grid. An “x” in the Used column indicates that the layer name is currently used in the drawing. A blank value in this column indicates that the layer name exists in the drawing but it is not currently being used. The current wire type is highlighted with a gray background; selected wire types highlight in blue. If you do not want wire numbers assigned to wires on a specific layer, select “No” Wire Numbering for that layer.

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The Insert Wire Numbers command follows these rules: 

If all wires in the network are on layers set “No” for Wire Numbering, no new wire number is inserted.

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If any wire in the network is on a layer set “Yes” for Wire Numbering, the existing non-fixed wire number is updated or a new wire number is inserted.

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If a wire network already has a non-fixed wire number, it is updated regardless of the Wire Numbering setting. Use the Delete Wire Numbers command to remove the wire number. Note: Manually maintain wire layer type consistency through signal arrows. To rename the User1- User 20 column headers, right-click the project name in the Project Manager and select Properties. In the Project Properties Wire Numbers dialog box, Wire Type section, click Rename User Columns. In the Rename User Columns dialog box, specify a new column name and click OK. Renaming of user-defined columns is project-specific. You cannot rename the Color, Size, or Layer Name columns. All the data corresponding to the header column can be copied, cut, and pasted to another column. All text fields are editable except for the Layer Name cell. It cannot be edited for existing layers. Left-click to edit the cell or right-click in a cell to display options for modifying the cell contents. If you want to rename a layer, right-click on a cell and select Rename Layer. Rightclick options include: Copy, Cut, Paste, Delete Layer, and Rename Layer. If it is the default layer, you cannot delete or remove the layer.You can select multiple layers to edit or remove by using the Shift or Ctrl keys on your keyboard while picking the wire layer in the wire type list. You can move the wire type records inside the grid to whatever position you want using drag and drop. Select the wire type records to move and drag to the new position in the grid.

2.12 Panel Layout Drawing 1. Click Panel tab

Other Tools panel

Panel Configuration drop-down

Configuration.

2. Enter a first item number. 3. Click Setup in the Balloon section to open the Panel balloon setup dialog box where you pick a balloon type, text size, and leader arrow type. 4. Enter the default spacing used when you insert multiple panel footprints from a schematic list. 5. Enter the default footprint insertion scale.

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6. If you want to insert the attribute template when a footprint is inserted, check Enabled. Enter a scale factor if you want to scale the footprints during insertion. 7. Enter the x, y, or z-offset value used in the Panel Wire Connection report. If your footprint symbols carry the XTER Mxx attributes, their XYZ wire connection location is included in the report offset by these values. 8. Use the Setup button to define the default wire connection text format used by the Wire Annotation command. 9. Click OK.

Figure 13 :Panel Layout Diagram

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2.13 Create a PLC Style An easy way to create a PLC style is to copy the library symbols of an existing PLC style to one of the unused style numbers (6, 7, 8, or 9) and then edit each one to suit your needs. Add a New PLC Style to the PLC Dialog Boxes The icon menu graphics that display for the various PLC styles are bitmap files saved PLC and Drawing Properties tools can access them. 1. Create the style in AutoCAD. 2. Zoom in to the new PLC style. 3. Save the file as a bitmap using the following name definition.

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2.14 AutoCAD Electrical Delivers Specialized features such as 1. Trim wire 2. Copy and delete component or circuit 3. Scoot and align components

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2.15 Real Time Error Checking  Customer Need  To eliminate design errors before build phase begins  AutoCAD Electrical Delivers  Design audit and repair utility  Automatic notification of  Duplicates  Resolution suggestions

Figure 15 :Drawing Audit

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2.16 Generate Schematic Report 1. Click Reports tab

Schematic panel

Reports.

2. Select which schematic report to generate from the report list. 3. Select to process the project, current drawing, or selected components. 4. Specify any report options (if applicable). 5. Select installation or location codes to extract (if applicable). 6. Indicate whether to update the project database or the wire connection table with out-of-date drawings. 7. Click OK. 8. In the Report Generator Window, sort, format, or edit the data before sending the information to the printer, file, or the active drawing file. 9. Once all modifications have been made to the report, save the report, place the report n the drawing as a table, or print the report.

2.17 Generate Panel Report 1. Click Reports tab

Panel panel

Reports.

2. Select which panel report to generate from the report list. 3. Select to process the project, active drawing, or selected components. 4. Select installation or location codes to extract (if applicable). 5. Specify to extract any installation or location codes (if applicable). 6. Indicate whether to update the project database with out-of-date drawings. 7. Click OK. 8. In the Report Generator Window, sort, format, or edit the data before sending the information to the printer, file, or the active drawing file. 9. Once all modifications have been made to the report, save the report, place the report on the drawing as a table, or print the report.

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2.18 Change the Report Format Change what data fields are reported and the order in which they appear. You can change the justification of any column and the column label. 1. Generate a report. 2. In the Report Generator dialog box, select Change Report Format. 3. Add the fields to report from the Available Fields column. 4. Reposition the fields using the Move Up and Move Down buttons. 5. Change the name and justification of the highlighted field. 6. Select specific fields to define in the Description field. If a field is listed in the Field to Report list, it is not included in the Lines for Description list. 7. Click OK to save the changed format to the default file name or Click OK+SaveAs to save to a different file name. 8. Click Close on the Report Generator dialog box.

2.19 Save the Report to a File Select the type of output file from the Save Report to File dialog box. You can define multiple file outputs. Choose from: ASCII report, Comma Delimited, Excel spreadsheet, Access database, and XML format. 1. Generate a report. 2. In the Report Generator dialog box, select Save to File. 3. In the Save Report to File dialog box, select the desired file format. 4. Select whether to include the project LINEx values and if the values should be on the first section only. Click OK. 5. Enter a file name and define the path to save this file or accept the default file name and location and click Save .

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6. Once a report is saved, the Optional Script File dialog box is displayed for you to generate the report to a script file, to create a link to post-processing data or automatically passing it to another application. Click Close - No Script without creating a script file. 7. Click Close on the Report Generator dialog box.

2.20 Insert a Report as a Table Use the Table Generation Setup dialog box to specify how to display your report as a table on your drawing. 1. Generate a report. 2. In the Report Generator dialog box, select Put on Drawing. 3. In the Table Generation Setup dialog box, select a table style, define the type of table, table location, and other options to match your company standards. 4. Click OK and place the report on the drawing(s). 5. Click Close.

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2.21 ELECTRICAL AUTOCAD DRAWING

Figure 16 :Electrical Auto-CAD drawing 1

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Figure 17: Electrical Auto-CAD drawing 2

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Chapter 3 Reference

https://www.autodesk.com/ https://www.pdfcoke.com/search?content_type=documents&page=1&query=autocad %20electrical%20 https://www.slideshare.net/arshitrai/summer-training-in-lucknow-autocad

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