Course description
AutoCAD Electrical Essentials - 2-day live online AutoCAD Electrical Courses course for beginners.
This AutoCAD Electrical Essentials course provides beginners with a comprehensive introduction to the AutoCAD Electrical software, giving delegates all of the skills needed for 2D electrical design and drafting.
Hands-on exercises are used to create 2D electrical drawings and to provide candidates with through understanding of the principal AutoCAD Electrical drawing commands and techniques. These techniques can be applied across a broad spectrum of industries.
On completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
- Navigate the AutoCAD Electrical user interface.
- Build diagrams and panel layouts.
- Develop and manage drawings of electrical controls.
- Use techniques for increasing their productivity
Delegates need to have a good working knowledge of AutoCAD to be able to participate in this course. If not, we offer a bundle where you can attend our AutoCAD Essentials course alongside this one for a very discounted rate.
Our approach to live online training
Live online training lets you participate in a real course from your place of work or home. Your experience will be as close as is possible to actually being in the classroom…
- See and hear our trainer and the other delegates, and see our trainer’s screen.
- Interact by speaking, using chat, or raising your ‘virtual hand’ if you need assistance.
- Share your screen with our trainer.
- It is presented by the same Autodesk Certified Instructors (ACIs), following the same syllabus.
- We'll make all course files and resources available to you ahead of the course.
- If you don’t have access to AutoCAD Electrical, we’ll send you a link to fully-functional trial software that you can download and install.
- You'll receive an e-certificate directly from Autodesk confirming successful completion of an accredited course.
- You’ll be entitled to 30 days’ email support from your trainer.
When you attend live online training, you’re participating in a real course, hosted by a real trainer, in real time.
Upcoming start dates
AutoCAD information
Training is based primarily on AutoCAD Electrical 2024, but is relevant to all recent versions from 2020.
Suitability - Who should attend?
This AutoCAD Electrical Essentials training is ideal for:
- Newcomers to AutoCAD Electrical
- Users with a small amount of AutoCAD Electrical experience
Delegates must have a good working knowledge of standard AutoCAD to attend this course.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Autodesk e-certificate
Armada is an Autodesk authorised Training Centre (ATC), and this AutoCAD Electrical Essentials course is accredited by Autodesk.
Delegates receive an industry recognised e-certificate from Autodesk to confirm they have attended and successfully completed an accredited AutoCAD Electrical training course.
Training Course Content
This course typically covers the following topics:
Introduction
- Introduction to the course
- Overview of AutoCAD Electrical
- Overview of screen layout
Understanding project files
- Creating a new project
- WDF project files
- Project Manager interface
Electrical schematic drawing
- Wire numbering
- Component tagging
- Electrical control circuits
- Schematic symbol libraries
- Editing commands
Working with PLC sumbols
- Insert PLC (parametric)
- Insert PLC (full units)
- Insert Individual PLC I/O points
- PLC based tagging
- Spreadsheet to PLC I/O utility
Creating custom symbols
- Creating of schematic symbols
- Naming convention
- Icon menu wizard
- AutoCAD Electrical databases
Terminal plan drawing
- Insert terminal symbol
- Manipulation of the terminal plan
- Multiple level terminals
- Multiple insert component command
- Insert jumpers
- Terminal strip editor
- DIN Rail command
Generating reports
- Save an external file
- Put on drawing
- Configure report templates
- Running automatic reports
- Electrical audit
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Expenses
Course fees are inclusive of all relevant course documentation, posted out to delegates ahead of their course.
Discounts available for multiple bookings.
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