I use construction lines quite a lot to translate dimensions from a plan onto an elevation for example, like we used to on a drawing board with first and third angle projection (anybody remember those?). We could just use lines but that would mean specifying a start point and then zooming\panning to specify an end …
In this blog, I will explain how to utilize the custom user interface to create your workspace, ribbons, panels, buttons and shortcut keys. Many people like to customize their tools especially the ones they work with regularly, AutoCAD is no exception to that rule. I would go as far as to say that AutoCAD, compared …
In AutoCAD Electrical it is possible to create many different reports analyzing the data in your drawing project such as Bill of Materials and Wire To/From lists. These reports can be placed directly onto a drawing and/or exported to an external application such as Mircosoft Excel. One of the frequently overlooked reports is the ‘Drawing …
Last week I came onto an issue on AutoCAD Electrical when opening the program we encountered an error “Unable to communicate with the project database”. This error usually refers to AutoCAD being unable to access the database of the project you are using and can be solved by deleting the .mdb file in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD Electrical …
AutoCAD Electrical 2021 is out and ready to download and install now. Let’s take a look at some of the new features. The new features for this release are predominantly enhancements that were requested by and driven from customer feedback, the Autodesk IdeaStation, surveys and analytic data. Other additions are general feature improvements and increased …
In this blog I am going to detail the correct procedure for creating a symbol to use in AutoCAD Electrical.AutoCAD Electrical uses blocks with attributes for its symbols. These attributes determine what type of symbol the block is, which in turn determines the behaviour of the block. Below is an example of a relay coil …
If you are experiencing difficulties with connection speed to your AutoCAD Electrical Access MDB catalog database, it could be beneficial to switch to an SQL database instead, which was made available in the 2017 release. Create your catalog and footprint databases on a Microsoft® SQL™ Server, and then migrate your catalog data information from your …
In AutoCAD Electrical we can save circuits that are used repeatedly in multiple projects. We can call up these saved circuits via an icon on the Icon Menu. First we need to create a circuit which we would like to use again. Then activate the ‘Icon Menu Wizard’. Select your Schematic Icon menu DAT file. …