AutoCAD Electrical: Fundamentals with NFPA Standards

This course is designed for those using AutoCAD Electrical with a Windows operating system. This course is not designed for the AutoCAD for Mac software.

This training course covers the indispensable core topics for working with the AutoCAD Electrical software. In this course, 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.

The main topics covered in this AutoCAD Electrical training course include:
  • Understanding project files
  • Creating and editing schematic and panel drawings
  • Working with PLC symbols
  • Creating custom symbols
  • Generating reports
Prerequisites for this AutoCAD Electrical training course: Before taking this course, students need to have a good working knowledge of the AutoCAD software and electrical terminology.

Course description shown for AutoCAD Electrical 2025.
Topics, curriculum, and/or prerequisites may change depending on software version.
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