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    AutoCAD Electrical 2018 Black Book
    AutoCAD Electrical 2018 Black Book
    AutoCAD Electrical 2018 Black Book
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    AutoCAD Electrical 2018 Black Book

    By Gaurav Verma and Matt Weber

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    The AutoCAD Electrical 2018 Black Book, the fourth edition of AutoCAD Electrical Black book, has been updated as per the enhancements in the AutoCAD Electrical 2018. Following the same strategy as for the previous edition, the book is written to help professionals as well as learners in performing various tedious jobs in Electrical control designing. The book follows a step by step methodology. It covers almost all the information required by a learner to master the AutoCAD Electrical. The book starts with basics of Electrical Designing, goes through all the Electrical controls related tools and ends up with practical examples of electrical schematic and panel designing. Chapter on Reports makes you comfortable in creating and editing electrical component reports. We have also discusses the interoperability between Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical which is need of industry these days. In this edition, we have added practical examples and a project for practice. We have tried to improve the language of book based on the reviews we got. Some of the salient features of this book are : 
    In-Depth explanation of concepts Every new topic of this book starts with the explanation of the basic concepts. In this way, the user becomes capable of relating the things with real world. 
    Topics Covered Every chapter starts with a list of topics being covered in that chapter. In this way, the user can easy find the topic of his/her interest easily. 
    Instruction through illustration The instructions to perform any action are provided by maximum number of illustrations so that the user can perform the actions discussed in the book easily and effectively. There are about 1000 small and large illustrations that make the learning process effective. 
    Tutorial point of view At the end of concept’s explanation, the tutorial make the understanding of users firm and long lasting. After discussion of all the related tools, book has tutorials that are real world projects. Moreover most of the tools in this book are discussed in the form of tutorials. 
    Project Free projects and exercises are provided to students for practicing. 
    For Faculty If you are a faculty member, then you can ask for video tutorials on any of the topic, exercise, tutorial, or concept.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCADCAMCAE Works
    Release dateApr 18, 2018
    ISBN9781540106063
    AutoCAD Electrical 2018 Black Book
    Author

    Gaurav Verma

    Gaurav Verma is currently a Full Professor at the Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (Dr. SS Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, and Adjunct Faculty at the Department of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology). He is a former CV Raman Post-Doctoral fellow from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. His research focuses on the areas of applied nanoscience and nanostructured materials.

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      AutoCAD Electrical 2018 Black Book

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      By

      Gaurav Verma

      Matt Weber

      (CADCAMCAE Works)

      Edited by

      Kristen

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      Table of Contents

      AutoCAD Electrical 2018 Black Book

      (Colored)

      Training and Consultant Services

      Preface

      About Authors

      Chapter 1

      Basics of Electrical Drawings

      Need of Drawings

      Electrical Drawings

      Circuit Diagram

      Wiring Diagram

      Wiring Schedule

      Block Diagram

      Parts list

      Symbols in Electrical Drawings

      Conductors

      Connectors and terminals

      Inductors and transformers

      Resistors

      Capacitors

      Fuses

      Switch contacts

      Switch types

      Diodes and rectifiers

      Earthing

      Wire and Specifications

      Types of Wires

      Wire specifications

      Labeling

      Cable Markers

      Abbreviations Used in Electrical

      Drawings and Reports

      Types of Circuits Diagrams

      Ladder Circuit Diagrams

      Point to Point Circuit Diagram

      Self-Assessment

      Chapter 2

      Introduction to AutoCAD

      Electrical and Interface

      Introduction to AutoCAD Electrical

      System requirements for AutoCAD Electrical 2018

      Additional Requirements for Large Datasets,

      Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling

      Downloading and Installing

      AutoCAD Electrical 2018 Student Version

      Starting AutoCAD Electrical

      Creating a new drawing document

      Meaning of Default templates

      Title Bar

      Changing Color Scheme

      Application Menu

      New options

      Creating Drawings

      Creating Sheet Sets

      Open Options

      Opening Drawing File

      Save

      Applying Password on File

      Save As

      Import

      Export

      Publish

      3D Printing

      Print

      Drawing Tab Bar

      Drawing Area

      Command Window

      Bottom Bar

      Drafting Settings dialog box

      Self-Assessment

      Chapter 3

      Project Management

      Workflow in AutoCAD Electrical

      Initializing Project

      Project Properties

      Project Settings tab

      Components tab

      Wire Numbers tab

      Cross-References tab

      Styles tab

      Drawing Format tab

      Opening a Project File

      Creating New Drawing in a Project

      Adding an Exiting Drawing in Project

      Refresh

      Project Task List

      Project Wide Update or Retag

      Drawing List Display Configuration

      Plotting and Publishing

      Plot Project

      Publish to WEB

      Publish to DWF/PDF/DWFx

      Zip Project

      Removing, Replacing, and Renaming

      Drawings in a Project

      Locations View in Project Manager

      Filter by Installation and Location

      Search box

      Details and Connections tabs

      Utilities

      Self-Assessment

      Chapter 4

      Inserting Components

      Electrical Components

      Setting Symbol Library for Project

      Inserting Component Using Icon Menu

      Component Tag area

      Catalog Data area

      Description Area

      Cross-Reference Area

      Installation Code and Location Code

      Pins area

      Catalog Browser

      User Defined List

      Equipment List

      Panel List

      Pneumatic Components

      Hydraulic Components

      P&ID Components

      Symbol Builder

      Adding New Symbol in Icon Menu

      Self-Assessment

      Practice 1

      Chapter 5

      Wires, Circuits, and Ladders

      Introduction

      Wires

      Wire

      22.5 Degree, 45 Degree, and 67.5 Degree

      Interconnect Components

      Gap

      Multiple Bus

      Creating Multiple Wire Bus

      Ladders

      Insert Ladder

      XY Grid Setup

      X Zones Setup

      Wire Numbering

      Wire Numbers

      3 Phase

      PLC I/O

      Wire Number Leaders and Labels

      Wire Number Leader

      Wire Color/Gauge Labels

      In-Line Wire Labels

      Markers

      Cable Markers

      Multiple Cable Markers

      Insert Dot Tee Markers

      Insert Angled Tee Markers

      Circuit Builder

      Practical

      Practice 1

      Self-Assessment

      Chapter 6

      Editing Wires, Components,

      and Circuits

      Introduction

      Source-Destination options

      Source Arrow

      Destination Arrow

      Fan In Source

      Fan Out Destination

      Edit Tool

      Internal Jumper

      Fix/UnFix Tag

      Copy Catalog Assignment

      User Table Data

      Delete Component

      Copy Component

      Edit Circuits drop-down

      Copying Circuit

      Moving Circuit

      Saving Circuit to Icon Menu

      Transforming Components drop-down

      Scooting

      Aligning Components

      Moving Component

      Reversing or Flipping Component

      Re-tagging Components

      Find/Edit/Replace Component Text

      Toggle NO/NC

      Swap/Update Block

      Swapping

      Updating

      Edit Attribute drop-down

      Move/Show Attribute

      Edit Selected Attribute

      Cross References Drop-down

      Component Cross-Reference

      Hide/Unhide Cross-Referencing

      Update Stand-Alone Cross-Referencing

      Circuit Clipboard panel

      Editing Wires or Wire Numbers

      Edit Wire Number

      Fix

      Swap

      Find/Replace

      Hide and Unhide

      Trim Wire

      Delete Wire Numbers

      Move Wire Number

      Add Rung

      Revise Ladder

      Renumber Ladder Reference

      Wire Editing

      Stretch Wire tool

      Bend Wire tool

      Show Wires

      Check or Trace Wire tool

      Wire Type Editing drop-down

      Create/Edit Wire Type

      Change/Convert Wire Type

      Flip Wire Number

      Toggle Wire Number In-Line

      Advanced Wire and Wire Number

      Editing Tools

      Toggle Angled Tee Markers

      Flip Wire Gap

      Delete Wire Gap

      Check/Repair Gap Pointers

      Editing Wire Sequence

      Show Wire Sequence

      Update Signal References

      Self-Assessment

      Chapter 7

      PLCs, Connectors,

      and Terminals

      Introduction

      Specifications of PLCs

      Inserting PLCs (Parametric)

      Insert PLC (Full Units)

      Addressing Area

      Used Area

      Tag

      Options

      Line1/Line2

      Manufacturer

      Catalog

      Assembly

      Catalog Lookup

      Description

      I/O Point Description Area

      List descriptions

      Pins

      Show/Edit Miscellaneous

      Ratings

      Connectors

      Insert Connector

      Insert Connector (From List)

      Insert Splice

      Terminals

      Inserting Terminals from Catalog Browser

      Associate Terminals on the Same Drawing

      Break Apart Terminal Associations

      Show Terminal Associations

      Edit Jumper

      Self-Assessment

      Chapter 8

      Practical and Practice

      Introduction

      Practical 1

      Practical 2

      Practical 3

      Practice 1

      Practice 2

      Practice 3

      Practice 4

      Practice 5

      Chapter 9

      Panel Layout

      Introduction

      Icon Menu

      Schematic List

      Manual

      Manufacturer Menu

      Balloon

      Wire Annotation

      Panel Assembly

      Editor

      Properties

      Terminal

      Spare

      Destinations, Jumper, and Multilevel

      Table Generator

      Insert Terminals

      Insert Terminals (Schematic List)

      Insert Terminals (Manual)

      Editing Footprints

      Edit

      Copy Footprint

      Delete Footprint

      Resequence Item Numbers

      Copy Codes drop-down

      Copy Assembly

      Practical 1

      Practice 1

      Self-Assessment

      Chapter 10

      Reports

      Introduction

      Reports (Schematic)

      Bill of Materials reports

      Component report

      Wire From/To report

      Component Wire List report

      Connector Plug report

      PLC I/O Address and Description report

      PLC I/O Component Connection report

      PLC Modules Used So Far report

      Terminal Numbers report

      Terminal Plan report

      Connector Summary report

      Connector Details report

      Cable Summary report

      Cable From/To report

      Wire Label report

      Missing Catalog Data

      Electrical Audit

      Drawing Audit

      Dynamic Editing of Reports in Drawing

      Modifying Tables

      Modifying Rows

      Modifying Columns

      Merge Cells

      Match Cells

      Table Cell Styles

      Edit Borders

      Text Alignment

      Locking

      Data Format

      Block

      Field

      Formula

      Manage Cell Content

      Link Cell

      Download from source

      Signal Error/List

      Self-Assessment

      Chapter 11

      Project

      Project 1

      Project 2 for Practice

      Chapter 12

      AutoCAD Electrical with

      Autodesk Inventor

      Introduction to Autodesk Inventor

      Creating ElectroMechanical Link

      Creating New Electromechanical link

      Using Existing Electromechanical Link

      Linking Inventor Model with

      AutoCAD Electrical Drawing

      Electrical Harness in Autodesk Inventor

      for AutoCAD Electrical

      Creating Electrical Components in Autodesk Inventor

      Placing Multiple pins on part

      Harness Properties of Part

      Creating Wiring in Harness Assembly

      Creating Cable

      Creating Ribbon Cable

      Creating Fold in Ribbon Cable

      Self-Assessment

      Preface

      AutoCAD Electrical 2018 is an extension to AutoCAD package. Easy-to-use CAD-embedded electrical schematic and panel designing enable all designers and engineers to design most complex electrical schematics and panels. You can quickly and easily employ engineering techniques to optimize performance while you design, to cut down on costly prototypes, eliminate rework and delays, and save you time and development costs.

      The AutoCAD Electrical 2018 Black Book, the fourth edition of AutoCAD Electrical Black book, has been updated as per the enhancements in the AutoCAD Electrical 2018. Following the same strategy as for the previous edition, the book is written to help professionals as well as learners in performing various tedious jobs in Electrical control designing. The book follows a step by step methodology. It covers almost all the information required by a learner to master the AutoCAD Electrical. The book starts with basics of Electrical Designing, goes through all the Electrical controls related tools and ends up with practical examples of electrical schematic and panel designing. Chapter on Reports makes you comfortable in creating and editing electrical component reports. We have also discusses the interoperability between Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical which is need of industry these days. In this edition, we have added practical examples and a project for practice. We have tried to improve the language of book based on the reviews we got. Some of the salient features of this book are :

      In-Depth explanation of concepts

      Every new topic of this book starts with the explanation of the basic concepts. In this way, the user becomes capable of relating the things with real world.

      Topics Covered

      Every chapter starts with a list of topics being covered in that chapter. In this way, the user can easy find the topic of his/her interest easily.

      Instruction through illustration

      The instructions to perform any action are provided by maximum number of illustrations so that the user can perform the actions discussed in the book easily and effectively. There are about 1000 small and large illustrations that make the learning process effective.

      Tutorial point of view

      At the end of concept’s explanation, the tutorial make the understanding of users firm and long lasting. After discussion of all the related tools, book has tutorials that are real world projects. Moreover most of the tools in this book are discussed in the form of tutorials.

      Project

      Free projects and exercises are provided to students for practicing.

      For Faculty

      If you are a faculty member, then you can ask for video tutorials on any of the topic, exercise, tutorial, or concept.

      Formatting Conventions Used in the Text

      All the key terms like name of button, tool, drop-down etc. are kept bold.

      Free Resources

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      About Authors

      The author of this book, Gaurav Verma, has authored and assisted in more than 16 titles in CAD/CAM/CAE which are already available in market. He has authored AutoCAD Electrical Black Books which are available in both English and Russian language. He has also written Creo Manufacturing 2.0 for Engineers and Machinists which covers Expert Machinist module of Creo Parametric. He has provided consultant services to many industries in US, Greece, Canada, and UK. He has assisted in preparing many Government aided skill development programs. He has been speaker for Autodesk University, Russia 2014. He has assisted in preparing AutoCAD Electrical course for Autodesk Design Academy. He has worked on Sheetmetal, Forging, Machining, and Casting in Design and Development department. He is also working as technical consultant in Indian Government Organization.

      The author of this book, Matt Weber, has authored many books on CAD/CAM/CAE available already in market. SolidWorks Simulation Black Books are one of the most selling books in SolidWorks Simulation field. The author has hands on experience on almost all the CAD/CAM/CAE packages. Besides that he is a good person in his real life, helping nature for everyone. If you have any query/doubt in any CAD/CAM/CAE package, then you can contact the author by writing at cadcamcaeworks@gmail.com

      For Any query or suggestion

      If you have any query or suggestion, please let us know by mailing us on cadcamcaeworks@gmail.com. Your valuable constructive suggestions will be incorporated in our books and your name will be addressed in special thanks area of our books on your confirmation.

      Chapter 1

      Basics of Electrical Drawings

      The major topics covered in this chapter are:

      •Need of Drawings

      •Electrical Drawings

      •Common Symbols in Electrical Drawings

      •Wire and its Types

      •Labeling

      Need of Drawings

      In this book, we will learn about electrical wiring and schematics created by using tools in AutoCAD Electrical. We will also learn to create panel drawings and reports for electrical systems. Most of the readers of this book will be having prior experience with electrical drawings but there are a few topics that should be revised before we move on to practical on software.

      When we work in an electrical industry, we need to have a lot of information handy like the wire type, location of switches, load of every machine, and so on. It is very difficult to remember all these details if you are working on electrical system of a big plant because there might be thousands of wires connecting hundreds of switches and machines. To maintain accuracy in wiring of such big systems, we need electrical drawings. Earlier, electrical drawings were handmade but now, we use printed documentation of these informations. Figure-1 shows an electrical drawing (rather say electronics drawing).

      Electrical Drawings

      Electrical drawings are the representation of electrical components connected with wiring to perform specific tasks. An electrical drawing can be of a house, industry or an electrical panel. Electrical drawings can be divided into following categories:

      •Circuit diagram

      •Wiring diagram

      •Wiring schedule

      •Block diagram

      •Parts list

      Circuit Diagram

      A circuit diagram shows how the electrical components are connected together and it uses:

      •Symbols to represent the components;

      •Lines to represent the functional conductors or wires which connect the components together.

      A circuit drawing is derived from a block or functional diagram (see Figure-2). It does not generally bear any relationship to the physical shape, size or layout of the parts. Although, you could wire up an assembly from the information given in it, they are usually intended to show the detail of how an electrical circuit works.

      Wiring Diagram

      A wiring diagram is the drawing which shows complete wiring between the components. We use wiring diagrams when we need to represent:

      •Control or signal functions;

      •Power supplies and earth connections;

      •Termination of unused leads, contacts;

      •Interconnection via terminal posts, blocks, plugs, sockets, lead-throughs.

      The wiring diagrams have details, such as the terminal identification numbers which enable us to wire the unit together. Note that internal wiring of components is generally not displayed in the wiring diagrams. Figure-3 shows a wiring diagram.

      Wiring Schedule

      A wiring schedule defines the wire reference number, type (size and number of conductors), length, and the amount of insulation stripping required for soldering.

      In complex equipment, you may also find a table of interconnections which will give the starting and finishing reference points of each connection as well as other important information such as wire color, identification marking, and so on. Refer to Figure-4.

      Block Diagram

      The block diagram is a drawing which is used to show and describe the main operating principles of the equipment and is usually drawn before the circuit diagram is started.

      It will not give any real detail of the actual wiring connections or even the smaller components and so is only of limited interest to us in the wiring of control panels and equipment. Figure-5 shows a block diagram.

      Parts list

      Although Part list is not a drawing in itself but most of the time it is a part of the electrical drawing project; refer to Figure-6. The parts list gives vital information:

      •It relates component to circuit drawing reference numbers.

      •It is used to locate and cross-refer actual component code numbers to ensure you have the correct parts to commence a wiring job.

      We have discussed various types of electrical drawings and you may have noted that there are various symbols to represent components in these drawings. Following section will explains the common symbols and their related components in an electrical drawing so that you are comfortable to use them later.

      Symbols in Electrical Drawings

      Symbols used in electrical drawings can be divided into various categories discussed next.

      Conductors

      There are 12 types of symbols for conductors; refer to Figure-7 and Figure-8. These symbols are discussed next.

      1. General symbol, conductor or group of conductors.

      2. Temporary connection or jumper.

      3. Two conductors, single-line representation.

      4. Two conductors, multi-line representation.

      5. Single-line representation of n conductors.

      6. Twisted conductors. (Twisted pair in this example.)

      7. General symbol denoting a cable.

      8. Multiple conductor cable Example: eight conductor (four pair) cable.

      9. Crossing conductors – no connection.

      10. Junction of conductors (connected).

      11. Double junction of conductors.

      12. Alternatively used double junction.

      Connectors and terminals

      Refer to Figure-9.

      13. General symbol, terminal or tag.

      These symbols are also used for contacts with moveable links. The open circle is used to represent easily separable contacts and a solid circle is used for those that are bolted.

      14. Link with two easily separable contacts.

      15. Link with two bolted contacts.

      16. Hinged link, normally open.

      17. Plug (male contact).

      18. Socket (female contact).

      19. Coaxial plug.

      20. Coaxial socket.

      Inductors and transformers

      Refer to Figure-10.

      21. General symbol, coil or winding.

      22. Coil with a ferromagnetic core.

      23. Transformer symbols.

      Resistors

      Refer to Figure-11.

      24. General symbol.

      25. Old symbol sometimes used.

      26. Fixed resistor with a fixed tapping.

      27. General symbol, variable resistance (potentiometer).

      28. Alternative (old).

      29. Variable resistor with preset adjustment.

      30. Two terminal variable resistance (rheostat).

      31. Resistor with positive temperature coefficient

      (PTC thermistor).

      32. Resistor with negative temperature coefficient

      (NTC thermistor).

      Capacitors

      Refer to Figure-12.

      33. General symbol, capacitor. (Connect either way round.)

      34. Polarised capacitor. (Observe polarity when making connection.)

      35. Polarized capacitor, electrolytic.

      36. Variable capacitor.

      37. Preset variable.

      Fuses

      Refer to Figure-13.

      38. General symbol, fuse.

      39. Supply side may be indicated by thick line: observe orientation.

      40. Alternative symbol (older).

      Switch contacts

      Refer to Figure-14.

      41. Break contact (BSI).

      42. Alternative break contact version 1 (older).

      43. Alternative break contact version 2.

      44. Make contact (BSI).

      45. Alternative make contact version 1.

      46. Alternative make contact version 2.

      47. Changeover

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