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I Need More Fields! – Pushing Past The Limits of Title Block Update
Many companies have had to settle with placing some “specific” field in one of the ten default Drawing Properties. It could be as simple as needing a forth description line. Since there are only three...
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Making Changes to the ENTIRE Symbol Library – AutoCAD Electrical
I noticed this call coming into our support desk today. The user needed to change the scale of every symbol in the entire JIC or NFPA library. That’s quite the task to tackle manually. There are over...
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How to Make the Previous/Next Arrows Prompt For Save – AutoCAD Electrical
These arrows are nice to use since they close each previous drawing as the new drawings are opened. However a down side to this automatic functionality is that any changes are SAVED automatically. This...
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Be Patient More Content Is On The Way…
With AU just around the corner, I have been using any free time I find to work on my presentation. I promise more content is in the works.Image used with permission from Laco Mandor Laurincik at...
View ArticleCatalog of Posts
I haven’t been that happy with the search feature on this blog lately. Several times in the past few weeks I have been asked for something that I knew I had already wrote about. After several searches,...
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The Basics of Creating an AutoCAD Electrical Symbol
The Symbol Builder guides you in the making of symbols. Its very easy and quick to create your own “intelligent” symbols. In this post we will look at the basic workflow and some general guidelines...
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Symbol Building Beyond the Basics – AutoCAD Electrical
In this post we will walk through the steps needed to create something more complex. I was thinking of a block for the Rockwell Turbo-Encabulator. However Jason Moore has been waiting patiently for a...
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MyACADE’s 2013’s Blog Stat’s
I’m not sure if its me being an engineer, or me being a true nerd, but for some reason I’m fascinated by the stats that can be created from a webpage. Below are a few interesting things about this blog...
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Overview of Reports in AutoCAD Electrical
There are three types of reports in AutoCAD Electrical. Schematic, Panel, and the Drawing List report. Schematic reports only pull values from schematic symbols on the drawings in the project....
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My Working Vacation
I took a week and a half off this month. My vacation goal was to build an office desk/work bench. I had this idea in my head but really nothing on paper. I started on the Inventor model on Saturday...
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Consistent Reporting in AutoCAD Electrical Using (.set) Settings Files
It can be a real pain setting up reports because the reported fields and formatting resets to default with each new report. I have seen users save a report as a template, and then insert the sheet into...
View ArticleWhat’s New in AutoCAD Electrical 2015
Autodesk took care of this post for me.What's New in AutoCAD Electrical 2015AutoCAD Electrical 2015 New Features Video
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Mass Migration of DWG Files Using AutoCAD Electrical
Over the weekend I ran into a case where I had several thousand DWG files that were older than AutoCAD Release 14. Vault would not rename them because of this. Inventor’s Task Scheduler wouldn’t...
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Show Me Again–Turning Hidden Messages Back On
I actually taught an Electrical class again! After being buried under a huge project since last August, it was good to get back into AutoCAD Electrical again. If you follow this blog even the slightest...
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Hiding Location (LOC) and Installation (INST) Codes Project Wide
There is a check box in the Project Properties that will hide any LOC or INST code that matches the Drawing Properties codes. When first checking this you will be informed of the following alert…If the...
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AutoCAD Electrical IdeaStation Is Here!
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/ideas/v2/ideaexchangepage/blog-id/37/tab/most-recent Ever wished for a much needed feature inside of AutoCAD Electrical? Or maybe you have an idea for some added...
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Linking the Schematic to the Drawing’s Sheet Number
Wouldn’t it be nice if changing the order of the sheets in the project didn’t screw up the ladders, components, and wire numbers? If your drawings follow a numbering scheme that is directly tied to the...
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Adding a Category (Family Table) to the Catalog Database
This command is a little hidden. It’s under the Other Tools drop down off of the Project tab. In this post I’ll add a category named AT for my “test.” First we confirm that AT is missing from the...
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Uninstalling the Autodesk Design Suites
Over the weekend I sat down to write a post about setting default pin values. In the process I found I forgot to install all of the manufactures. So I ran through the setup to add them. <<Adding...
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Working with Multiple Level Terminals – AutoCAD Electrical
As multi-level terminals grow in popularity, we continue receiving questions about how to make them work in Electrical. Multi-level terminal blocks are unique in that they are represented by multiple...
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