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2009
Pushing Xdata Out to Non-Opened AutoCAD Electrical Drawings
- showing extended entity data on project scratch database file, Nate Holt,
Controlling the Machine, Jun 21, 2009
Working with Wire Types AutoCAD Electrical
- renaming column headers for wire type dialog boxes, CAD Geek Speak!,
Jun 18, 2009
AutoCAD Electrical's Report Customization - The 'User Post'
- creating user post for viewing cable's catalog assignment for every
core/conductor, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Jun 15, 2009
Mass Update - Attribute Re-Namer Tool - AutoCAD Electrical - AutoLISP
utility scans all block inserts on active drawing, Nate Holt, Controlling the
Machine, May 20, 2009
Add Wire Information to Footprints
- using wire annotation tool in AutoCAD Electrical, CAD Geek Speak!, May 7, 2009
IEC-Style
Wire Numbering - AutoCAD Electrical - adding IEC-style
'INST/LOC' prefix to each wire number, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Apr
13, 2009
Quick
Customize Right-Click Menus - AutoCAD Electrical - placing
'delete component' command at bottom of right-click menu, Nate Holt, Controlling
the Machine, Apr 10, 2009
Adding a Special Cross-ref Capability to AutoCAD Electrical -
cross-referencing schematic parent symbol onto panel footprint, Nate Holt,
Controlling the Machine, Mar 24, 2009
Importing
Wire Types from a Master Schematic - AutoCAD Electrical - using AutoLISP
utility, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Mar 3, 2009
Generic Title Block Update Tool - AutoCAD Electrical - changing text
width of attributed text entity, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Mar 10,
2009
2008
Auto
Title Block Update using 'Diesel' Fields - AutoCAD Electrical
- Nate Holt, Manufacturing Community, Dec 13, 2008
Auto-Create Project-Specific Catalog Lookup Database - AutoCAD Electrical -
Nate Holt, Manufacturing Community, Dec, 2008
Renaming Column Heading in Reports - AutoCAD Electrical - getting required
column heading information on BOM, INCAT CAD Geek, Dec 11, 2008
Swapping Blocks with AutoCAD Electrical - guidelines for using Swap/Update
block tool, INCAT CAD Geek, Dec 4, 2008
AutoCAD MEP Electrical Devices - A
Quick Spin
- step-by-step procedures to create device styles, David Butts, The MEP CAD
Engineer, Nov 19, 2008
Customizing Project Manager
Window - AutoCAD Electrical - settings for each drawing file name listed with information, Nate Holt, Manufacturing
Community, Nov 13, 2008
Processing Multiple Sub-Projects - AutoCAD Electrical -
split
large project to manageable sub-projects, Nate Holt, Manufacturing Community,
Nov 11, 2008
Boosting AutoLISP Performance - various LISP functions like cons,
append, foreach, nth, number for significant improvement using
AutoCAD electrical, Nate Holt, Manufacturing Community, Nov 7, 2008
Vault
Management for AutoCAD Electrical - Whole Project Management
- video shows whole project check-in with Vault in AutoCAD Electrical,
INCAT CAD Geek, Nov 3, 2008
Reformat Wire From/To Report Into a Tallied Wire Count Report - AutoCAD
Electrical - create custom reports, Nate Holt,
Manufacturing Community, Oct 31, 2008
Nate's Simple AutoLISP - Lesson 4
- code routines to customize tasks for AutoCAD electrical, Nate Holt,
Manufacturing Community, Oct 21, 2008
User-Post to Import Component Descriptions Into Wire From/To Reports -
AutoCAD Electrical - Nate Holt, Manufacturing
Community, Oct 21, 2008
Pushing Wiretype Settings to Signal Arrows - AutoCAD Electrical - modifying
library symbols to include new target attributes, creating AutoLISP utility to
find wiretype data, Nate Holt, Manufacturing Community, Oct 9, 2008
Software Switch Cuts Project-Cycle Time by 75%
- moving to AutoCAD electrical from basic AutoCAD, improving design process,
increasing productivity, Cadalyst, Sep 26, 2008
Dumb Graphics Converted to Smart AutoCAD Electrical Drawings - simple
conversion, link description text entities, pin text, add wire connections, add
symbol's geometry, Nate Holt, Manufacturing Community, Sep 11, 2008
Undoing 'Do Not Show Me This Again' - AutoCAD Electrical
- Nate Holt, Manufacturing Community, Aug 27, 2008
AutoCAD
Electrical: Publish/Plot - step-by-step procedure for plotting in AutoCAD
Electrical 2008, Renata Pfeifer, AUGI, Aug 25, 2008
Auto-Adjust Drawing Index Report - AutoCAD Electrical - expansion of control
system by leaving unused sheet numbers in project drawing set, setting up
dwglst.lsp user post utility, Nate Holt, Manufacturing Community, July 10, 2008
Circuit Generation by Layer Combos - AutoCAD Electrical - exposing/hiding
combinations of layered sub-circuit options, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine,
May 21, 2008
Concatenations in Title Block Update - AutoCAD Electrical - using AutoLISP
utility and title block update command, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, May
2, 2008
AutoCAD
Electrical Tips - updating project database, resolving error with having two
numbers in Source arrow box, more, Renata Pfeifer, AUGI, Apr 2008 (may require free registration)
Match Wire
Number Text to Wire Color - AutoCAD Electrical - using AutoLISP utility in
AutoCAD Electrical API, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Apr 22, 2008
Extra Wire Number Display - AutoCAD Electrical - adding visible attribute to
electrical component symbol, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Apr 5, 2008
Voltage Drop and Green - AutoCAD Electrical - AutoLISP utility for
calculating voltage drop loss in wiring of motor, Nate Holt, Controlling the
Machine, Mar 20, 2008
Backwards Tagging From Child to Parent - AutoCAD Electrical - reversing
workflow of parent/child insertion, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Mar 16,
2008
Troubleshoot Missing Icon Menu Images - AutoCAD Electrical - Nate
Holt, Controlling the Machine, Mar 16, 2008
Calc Motor FLA and Starter Size - AutoCAD Electrical - auto-calculating
minimum starter size using motwire.lsp utility, Nate Holt, Controlling the
Machine, Mar 8, 2008
Simple Drawing Parser Using AutoLISP - listing all layers defined in drawing
in AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Mar 5, 2008
Tackling Text in AutoCAD Electrical - using project-wide update/retag tool
to deal with font size and style issues, Stan Wile, Cadalyst, Feb 1, 2008
Unconventional Use of Wire Gaps - AutoCAD Electrical - using check/repair
gap pointers command, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Feb 26, 2008
Auto-Adjust Drawing Index Report - AutoCAD Electrical - running customized
dwglst.lsp 'user post' utility, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Feb 22, 2008
Drawing List Report and 'User Post' Example - AutoCAD Electrical - inserting
custom code into dwglst.lsp file, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Feb 19,
2008
Simple Conduit Fill Calculations/Reports - creating simple project-wide
conduit report in AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Feb 3,
2008
Working
With
AutoCAD Electrical Project Files - using 'spreadsheet PLC I/O utility
settings' tool for automating I/O drawings, Renata Pfeifer, AUGI, Jan 2008 (may
require free registration)
How to Default to Fixed Component Tag IDs - AutoCAD Electrical - change and
save attribute definition in symbol library, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine,
Dec 30, 2007
Mapping the User Fields in AutoCAD Electrical to the Productstream Item
Properties - displaying internal part number being used to search for
components, CADgneto, Jan 2, 2008
2007
Resetting Project Properties to the Drawing - making AutoCAD Electrical
projects will allow all drawings to follow same standard, CADgneto, Dec 29, 2007
Comparing Setting Between Drawing and Project - using SETTING COMPARE
command, CADgneto, Dec 29, 2007
Control of Pin Text Size in Graphical Cross-referencing - AutoCAD Electrical
- Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Nov 20, 2007
Terminal
Strip Editor Gets Update - executing Terminal Strip Editor command in
AutoCAD Electrical 2008, Randy J. Brunette, AUGI, Nov 2007 (may require free
registration)
AutoCAD
Electrical: Project-related Files - using *.wdd extension and ratings for
creating consistent descriptions and bilingual text, Renata Pfeifer, AUGI, Oct
2007 (may require free registration)
Presetting Your Surfer 'Zoom' Factor - AutoCAD Electrical - saving zoom
magnification factor, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Sep 14, 2007
AutoCAD
Electrical: Cable Teamwork - exploring wire fan in/out tool and cable
marker symbols, Randy Brunette, AUGI, Sep 2007 (requires free registration)
Environment Comparisons - AutoCAD Electrical tutorial, Randy Brunette,
CADLearning, Sep 2007
User
Interface & Help System - AutoCAD Electrical tutorial, Randy Brunette,
CADLearning, Sep 2007
Symbol Libraries and Search Paths - AutoCAD Electrical tutorial, Randy
Brunette, CADLearning, Sep 2007
Constructing an AutoCAD Electrical Project "Zip" Utility - AutoLISP code to
activate command-line version, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Sep 14, 2007
Updating Drawing Set Parameters from the Project's "Scratch Database" - AutoCAD
Electrical - editing database file, Nate Holt, Controlling the
Machine, Sep 11, 2007
AutoCAD
Electrical: Project-related Files - creating wire color/gauge labels using
project file, Renata Pfeifer, AUGI, Aug 2007 (may require free registration)
SS->PLC I/O Utility - Adding Auto Title Block Update - AutoCAD Electrical -
modifying the wdio.lsp utility, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Aug 18, 2007
European-style Terminal/Cable Connection Charts - AutoCAD Electrical -
creating a blank drawing chart form, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, July
17, 2007
Something
New for AutoCAD Electrical - exploring new interface, icon menu
wizard enhancements, adding new icons, Randy J. Brunette, AUGI, July 2007 (may
require free registration)
Surf
the Bill of Material a.k.a. BOM - using surfer tool in AutoCAD
Electrical 2008, CADgneto, July 12, 2007
Matching
Cable Tag-IDs to Connected Components - AutoCAD Electrical - Nate
Holt, Controlling the Machine, July 3, 2007
Auto
Wire Number Tag Removal on Cabled Wire Networks - AutoCAD Electrical - using
AutoLISP utility involving API, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, June 14,
2007
Flipping Attribute Justification On a Mass Scale - AutoCAD Electrical -
AutoLISP utility to flip the visible attribute to RJT, Nate Holt, Controlling
the Machine, June 13, 2007
Customizing the Drawing Index Sheet - AutoCAD Electrical - modifying the
drawing list report's 'User Post' utility to place gaps in listings, Nate Holt,
Controlling the Machine, June 1, 2007
Vectoring
Existing Projects to Reference AutoCAD Electrical 2008 Libraries -
LISP utility to change, find or replace sections of a path, Nate Holt,
Controlling the Machine, May 30, 2007
Flipping to In-line Wire Number Tags - AutoCAD Electrical - using
toggle-to-inline tool in API for flipping, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine,
May 8, 2007
AutoCAD
Electrical: Compatibility Issues - editing non Electrical drawings
using AutoCAD Electrical, Randy J. Brunette, AUGI, May 2007 (may require free
registration)
Titleblock Update - Previous / Next Sheet Numbers - AutoCAD Electrical -
inserting AutoLISP code in mapping file and linking it to a title block
attribute, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, April 13, 2007
Tracing Polyline-Connected Components - AutoCAD Electrical - using
application programming interface to create a from/to report, Nate Holt,
Controlling the Machine, April 11, 2007
What's New in AutoCAD Electrical 2008 - enhancements to icon menu wizard,
parametric twisted pair symbol, terminal strip editor, PLC I/O libraries, more,
Autodesk, April 2007 pdf
Recovering
Corrupted Wiring in AutoCAD Electrical - Nate Holt, Controlling the
Machine, April 5, 2007
Making the Part Number Fit the Relay Contacts Used - AutoCAD Electrical -
Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, April 2, 2007
Capable,
Valuable, AutoCAD Electrical - updating title block to change the line
labels in all the drawings, Renata Pfeifer, AUGI, April 2007 (may require free
registration)
Why the Heck is Windows Media Photo Tied to AutoCAD Electrical ?! - open
AutoCAD Electrical project ".wdp" file in Notepad or modify registry settings,
Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, March 23, 2007
Smart
Title Block Swapping with AutoCAD Electrical - swapping out entire title
block/drawing borders, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, March 22, 2007
Component Tagging by "Pick Order" in AutoCAD Electrical - Nate
Holt, Controlling the Machine, March 16, 2007
Terminal Plan Report - Controlling the 'Field' Wiring Side in AutoCAD Electrical
- marking internal/external connections, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine,
March 13, 2007
Meet AutoCAD Electrical
- based on AutoCAD, ACE is for control system design and creating electrical
drawings, Randy J Brunette, AUGI, March 2007 (may require free registration)
Auto-mapping "Power" and "Control" Contact Pin Assignments in AutoCAD Electrical
- Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, March 8, 2007
Enhancing AutoCAD Electrical's Tabular Terminal Strip Layout - including
cable catalog number using AutoLISP utility, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine,
March 7, 2007
Bypassing AutoCAD Electrical's Automatic Wire tag-ID Assignments - using
user customization tool set and API function, Nate Holt, Controlling the
Machine, March 6, 2007
1-line Diagrams and Linked MCC Layouts: AutoCAD Electrical - linking 1-line
diagrams and MCC using custom "child" library symbol, Nate Holt,
Controlling the Machine, February 22, 2007
Creating Special Wire From/To Annotation - AutoCAD Electrical - Nate
Holt, Controlling the Machine, February 21, 2007
Writing
to Block Attributes in Un-opened Drawings - Example App
- adding new INST/LOC values of an AutoCAD Electrical drawing, Nate Holt,
Controlling the Machine, February 6, 2007
AutoCAD Electrical's Modify Symbol Lib Util - Pushing it Beyond Its
Limits - a program to rotate and reposition, Nate
Holt, Controlling the Machine, February 5, 2007
Linking AutoCAD Custom Drawing Props Back to AcadE Proj Mgr - using AutoLISP
utility to push values back in AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt, Controlling the
Machine, February 2, 2007
When One Tag-ID Isn't Enough - adding COPYTAG attributes and %T parameter in
AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, February 2, 2007
Comparing Project Defaults to All Drawings at Once - using AutoCAD
Electrical utility to compare files in Excel, Nate Holt, Controlling the
Machine, January 22, 2007
Incrementing Line References - Customizing the "User" Symbol - changing the
appearance of the line reference symbol in AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt,
Controlling the Machine, January 12, 2007
Plotting a Project to PDF in ACADe - publishing DWG to PDF, CADgneto,
January 9, 2007
How to Pull the 10 'User' Attributes on a Wire Number into the From/To Report
- Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, January 10, 2007
2006
Wire From/To - Limiting to Certain Component Type - modifying user post
utility in AutoCAD Electrical for limiting the wire connections, Nate Holt,
Controlling the Machine, December 29, 2006
Catalog Lookup - Browsing on Internal vs. Manufacturers Part Numbers - swap
the CATALOG and USER1 field values to select the internal part number in AutoCAD
Electrical, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, December 20, 2006
Altering the Twist in Twisted-pair Symbols - using ACE_OFFSET attribute in
AutoCAD Electrical 2007 to alter the height of the twist parametrically, Nate
Holt, Controlling the Machine, December 13, 2006
How to Alias AutoCAD Electrical Commands Using the ACAD.PGP File - making
keyboard shortcuts for insert component, edit component, insert wire, and scoot
commands, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, December 3, 2006
Multi-wire Bus Command - Gimme 4 - setting Multi-wire bus command to start
up with four wires to insert as default in AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt,
Controlling the Machine, December 1, 2006
Wild Card Filtering in Reports - list of AutoLISP-supported wild-card
characters in AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, November
28, 2006
Multi-Language Electrical Component Tagging - Nate
Holt, Controlling the Machine, October 2006
PLC I/O Wire Numbering based upon "Slot" + I/O Pin Number - using AutoCAD
Electrical application programming interface to identify the connected PLC I/O
module, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, September 2006
Catalog Lookup - Table Name Confusion - using catalog table in AutoCAD
Electrical, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, September 2006
Edit Wire Number - Tip - keeping the "edit wire number dialog" near your
AutoCAD Electrical drawing, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, August 2006
Angles to Dots - AutoLISP utility to convert
angled tee marker symbols to generic "dot"
symbols in an AutoCAD Electrical drawing, Nate
Holt, Controlling the Machine, August 2006
Special PLC Address-Based Wire Numbers - using PLC modules tag-ID, the I/O
point's address, and the tag and pin number of the component in AutoCAD
Electrical, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, July 2006
Adding Unused Core/Conductors to Cable From/To Report - using cablecon.lsp
and cablecon.dcl files with "User Post" function to add unused data to Cable
From/To Report in AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, June
2006
Dual Catalog Lookup: Preferred and Everything Else - AutoCAD
Electrical's dual-file catalog can result in a quick lookup for often used
parts and a full catalog for every thing else, Nate Holt, Controlling the
Machine, July 2006
Bend Wires in AutoCAD Electrical 2007 - introduce bends into schematics,
CADgneto, July 10, 2006
Customized INSERT PLC Module Command - using AutoLISP code to insert the
module and graphical style #3 in AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt, Controlling
the Machine, July 2006
Choosing the
Right Wire Layer - inserting a wire on its proper layer in
AutoCAD Electrical 2007, CADgneto, July 3, 2006
Wire Layer Control - AutoCAD Electrical 2007 has new "Create/Edit wire Type
feature" for creating layer for the wires quickly, CADgneto, June 24, 2006
Multi-Level Bill of Material - view structure of assembly with parts in
Autodesk Inventor, CADgneto, June 24, 2006
Design Panel Layouts - creating a 3D wireframes
for components in AutoCAD Electrical, David Lynch, Cadalyst, May 9, 2006
AutoCAD
Electrical Title Block Link - setting
up the WDT file to update title block of a drawing or
project quickly, CADgneto, February 9, 2006
Creating a Circuit in ACADe - create a circuit with AutoCAD Electrical
without using the tools, CADgneto, February 1, 2006
Wires Color Setting for ACADe - create a tool palette icon to link it to a
selected layer wire in AutoCAD Electrical, CADgneto, January 17, 2006
How to Purge in AutoCAD Electrical? - use Project-Wide Utilities command to
purge the blocks in your project, CADgneto, January 10, 2006
2005
Plot Project - plot your project in AutoCAD Electrical, CADgneto,
December 25, 2005
Generic Paper Sizes
- increasing the choices of paper sizes in AutoCAD
Electrical by modifying the file for paper size,
CADgneto, December 25, 2005
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