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2011

Adding User Created Attributes to Reports in Electrical - including color attribute in BOM report in AutoCAD Electrical, Stan Wile, IMAGINiT Manufacturing Solutions Blog, Dec 22, 2011

Changing a Ladder Reference Style Project Wide - AutoCAD Electrical - updating each drawings format, swapping ladder reference block, updating reference numbers, ladders, Stan Wile, IMAGINiT Manufacturing Solutions Blog, May 26, 2011

AutoCAD Electrical 2012 Announced - enhanced library of standards, streamlined schematic component updating, duplicate tag check for panels, Mark Flayler, IMAGINiT Manufacturing Solutions Blog, Mar 23, 2011

Circuit Builder, Switching From AWG To Metric Wire Sizes, AutoCAD Electrical - defining alternate electric standard, add NEC-MM2 entry, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Jan 31, 2011

 

2010

Automatic Wire Annotation from Schematic to W/D, Pt 1 - AutoCAD Electrical tutorial, annotation of panel wiring diagram representations with real-time schematic wire connection data, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Dec 8, 2010

Add Connection Point to an Existing Component - AutoCAD Electrical tutorial, Nicole Morris, Ketiv, Dec 7, 2010

Command Substitution Example - AutoCAD Electrical tutorial, substituting your version of command for one called from the stock AutoCAD ribbon UI, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Dec 3, 2010

Tutorial - Mapping Schematic Components to Panel Layout - AutoCAD Electrical - step-by-step illustration of how AutoCAD Electrical maps schematic components/part number assignments back to panel layouts, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Oct 26, 2010

AutoCAD Electrical: Change Default Catalog Lookup Filters - changing default filters for Insert Component command's database lookup, _LISTBOX_DEF, Mark Flayler, IMAGINiT Manufacturing Solutions Blog, Oct 20, 2010

Tutorial - Terminal Strip Editor Pt 3 - AutoCAD Electrical - assigning groups of schematic terminals to triple-level terminal blocks on panel layout representation, selecting catalog code assignment, Entrelec, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Oct 19, 2010 (also see Pt 1Pt 2)

Tutorial - Terminal Strip Editor (Pt 2) - AutoCAD Electrical - terminal block management, panel layout drawing, launching terminal strip editor tool, selecting layout preview tab, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Oct 18, 2010 (also see Pt 1)

Tutorial - Terminal Strip Management (Pt 1) - AutoCAD Electrical - inserting/tracking terminal assignments in electrical schematics, terminal strip editor tool, types of schematic terminal symbols, fence, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Oct 16, 2010

Tutorial - Using Excel with AutoCAD Electrical - (Pt 5 - PLC I/O Desc Addr Updates) - opening PLCIODESC sheet, editing I/O address for each point, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Oct 10, 2010 (also see Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3, Pt 4)

Insert Circuit - Dynamically Pairing Of Unique Wire Source/Dest Codes - AutoCAD Electrical - auto-tagging, project-wide check on source/dest codes, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Sep 29, 2010

Move/Show Attribute: Flipping to Show Mode When No Geometry to Pick - AutoCAD Electrical - show-mode when block insert consists just attributes, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Sep 25, 2010

Semi-Auto Execution of a 'User Post' - AutoCAD Electrical - eliminating repetitive picks, pre-selecting one/more options in 'User Post' dialog, pre-selecting totally suppress display of the options dialog, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Sep 2, 2010

Updating Drawings from Scratch Database Edits - AutoCAD Electrical - alternate to Excel, updating project drawing set, selecting from project MDB tool, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 19, 2010

Tutorial - Using Excel with AutoCAD Electrical Pt 4 - Wire Numbers - editing wire number assignments from WNUM sheet, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 17, 2010 (also see Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3)

Tutorial - Using Excel with AutoCAD Electrical - Pt 3 - adding custom attribute columns to Excel, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 15, 2010 (also see Pt 1, Pt 2)

Tutorial - Using Excel with AutoCAD Electrical, Pt 2 - block swapping from Excel edits, functioning, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 12, 2010 (also see Pt 1)

Tutorial - Using Excel with AutoCAD Electrical, Pt 1 - AutoCAD Electrical feature overview, re-cycling copied project, Excel to edit copied drawing set, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 11, 2010

Adding Custom Option to Insert WBlock Circuit Command - AutoCAD Electrical - accessing trace mode to insert circuit, insert WBlock circuit, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 2, 2010

QSELECT Driving PROPERTIES Command - AutoCAD Electrical - changing actual text height, Quick Select mode, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, July 11, 2010

Tutorial: Basics Of 'Smart' Panel Layout Pt 3 - AutoCAD Electrical - adding motor starters to your custom enclosure design, control schematics, giving panel items temporary aliased tag-ID names, adding catalog part numbers, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, June 30, 2010 (see also Pt 1Pt 2)

User-Post: Import Component Descriptions Into Cable From/To Reports - AutoCAD Electrical - AutoLISP program, finding folder, editing dialog source file, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, June 25, 2010

Tutorial - Basics of Smart Panel Layout - Pt 2 - AutoCAD Electrical - linking control schematics to panel layouts, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, June 23, 2010

Tutorial - Basics of Smart Panel Layout - Pt 1 - AutoCAD Electrical - control schematics, defining interconnected wiring between control devices, right clicking SAFETY OKAY, Insert/Edit Component dialog displayed, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, June 22, 2010

AutoCAD Electrical: Supplied Manufacturers and Libraries - symbol libraries, handling migration from one release to another, using migration utility, Mark Flayler, IMAGINiT Manufacturing Solutions Blog, Jun 14, 2010

Tutorial - Setting Up New Device Pin List-AutoCAD Electrical - contact and pin assignment tracking features, launching the 'Pin List Database Editor' tool, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, May 9, 2010

Tutorial - AutoCAD Electrical and Contact Pin Assignments - component tagging, catalog part number assignment, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, May 6, 2010

Spreadsheet -> PLC I/O Generator Utility - Tracing with Visual Lisp Debugger - Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Feb 17, 2010

Automation of PLC I/O Drawings - AutoCAD Electrical - overview of AutoCAD Electrical's Excel spreadsheet, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Feb 11, 2010

Align Attribute Utility - repositioning attribute to left side of each symbol in column of terminal block inserts in AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Feb 10, 2010

Who Knew? Where to Find the AutoCAD Solids Creation and Editing Commands in AutoCAD MEP 2010 - adding 'Solids' tab to ribbon of current workspace, Jill Bernhardt, The BIM Bulletin, Feb 4, 2010

Multiple Users on a Single AutoCAD Electrical Project - Q and A - file name of local project's scratch database file, project database update, dividing large project, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Jan 28, 2010

Electrical - Quick View Drawings video or audio - AutoCAD Electrical tutorial, CAD Geek Speak!, Jan 21, 2010

AutoCAD Electrical - Rename Catalog Headers video or audio - CAD Geek Speak!, Jan 21, 2010

Electrical - Creating Ladder Templates video or audio - AutoCAD Electrical tutorial, CAD Geek Speak!, Jan 7, 2010

 

2009

Electrical - In's and Out's of Surfer video or audio - using surfer command in AutoCAD Electrical, CAD Geek Speak!, Nov 26, 2009

Panel Components - Mount and Group Codes - AutoCAD Electrical tutorial, CAD Geek Speak!, Nov 19, 2009

Overview of Simple BOM Reporting - AutoCAD Electrical - querying different databases to create various AutoCAD Electrical BOM reports, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Nov 19, 2009

Enhanced Wire Number Tags Based on Connected Components - AutoCAD Electrical - modifying wire number tags based upon connected component tag-ID at each end, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Nov 12, 2009

PLC I/O Drawing Generator - Pre-Defining Wire Numbers - AutoCAD Electrical - adding new option to 'spreadsheet to PLC I/O' drawing generator tool, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Nov 6, 2009

Vertical SCOOT Work-Around - AutoCAD Electrical - workaround is to add dummy vertical wire connection attribute to symbol, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Oct 26, 2009

Zoom to Handle' Utility - AutoCAD Electrical - finding, zooming to given entity using its handle number, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Oct 15, 2009

AutoCAD Electrical 2010 - Insert Ladders - video, inserting ladder diagram into drawing, YouTube, Oct 8, 2009

Nate's Simple AutoLISP - Lesson 6 - attribute definition order, entity sorting, entmake, ATTDEF creation order & attribute display order, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Sep 26, 2009

'Super' Project Manager Utility - AutoCAD Electrical - creating, managing sub-projects within overall 'super' project set of AutoCAD Electrical drawings, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Sep 21, 2009

Circuit Builder - Leveraging AutoCAD's 'Group' Concept - AutoCAD Electrical - Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Sep 10, 2009

Nate's Simple AutoLISP - Lesson 5 - using, changing existing block insert instance, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Sep 1, 2009

Using the Multi-Connection Sequence Terminal Symbol - AutoCAD Electrical - Single in-line symbol representing series of 6 daisy-chained terminals, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 27, 2009

Circuit Builder Configure Mode - Adding a 'Pick From Icon Menu' Selection - enabling icon menu picks from within circuit builder using AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 24, 2009

Circuit Builder - Embedding Custom Calls in the Spreadsheet - AutoCAD Electrical - customizing behavior of circuit builder tool, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 23, 2009

Dual Range Component Tagging: Power vs. Control - AutoCAD Electrical - setting up different component tagging sequentials, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 20, 2009

Dual Range Wire Number Tagging: Power vs. Control - AutoCAD Electrical - setting up different wire tagging sequential for power wiring vs. control wiring, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 17, 2009

Wire Number Tagging Based Upon 'Wire Type' - AutoCAD Electrical - using 'wire numbers' command, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 16, 2009

How to Execute a LISP Function, All DWGs/Project-Wide - AutoCAD Electrical - using 'project-wide utilities' command, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 13, 2009

User Enhancement to Spreadsheet-to-PLC I/O Drawing Tool - AutoCAD Electrical - customizing wdio.lsp utility, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 12, 2009

User Creates Custom 'Add New Drawing' Tool - AutoCAD Electrical - creating AutoLISP function, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 9, 2009

Support File Finder - AutoCAD Electrical - AutoLISP functions find all standard AutoCAD support paths, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Aug 4, 2009

Overview of AutoCAD Electrical's WDATA Table - Intermediate Wire Network Data Table - Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Jul 27, 2009

Using the AutoCAD Electrical Circuit Builder for Other Stuff - overview of workflow, breaking down support files, setting up custom templates, linking to API calls, Rob Stein, Autodesk University 2008

Setting Up Autodesk Productstream for AutoCAD Electrical - creating item properties in Productstream to import AutoCAD Electrical project LINEx data, bill of material data, controlling revisions of project releases using Productstream, Randy Brunette, Autodesk University 2008

AutoCAD Electrical Power Tools for Power Users - wiring information for panel drawings, using Excel to update, manipulate drawings, setting up pin lists to automatically assign pins to components based on catalog information, Rob Stein, Autodesk University 2008

AutoCAD Electrical: Unleash the Spreadsheet - automating interconnect wire diagrams, building PLC documentation, controlling saved circuits, importing, exporting to Inventor routed systems, Nicole Morris, Autodesk University 2008

Propagating AutoLISP Variables Drawing to Drawing - The ( vl-propagate...) Function - using blackboard, propagate methods in AutoCAD Electrical, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Jul 16, 2009

Catalog Subassemblies - designating main assembly, creating list item in AutoCAD Electrical 2010, Ketiv, Jul 9, 2009

MText Substring Find/Replace Utility - AutoCAD Electrical tutorial, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Jul 15, 2009

Change Utility from Single Operation to Drawing-Wide - AutoCAD Electrical - generating specially-formatted wire number, Nate Holt, AutoCAD Electrical Etcetera, Jul 10, 2009

Electrical Adding Assemblies to the Catalog - AutoCAD Electrical tutorial, CAD Geek Speak!, Jul 2, 2009

Attribute Writes to Non-Opened Drawings - AutoLISP utility for active drawing to find attribute tag 'COLOR' with some value, mapping new value to it, Nate Holt, Controlling the Machine, Jul 5, 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

AutoCAD Electrical: Installation & Location Codes - locating the components using installation and location codes, Renata Pfeifer, AUGI, June 2007 (may require free registration)

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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