1. © 2012 Autodesk AutoCAD on Electrical Steroids Randy Brunette Electrical Subject Matter Expert (Autodesk)

2. © 2012 Autodesk Class Summary Working with AutoCAD drawings in an AutoCAD Electrical environment.  Overview of AutoCAD Electrical  Compatibility with AutoCAD  When and What to convert  Available conversion tools and techniques

3. © 2012 Autodesk Learning Objectives At the end of this class, you will be able to:  Describe the difference between AutoCAD and AutoCAD Electrical drawings  Describe the “How much to convert” guideline  Add electrical automation and intelligence to legacy AutoCAD drawings.

4. © 2012 Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical Overview  ACE is readily configurable and has an open architecture  ACE is fully portable, nothing is proprietary  ACE is an industry specific version of AutoCAD for industrial control systems  ACE is native to the AutoCAD environment

5. © 2012 Autodesk How does ACE work? Intelligence saved in drawing using standard: Blocks, attributes and xdata. Layers Search Paths Reference files use generic formats such as ASCII and MDB. All AutoCAD functionality is available. WD_M block Invisible block at 0,0 Stores drawing properties Can be different from project properties

6. © 2012 Autodesk Conversion Guidelines Only general guideline, each situation is different.

7. © 2012 Autodesk It’s time for some exploring…

8. © 2012 Autodesk Explained and demonstrated AutoCAD Electrical compatibility with AutoCAD Discussed AutoCAD Electrical generic file formats Demonstrated some of the available productivity enhancements Added intelligence to legacy drawings using…  Convert ladder utility  Wire Layer utility  Swap block and attribute mapping utilities And hopefully we… In Summary, Today We…

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