AutoCAD Electrical
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AutoCAD Electrical: Intelligent Location Boxes
By Miles Nicholson
Did you know that a location box is intelligent which therefore means that components are “loca...
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AutoCAD Electrical 2020 : Drawing List Display Config
By Miles Nicholson
You can configure the display of AutoCAD Electrical’s project manager to show additional fields. T...
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AutoCAD Electrical - Creating a Multi Deck Terminal
By Miles Nicholson
The following video shows how to define a multi-deck terminal association within the schematic, wi...
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Updating AutoCAD Electrical From Microsoft Excel
By Miles Nicholson
Did you know that you can modify the component tags or other data in Excel and then update your...
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AutoCAD Electrical - Transferring Electrical Standards Back To Library
By Miles Nicholson
In my last blog, I covered the subject of how to ensure that any changes in your electrical sta...
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AutoCAD Electrical - Changing Electrical Standards In Existing Drawings
By Miles Nicholson
Although you may have your own corporate template project that you use to create a project, the...
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AutoCAD Electrical 2013 - Reorder Drawings Missing from Project Manager
By Miles Nicholson
In AutoCAD Electrical 2013, some users have noticed that the Reorder Drawings is missing from the...
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Electrical Standards
By Miles Nicholson
For those who are a little rusty of their electrical standards, there is a really useful fre...
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AutoCAD Electrical 2012 - Creating Single Line Diagrams
By Miles Nicholson
If you haven’t upgraded your AutoCAD Electrical to 2012, one new feature in the software is worth...
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AutoCAD Electrical - *Warning* Multiple Owned Objects
By Miles Nicholson
*Warning* Multiply Owned Objects followed by different number i.e. "60F5" (for example) is showin...
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AutoCAD Electrical Mobile App
By Miles Nicholson
The new mobile companion app for AutoCAD Electrical allows you to connect to your AutoCAD Electri...
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AutoCAD Electrical - I wish there was a keyboard shortcut for that!
By Miles Nicholson
I was just about to write an article about this when I came across the following blog written by ...
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AutoCAD Electrical - Block Replacements & Swap/Update Blocks
By Miles Nicholson
Block Replacement is available from the Conversion ribbon > Tools panel > Block Replacement
Yo...
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Download the latest Rittal Enclosures in 2D or 3D
By Miles Nicholson
If you would like the latest Rittal Enclosures in either 2D or 3D for either AutoCAD Electrical...
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Block Edit - AutoCAD Electrical
By Miles Nicholson
This video shows how you can edit an existing symbol block in-situ to create a special one-off ver...
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AutoCAD Electrical - Navigating the Symbol Menu
By Miles Nicholson
The following video explains the layout and different options of the symbol menu and how to naviga...
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AutoCAD Electrical 2025 - Changing the Linetype Properties of Selected Inserted Blocks
By Miles Nicholson
A client wanted the ability to change the linetype properties of selected blocks in a schematic to...
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AutoCAD Electrical - Corporate Customisation
By Miles Nicholson
Nearly all-large companies sub contract out aspects of their design process, and to ensure that st...
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Festo Drawings Available Online in 2D/3D
By Miles Nicholson
For those who are doing pneumatics and hydraulics, Festo have both their drawings available onlin...