AutoCAD Electrical
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 – The Cadline Localiser Wiring Diagram Library (WD)
By Miles Nicholson
In the Cadline Localiser, there is a unique library called WD, an abbreviation of “wiring diagram”...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 – Renaming the Catalog Browser USER# Column Names within SQL
By Miles Nicholson
AutoCAD® Electrical has 3 user fields within the parts catalogue (default_cat.mdb or {catalogue n...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 – What is the AEPX file?
By Miles Nicholson
Ever wondered what the AEPX file is within the project directory?
When a new project and therefor...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 – Flip Wire Number/Wire Colour Gauge
By Miles Nicholson
The Flip Wire Number command moves a selected wire number to the same position on the other side ...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 – What is the WDR file?
The WDR file is a text file which contains generic company standard ratings values. It is accessible when you Ins...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 - Download the 2024 Cadline Localiser
By Miles Nicholson
The Cadline Localiser is a unique Cadline application that offers enhanced functionality and incr...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 – Wire/Pipe Type Synchronisation
By Miles Nicholson
Wire/Pipe types can now be synchronized for all wires/pipes in the same equipotential network wit...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 – Publishing AutoCAD Electrical Multi-sheet Projects to Autodesk Construction Cloud
By Miles Nicholson
Within AutoCAD Electrical you can create a hyperlinked multi-sheet PDF or multi-sheet DWF/DWFx. Wi...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2023 – Matching the Footprint Database to the Parts Database
By Miles Nicholson
When you add new parts to the parts database, you should also edit the footprint database to asso...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 – Insert Connectors From a List
By Miles Nicholson
The following is extremely useful if you produce point-to-point connector schematics.
From the XM...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 – What’s New in the AutoCAD Electrical Cadline Localiser 2024
By Miles Nicholson
With the release of AutoCAD Electrical 2024, we have released the Cadline Localiser 2024, which w...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2023 - AcePmComServer Error Software Problem
By Miles Nicholson
If you unexpectedly get an error message on the start-up of, or shortly after launching AutoCAD E...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 – Automatic Creation of a Symbol Key List
The schematic report lists the symbols used in the project along with its description in a table. You can also surf...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2024 - What's New in AutoCAD Electrical 2024
By Miles Nicholson
In the 2024 release, there has been quite a number of new features, quality improvements and gene...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2023 – Creating a New Pipe Type
By Miles Nicholson
The best place to create a new pipe type is in your company standard template (*.DWT) because thi...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2023 – Copy Motor/Switch Tag to Cable/Terminal
By Miles Nicholson
The Copy Motor Tag to... command is available on the Cadline Localiser eXtras ribbon > Components ...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2023 – Making a Complex Linetype e.g. Harness Representation
By Miles Nicholson
With any version of AutoCAD, you can create your own complex line types. In this example, we are c...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2023 – Creating a 2D Harness Wiring Diagram Connector Symbol
By Miles Nicholson
In 2D harness diagrams, the connector pin out representation is usually shown along with a pin out...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2021 – Project Related Files
By Miles Nicholson
AutoCAD Electrical supports optional project-related files. These files provide various functions...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical - Sync Failed
By Florentina Stirbu
On machines where multiple versions of AutoCAD Electrical are installed along with Autodesk Inv...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2021 - Project Task List
The Project Task List icon is accessed from the Project Manager. The icon is normally greyed out, but it becomes vi...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2022 – Including Project Description Line Values in an Excel Report
By Miles Nicholson
When you create a new project, you can define project descriptions within the Project Manager > P...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical - Icon menu thumbnails missing
By Florentina Stirbu
In AutoCAD Electrical, the Icon menu information is stored in a .DAT file, which can be specifi...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2021 – Match Attribute Positions
By Miles Nicholson
One of the new features of the Cadline Localiser 2021 is a command called Match Attribute Positio...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2022 – PLC Terminal/Connection Attribute Information Not Displayed
By Miles Nicholson
Within AutoCAD Electrical, you can create and modify PLC modules within the PLC Database File Edi...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2021 - Customising the Quick Access Toolbar
The Quick Access Toolbar can be customised by adding, modifying or deleting commands. This enables you to add your f...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2021 - Editing the Footprint Database
by Miles Nicholson
When you add new parts into the catalogue database, you should also edit the footprint database t...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2021 – Merging Cadline Localiser Catalogue Content Into An Existing SQL Database
The Cadline Localiser provides extra content over and above what is supplied by Autodesk® for AutoCAD® Electrical. T...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2021 – Fixing Your Component Tags, Wire Numbers & Item Numbers Project-Wide
by Miles Nicholson
As a default, when you add new components into a schematic, the new components will assume the ...
Premium Plus
AutoCAD Electrical 2021 – Global Search Within The Catalogue Browser
By Miles Nicholson
For those who remember, it used to be possible to perform a global search within the catalogue lo...