by Miles Nicholson
In AutoCAD Electrical 2025, the Drawing List report can now be included in the Automatic Reports.
Within AutoCAD Electrical you can either create and view a report one at a time or you can set up report groups with the latter enabling you to produce multiple reports at the same time. The Automatic Report Selection command allows users to set up report groups that can be run at any time at the touch of a button, to ease the creation of project supporting documentation during the design process.
As an example, the shop floor or the manufacturing department would require a different set of reports to a customer who in turn would require a different set of reports to a purchasing or procurement department. In addition, users may wish to set up a report group for each specific customer therefore standardising on the reports for a customer that an engineer can provide. Now that the Drawing List report can be included, it means this doesn’t have to be created separately.
Select Report ribbon tab > Miscellaneous pan
N.B. To create a Report Grouping file, please refer to the following article: Automatic Reports.
Select
Browse to your existing *.RGF file or create a new one and
Highlight Drawing List as shown
Select
Save the existing Drawling List format file as an alternative. Select [endif]>
Define file name e.g. dwglst_rgf.set and
Select to change the report fields
Select to save the report to a file
Example:
Select
Select
Highlight the specific *.set file you wish to include in the Automatic Reports
Select
The report will then be added to the list on Selected Reports pane on the right-hand side.
Select to save the report grouping file
If you wish to include your company logo within the outputted Excel documents, then refer to the article: Creating Reports with a Company Standard Header