AutoCAD for Electrical Installation

What you will learn : AutoCAD User Interface (AUI)

What is Ribbon, What is Drawing tab , What is Application menu , What is Quick access tool bar , AutoCAD tabs, ribbon tabs tools , general thoughts about panels in home tab , drawing tab , view cube , navigation bar , command line , status bar.

What you will learn :

Practice on Home tab > draw panel > line tool , concept of using cursor and how to be familiar with it, read instructions on tools, drawing area, cursor , activating dynamic input from status bar, details in cursor, how to display a button in status bar from customization , how to follow instructions that display near the cursor , draw circle(center, radius, 2 points, diameter) , be curious about snaps and units.

What you will learn :

Practice on Home tab > draw panel > Draw arch (3 points, start center end, start center angle ) , how to draw a rectangle depending on cursor given instructions , draw line with specified length, draw circle with specified radius, start entering using keyboard & ending using keyboard, draw rectangle depend on signs of (X,Y) to define which quarter would be used and length of X&Y, Draw line with specified angle, zoom in/zoom out using Middle Mouse Button (MMB).

What you will learn :

Chose a Tool from panel (first main method of entering in AutoCAD), benefits of writing on keyboard while activating dynamic input (second main method of entering in AutoCAD), write on command line (third main method of entering in AutoCAD), using space or enter on key board ( method of entering in AutoCAD, but will repeat last instruction). Activating 2D object snap from status bar and use selected snaps (end point, mid point), start draw socket symbol applying all previous techniques, practice on selected snaps (center, nearest, tangent,quadrant).

What you will learn :

Activating Ortho mode button from status bar and use it to draw, Practice on Home tab > modify panel > move tool, how to select and deselect objects in AutoCAD, main selection types in AutoCAD :

1- direct selection, 2- cross selection, 3- window selection.

Copy tool from modify panel, rotate tool from modify panel, scale tool& mirror tool from modify panel.

What you will learn :

Practice on Home tab > modify panel > Trim tool, extend tool, erase tool, what is grip and when it will appear for line, circle, arch & rectangle and its uses for moving or extension objects, properties concept of selected objects, back to 2D object snap and activate intersection snap, fillet tool, chamfer tool, offset tool.

What you will learn :

What is the different between line tool & polyline tool, using hatch tool (solid, gradient, pattern) to draw electrical symbols that needed to be fill with pattern or colour from inside, how to draw cable tray using pattern hatch type, how to use other hatch types in drawing.

What you will learn :

Practice on Home tab > Layers panel , make new layer from layer properties tool,adjust and change color and line type of a layer, how to draw a room element each on its layer, how to manipulated between layers using turn off tool and turn on tool, benefits of isolate and unisolate layer tool and how to use them for counting elements (BOQ) in projects, using freeze and thaw all layers tool with unneeded layers for better performance of your laptop, lock & unlock layer tool, match layer tool,tips & tricks like copy by distance from base point and using shift instead of ortho button to make same effect while drafting, change layer status and using isolate for counting (Bill of Quantities).

What you will learn :

Practice on Home tab > properties panel, how to Change Object color while drafting in the same layer, use a different line type for designing in the same layer, Changing line weight while drafting, activate line weight button from status bar.

What you will learn :

Practice on Home tab > Block panel, practice on creating blocks for electrical symbols with all needed steps in details, insert blocks on drawing tab after creation them, what are (retain,delete& convert to block) options meaning while creation a block, one of benefits of using blocks in projects is bill of quantities how to do it in an easy way.

What you will learn :

How to save symbols on a folder or a flash , insert blocks in new drawing tab , units concept in projects and different drawings , what is decimal length , precision for AutoCAD digits , insertion scale on drawing tab, geometric center snap , insert different block with different units into drawing tabs, specify insertion point and angle of a block.

What you will learn :

Write a text, dimension, leader, change properties for text, dimension, leader , make style for text , make style for dimension , make style for leader , match properties , tips and tricks of choosing text size and arrow head size for dimension.

What you will learn :

How to insert table , specify number of rows and columns , insert block in table cell after select the cell, write text in table , using cursor for pan command , auto fit for block in cell , justification for cell , fix the size of table.

What you will learn :

Using divide for a room to locate lamps , change point style, node snap, distribute lights depend on (x-2x, y-2y) rule for lamps,how to using select similar for point style.

What you will learn :

How to measure distance between 2 points, measure multipoint distance, measure radius, using calculator in AutoCAD for more than calculate.

What you will learn :

How to copy from drawing tab to another, copy clip for coordination purpose between different systems, base point concept in copy clip, copy with base point from mouse right click after isolate needed layers only.

What you will learn :

Using snap mode button on status bar, perpendicular snap, copy from base point to paste by specific length, copy array, line type scale change, shift + right click for specific snap, how to draw SLD like professional user of AutoCAD.

What you will learn :

Furniture and space name must be shown in drawings and projects first to help you for the designs, power layer shows sockets , how to distribute sockets , power shop drawing(circuits , electrical loops), concept of socket design , explode a block , understanding Distribution board (DB) connections under the cover plate , phases of DB , concept of how to choose C.B on DB for power circuits , distribution depends mainly on your standard.

What you will learn :

Make lighting layer, make lighting switch distribution , concept of pick switches places, wires of lighting (which lamps work together), how to add circuits of lighting to C.B on DB, starts with R1-Y1-B1 and go on , lighting shop drawing(circuits), lighting conduits depend on all above layers and steps(lighting- lighting switch-lighting wires-lighting shop drawing ), put electrical box over every lamp , connect any lamps work by the same gang with conduit, try to make a path from lamp to switch by drawing conduits, concept of connecting lamps & switch from DB, hide object from status bar button, lighting conduits typical , lighting dimension typical , do not repeat typical dimensions , make dimension from the end of slap or any near beam in the drawing, try to make dimension from the center of E-box, use linear dimensions for conduits.

What you will learn :

Understand the concept of CCTV working & wiring, object snap tracking, draw camera symbol and put it in drawing.

What you will learn :

What is the concept of model & layout in drawing tab, start printing drawing from model, try to save PDF for the drawing before printing, select paper size, print specific zone on drawing by choosing plot area window, print layers depend on project phase of execution.

What you will learn :

Layout concept , paper space &model space , model view concept , make new model view (Mview) , insert model view in specific layer in layout space , term of template meaning , prepare template for printing , ISO full bleed size & ISO A3 size , center the plot, fit to paper.