

The ribbon toolbar at the top above the drawing area contains your tools on a series of tabs ( Home, Insert, Annotate, etc.).The Viewcube is the square with a directional compass around it-you can use this to adjust your perspective when working in 3D.The Y-axis appears in green on the left side of the drawing area, and the X-axis is the red line along the bottom.If you open more than one drawing at once, each will have its own tab above the drawing area. At the top-left corner of this area are two tabs: one is for the current drawing (which will have a name like "Drawing1") and the other can take you back to the Start screen. The drawing area is the part of the workspace with a gridded background.Once you've opened a drawing, take some time to acquaint yourself with the locations of menus and tools: Output your project to a printer or to a PDF file containing hyperlinks.Familiarize yourself with the workspace layout. Output a report to a file or insert it as a table object on your drawing. Manage terminal strips with Terminal Strip Editor. Add nameplates, item numbers, and balloons. Insert panel symbols from a list of schematic components or the panel icon menu. Modify your drawings while maintaining the intelligence needed by AutoCAD Electrical.

Select a cross-reference format and add cross-referencing to your drawings. Insert wires, wire numbers, and signal arrows. Insert schematic components, generate PLC modules, insert and copy circuits. Review the basics for working in AutoCAD Electrical.Ĭreate and open projects, and manage project settings.Ĭreate drawings, add drawings to a project, and manage the drawing settings.
