That said, it is the standard and you do see many companies use it (not the auto industry anymore, ironically enough). Because Autocad is based in the auto industry, there are some pretty dumb and archaic standards built into autocad electrical - like "D" sized sheets and symbol libraries that, when printed on 11x17 or 8.5x11, are nearly illegible IMO.
On the subject of a 'good' symbol library, Autocad Electrical does not have one IMO. There are other autocad clones such as Bricscad (which offers a perpetual license and lisp, plugins, etc that autocad LT does not) or ZWcad. Check out more SOLIDWORKS Electrical tutorials listed below.DWG is definitely the standard - so whatever you look for should be able to export to DWG.īasic autocad is fine if you have a good symbol library and can keep good documentation of the components you use. We now have our new symbol ready for use. You will be prompted to save when closing the drawing file. Here you can also modify other elements of the symbol such as lines, attributes, connection points, and more. With the new symbol selected, click Open from the Symbol Management ribbon bar.įor this example, I'll change the “Wh” text to “KWh”. Now that it has an updated description, we need to update the graphic itself. We’ll change the description but leave the file name the same. Select the new symbol and access its Properties button on the ribbon. I recommend opening the Properties window for the new symbol and editing the description to avoid confusion. The original filename is used with + and a number, while the description is the same as the original. In the Symbol Management ribbon, select Copy, and then Paste.Find the symbol you want to start with and select it.In the Library menu ribbon, select Symbol Management.Start in the SOLIDWORKS Electrical Symbol Library Manager and find a symbol similar to the one you need. In this tutorial, we take an energy meter symbol, and later modify it to be a KWH meter. The easiest way to create a new symbol in SOLIDWORKS Electrical is to start with an existing symbol, make a copy, then edit the new symbol to match your needs. However, there are times when you need something just a bit different. SOLIDWORKS Electrical includes a wide variety of symbols predefined in the Symbol Library.
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