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AutoCAD Electrical Changelog

What's new in AutoCAD Electrical 2019.0.1 Hotfix

Jul 6, 2018
  • This Hotfix addresses an issue with Draw Order not functioning correctly after switching layouts.

New in AutoCAD Electrical 2017 (Aug 18, 2016)

  • New:
  • Electrical documentation:
  • Location View tab on Project Manager;
  • Flexibility with new Location View tab;
  • Location View tab enhancements;
  • View or export entire project, link parts.
  • Electrical schematic design:
  • Improved capabilities with wires;
  • Drawing and project property for sort includes wire sequence;
  • Microsoft SQL Server Support for catalog data;
  • Now supports SQL Server for your catalog data.
  • Electrical controls design:
  • Interoperability with Autodesk Inventor;
  • Seamless mechatronics solution with Inventor;
  • Combined BOM report with Inventor;
  • Generate combined BOM reports in linked projects.

New in AutoCAD Electrical 2016 (Aug 18, 2016)

  • Location View Tab on Project Manager:
  • The new Location View tab on Project Manager provides a complete view of the devices and wiring contained in the active project. Components are organized by installation and location values.
  • AutoCAD Electrical and Inventor Interoperability
  • You can now link an AutoCAD Electrical project to an Inventor project.
  • Default Wire Sequence:
  • The drawing and project property for sort order now applies to wire sequence as well as tag and wire number order. This setting provides default wire sequencing for wire networks with multiple components.
  • Wire Number Attribute Support:
  • Edit the wire number attributes, W01USER-W10USER, on the Edit Wire Number/Attributes dialog box.
  • Insert Connector:
  • The Insert Connector dialog box settings are maintained across sessions of AutoCAD Electrical.
  • Annotate One-Line Components:
  • When working on a one-line diagram you may want to annotate a one-line component based on a schematic or panel component already inserted.
  • Schematic Terminals:
  • If you insert schematic terminals using the Multiple Insert commands, there are now options to hide the tagstrip, installation, and location attribute values.
  • Miscellaneous Enhancements:
  • Child components linked directly to the parent with the dashed link line are filtered out of the cross-referencing on the parent component.
  • Buttons for rating defaults added to the View / Edit Rating Values dialog box when editing a panel component. Each button opens the Ratings default file so you can select a value to assign to the attribute.
  • The InsertEdit Component dialog box opens when you insert a parametric connector so you can further annotate the connector.
  • The Copy Circuit command defaults to selecting multiple insertion points for creating multiple copies on the same drawing.
  • A new Circuit Builder API is available to link components within a circuit with a dashed link line.
  • The Export to Spreadsheet now freshens the database automatically before performing the export.
  • Note: This was an idea from the AutoCAD Electrical IdeaStation.
  • A new check box on Terminal Strip Editor lets you save the internal and external device assignments.

New in AutoCAD Electrical 2015 (Apr 30, 2014)

  • Electrical documentation:
  • PDF publishing - Enhance documentation with hyperlinked multipage PDF files of your schematic diagrams.
  • Electrical panel layout:
  • Terminal Strip Export/Import - Export terminal data to an XML file that can be imported into Wago ProServe or Phoenix Contact.
  • Electrical schematic design:
  • Usability improvements - Use enhanced themes, table styles, intelligent cut, copy, and paste commands, and find links.
  • Electrical controls design:
  • Catalog Browser previews and inserts parts - Components are inserted into your schematic with the catalog information assigned.
  • Edit parts in Catalog Browser - Easily add or edit catalog items and assign symbols and 3D parts to the catalog database.
  • Inventor parts integration - Add the Electrical Catalog Browser to Inventor 3D CAD software 2015 during installation to access 3D electrical parts.

New in AutoCAD Electrical 2014 (Apr 17, 2013)

  • Electrical controls design:
  • Real-time coil and contact cross-referencing
  • Generate PLC I/O drawings from spreadsheets
  • Standards-based libraries
  • Electrical documentation:
  • Automatic report generation
  • Collaboration with customers and suppliers
  • File and project organization
  • Flexible drag-and-drop file organization
  • Electrical panel layout:
  • Automatic wire numbering/component tagging
  • Circuit design and reuse
  • Electrical schematic symbol libraries
  • Real-time error checking

New in AutoCAD Electrical 2013 (Mar 22, 2013)

  • Marking Menu:
  • The marking menu replaces the right-click context menu for AutoCAD Electrical objects. You can perform a selection from the marking menu in either menu mode or marking mode.
  • Menu mode:
  • Right-click in the graphics window. Menu items surround the cursor. To dismiss the marking menu, click once again in the center of the menu display. Do not press the Esc key, this can cancel a command in progress.
  • Mark mode (also called gesture behavior):
  • Draw a mark. To enter this mode, press and hold the right mouse button, and immediately move the cursor in the direction of the desired menu item. A trail follows the cursor. Release the mouse button to select and execute the command that corresponds to the direction of movement of the cursor.
  • The marking menus are built dynamically based on the context menus defined in the .cui file. Customize the marking menu by modifying the context menus using the Customize User Interface (cui) editor.
  • Project organization:
  • Sub-divide a project into folders, grouping related drawings. Use the context menus to add or remove folders within the project.
  • Unlimited folder levels:
  • Select drawings to process based on folders
  • Easily revert to a flat list:
  • NoteThe project folder structure does not change the actual drawing location.
  • Drag and drop within Project Manager:
  • Drag & drop to organize drawings and subfolders within the project:
  • Reorder drawings
  • Reorder subfolders
  • Move drawings in or out of a subfolder
  • Move drawings from one subfolder to another
  • Item Numbering:
  • Item numbers between schematic and panel representations of the same component are kept in sync. Assign or edit an item number and the item number on each representation of that component is updated to match. The Item Resequence command updates panel and schematic components.
  • Autodesk Exchange Apps:
  • Extend AutoCAD Electrical with Autodesk Exchange Apps. Discover and download apps that are powerful, fun and help you get your job done faster!
  • Essential Skills Videos:
  • The essentials videos demonstrate basic workflows to master when learning AutoCAD Electrical. The videos present a general overview for a particular process to give you an understanding of the concepts. These videos are not step by step tutorials. The intent of these videos is to give a base understanding of core concepts for using AutoCAD Electrical.
  • The videos include:
  • Overview
  • User Interface
  • Projects
  • Schematic Creation
  • 1-line Creation
  • Productivity Tools