AutoCAD Electrical 2025: Tutorials, Exercises & Projects

Create a new AutoCAD electrical project, add a project description, then create a drawing using the Acad Electrical template and describe it with three phase motors and motor control circuit.

Learn to manage drawings in a project—add, remove, replace, and organize them with subfolders—and configure the drawing list display to show drawing number and description.

Copy an existing project, add drawings, and open the exception list to review differences. Compare and match settings between drawings and the copied project to ensure consistency.

Surf a component in AutoCAD Electrical 2025 using the Location View in Project Manager, extract component information and connection details, and export them to separate files with added columns.

Learn how to insert a wire, trim a wire, and delete a wire number in AutoCAD Electrical 2025, including activating calcium project and saving drawings to the CAD sim project.

Create a new wire type in AutoCAD Electrical 2025 with green color and 14 AWG, set numbering and layer name format, then change an existing wire to this new type.

Master how to insert and fix wire numbers, and insert wire color gauge labels in AutoCAD Electrical 2025, using auto or manual placement and showing wires and pointers to numbers.

Trace a wire sequence on a selected wire network, view each connection with the show wire sequence tool, edit the sequence using the edit wire connection sequence tool.

Learn to insert a single-phase ladder in an AutoCAD Electrical drawing, trim a ladder rung, and attach wires—the process includes setting width, spacing, references, rung count, and start position.

Learn to stretch and revise a ladder and add rungs in AutoCAD Electrical 2025, adjusting rung count and line reference numbers between vertical buses.

Insert a three-phase ladder with specified spacing, references, and rungs, then insert a horizontal and vertical multiple wire bus starting from the ladder to extend a three-phase bus.

Set the format reference numbering style for ladders and insert x-y grid levels. Renumber ladder line reference numbers across drawings to verify changes.

Learn to insert a ladder into a drawing, add components such as push buttons and relay coils, describe them, and place normally open and normally closed contacts.

Edit a component in the schematic, update tag and catalog data with manufacturer details via the catalog browser, then add a wire to a ladder, trim a rung, and save.

Swap a component using the swap update block tool with one-at-a-time selection and auto retag, then change symbol library via project properties by updating schematic libraries path and icon menu.

Swap a component in the drawing using the swap update block tool and insert component dialog. Create a project specific catalog database from the project tab and set its path.

Copy, move, and delete ladder components; hide attributes; and scoot and align components to arrange wiring and establish parent-child relationships in AutoCAD Electrical 2025.

Audit a drawing with the drawing audit and electrical audit tools to check the active drawing, identify wire issues, and add catalog details for components like Pb1 B.

Insert a ladder into a drawing, copy catalog data from the master component to target components, and assign location data with a chosen location code.

Update two drawings in AutoCAD Electrical 2025 with the update Retag tool to refresh wire numbering, component tagging, and ladder reference resequencing.

Create a point to point wiring diagram by inserting and copying connectors, setting pin spacing and counts, and wiring between components using multiple wires and a wire bus.

Create a point to point wiring diagram by inserting connectors and splices, wiring between connectors, and using precise pin spacing, pin count, and coordinates to attach wires.

Learn how to insert a saved circuit, copy it to a new position, and save it to the icon menu for quick reuse in AutoCAD Electrical 2025.

Configure a one-line motor circuit using the circuit builder tool. Set single-phase 208 V, 60 Hz, select fuse, motor starter, overload relay, safety disconnect, insert all elements, and save.

Insert a three phase ladder into the drawing, then insert a saved circuit, save it as a W blocked circuit, and insert the W blocked circuit into another drawing.

Extract the schematic components list from the active project and insert footprints from the schematic list with uniform spacing, then move attributes and insert nameplates for the footprints.

Edit footprints and add balloons with atom numbers in AutoCAD Electrical 2025, using the panel layout insert edit dialog, updating related components and drawings, and resequencing atom numbers as needed.

Learn to insert footprints manually using the manual tool and to make X data visible for footprints with the Mac X Data Visible Tool, configuring manufacturer and catalog details.

Learn to insert footprints from the user defined list and add a new panel footprint library path, enabling footprint placement, rotation, and default descriptions for push button switches.

Add a new footprint record to the footprint user defined list in AutoCAD Electrical 2025 using the insert tool and prefill options, then save and verify in the picklist file.

Learn to generate a schematic bill of materials report, place it on the drawing, add a user attribute field, and save a panel component report to an Excel file.

Insert a parametric PLC module into a ladder in AutoCAD Electrical 2025, configure spacers and bricks, then continue the remaining module into another ladder and set decimal addressing.

Create a new PLC module with the PLC database file editor, specifying Automationdirect DL 205 discrete input, set RAC and slot prompts, and insert into the ladder.

Create PLC IO wiring diagrams from spreadsheet data using the PLC IO utility tool. Save the settings, adjust ladder origin and module options, and generate drawings in the active project.