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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.