AutoCAD Solar Plant Design: Site Plans & Circuit Diagrams

Are you ready to become an expert in solar power plant design? This course is a step-by-step guide that will transform you from a beginner to a skilled professional in AutoCAD-based solar design. You’ll learn how to design site layouts, solar arrays, electrical schematics, and detailed circuit diagrams—all using industry-standard techniques.

We start with the fundamentals of AutoCAD, ensuring you build a solid foundation, and then progress into advanced solar plant design, including:

• Creating precise site plans with solar array placement.

• Designing solar mounting structures and control rooms.

• Developing cable routing and switchyard layouts.

• Crafting detailed DC and AC electrical circuit diagrams with real-world components like fuses, isolators, SCADA, transformers, relays, and circuit breakers.

• Preparing specification tables, dimensioning, and professional plotting for project documentation.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to deliver industry-ready solar plant designs in AutoCAD—perfect for freelancing, job roles in solar EPC companies, or even your own solar business.

This isn’t just a software course. It’s a career-oriented training designed to give you the confidence and practical skills to stand out in the rapidly growing renewable energy sector.

What You’ll Learn

Downloading and setting up AutoCAD for solar plant design
Drawing and scaling site plans with solar array placement
Construction of solar panels, strings, and arrays in AutoCAD
Designing control rooms, string monitoring boxes, and switchyards
Creating cable routing layouts and specification tables
Developing DC circuit diagrams with combiner boxes, isolators, and SCADA
Designing AC circuits with inverters, transformers, relays, and VCBs
Preparing professional drawings for submission in PDF format

Who This Course is For (Audience)

This course is ideal for:

• Engineering students (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Renewable Energy) looking to build solar design skills.

• Solar industry professionals working in EPC, O&M, or consultancy roles.

• Freelancers and entrepreneurs who want to offer solar design services.

• Educators and trainers who wish to add solar AutoCAD design to their curriculum.

• Anyone passionate about renewable energy and seeking to enter the booming solar industry.

Prerequisites

• No prior AutoCAD experience required – we’ll teach you from scratch.

• Basic knowledge of solar energy concepts (helpful but not mandatory).

• A laptop/PC with AutoCAD installed (instructions provided in the course).

• Willingness to learn and practice regularly.

Why Take This Course?

The global shift towards renewable energy has created a massive demand for solar design professionals.
AutoCAD-based solar plant design is a high-income skill sought by companies worldwide.
With this course, you’ll gain practical, job-oriented skills that can land you better career opportunities or help you build your own solar design business.

Join now and take the first step toward becoming a professional solar plant designer in AutoCAD!

Syllabus:

• Design of Site Plan and Solar Array Placement in AutoCAD Software

• How to Download AutoCAD

• Set limits and Units in AutoCAD

• Introduction to Basic Commands

• Drawing initial Site Plan

• Construction of Solar Panel and Solar String

• Construction of One Solar Array

• Construction and Placement of Solar Array

• Construction of Control Rooms

• Construction of String Monitoring Box

• Construction of Cable Routing

• Construction of Switch yard

• Showing Dimensions on Plan View

• Making the Sheet in Rectangular Format

• Insertion of Table in Sheet

• Addition of Specification Table

• Plotting the Sheet in Pdf Format

• Design of Circuit Diagram in AutoCAD Software

• Set Limits and Units

• Construction of Solar Strings

• Construction of Solar Array

• Construction of fuses and Bus Bar in DC Combiner Box

• Connection of Fuses to Strings

• Connection of DC Isolator Switch, Scada and Naming of String

• String Combiner box connection for all arrays

• Connection of Inverter to DC Array

• Naming the Inverter Specifications

• Connection of Transformer and there Specification

• Connection of Current Transformer to Relay Panel

• Connection of Potential Transformer to Relay Panel

• Connection of Vacuum Circuit Breaker

• Connection of Relays in CRP Panel and There Code Numbers

• Plotting Dotted Border for CRP Panel

• HT Cable Naming between Transformer to CRP Panel

• Connection of AC Isolator Switch

• Connection of Main Meter

• Connection of Lightning Arrester