Drawing Electrical Plans in AutoCAD
In this set of AutoCAD tutorials, we'll learn how to draw a basic electrical plan using AutoCAD. Software required: AutoCAD 2015.
What you'll learn
In this set of AutoCAD tutorials, we'll learn how to draw a basic electrical plan using AutoCAD. We'll begin the project by drawing a few symbols to represent important elements within our plan like lights, fixtures, switches, and outlets. Once we've created these symbols, we'll then create blocks for these symbols that we can use for future projects. After creating and writing the blocks to a library, we'll then generate a drawing legend illustrating the symbols we've created, the quantity as well as a description of what the symbols represent. We'll also generate a material cost estimation for the wiring in our project. Finally we'll layout all our electrical symbols in each space on the ground floor and we'll also map out how these are all connected using connection lines. By the end of this AutoCAD training, you'll know how to draw symbols commonly used in electrical plans, create reusable blocks from your symbols, work with geometric constraints, and also generate a drawing legend using tables. Software required: AutoCAD 2015.
Table of contents
- Creating Outlet Symbols for the Ground Floor 10m
- Creating Switch Symbols for the Ground Floor 12m
- Creating Electrical Symbol Blocks 4m
- Creating a Drawing Legend for Electrical Symbols 11m
- Applying Geometric Constraints to Symbols 6m
- Placing Outlet Symbols Throughout the Floor Plan 7m
- Placing Lights and Switch Symbols 8m
- Drawing Connection Lines 9m
- Adding Quantities to the Symbols Table 8m
- Creating an Installation Bid Using Tables 10m
- Using Tables to Estimate the Wiring Required 8m
- Finishing out the Wiring Estimate 7m