Bobzy20 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I might be getting a few electrical drawings completed in standard AutoCAD (dwg files) which need converting into AutoCAD Electrical. Is it possible to convert them so they were compatible to AutoCAD Electrical? I’m not sure if there is any difference anyway? Maybe it’s a block & attribute problem. Any help would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 No respondents to your original thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 There is a symbol builder that was demonstrated when I did my training but it didn't seem that friendly. I think if the circuit wasn't too complicated I would probably redraw it using electrical's symbol library. The symbols should look the same but are "intelligent" where they keep track of their circuit reference etc.. An electrical drawing can be modified in vanilla and then openned in electrical but it wasn't as straightforwards as the vendors suggest, at least not on the few drawings we tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Is your client in the process of moving to AutoCAD Electrical and just doesn't have someone on staff who is trained yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobzy20 Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thanks for the replies. I think they are looking for somebody to draw everything in future using AutoCAD Electrical. Anyway here use AutoCAD Electrical? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I know that Dave does. I have access to it but not a lot of practical experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 the package we use is electrical but my environment is vanilla. I have only drawn one project with it and have therefore forgotten just about everything I ever learned about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobzy20 Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Who is Dave - David Watson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 in this instance, me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Dave is the mysterious man behind the mug. He has to keep his identity secret because of his previous work for MI5. It might be interesting to see one of the client's drawings if that would be permissible. Can strip out anything that might identify them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobzy20 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Thanks for all the replies, I will try and get a drawing off them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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