What to read after AutoCAD Electrical 2018 for Electrical Control Designers, 9th Edition?

The AutoCAD Electrical 2018 for Electrical Control Designers book has been written to assist the engineering students and the practicing designers who are new to AutoCAD Electrical. Using this book, the readers can learn the application of basic tools required for creating professional electrical control drawings with the help of AutoCAD Electrical. Keeping in view the varied requirements of the users, this book covers a wide range of tools and features such as schematic drawings, Circuit Builder, panel drawings, parametric and nonparametric PLC modules, stand-alone PLC I/O points, ladder diagrams, point-to-point wiring diagrams, report generation, creation of symbols, and so on. This will help the readers to create electrical drawings easily and effectively.

Special emphasis has been laid on the introduction of concepts, which have been explained using text and supported with graphical examples. The examples and tutorials used in this book ensure that the users can relate the information provided in this book with the practical industry designs.

Salient Features:

Consists of 13 chapters and 2 projects that are organized in a pedagogical sequence.

Comprehensive coverage of AutoCAD Electrical 2018 concepts and techniques.

Tutorial approach to explain the concepts of AutoCAD Electrical 2018.

Detailed explanation of all commands and tools.

Summarized content on the first page of the topics that are covered in the chapter.

Hundreds of illustrations for easy understanding of concepts.

Step-by-step instructions to guide the users through the learning process.

Emphasis on Why and How with explanation.

More than 45 tutorials and projects.

Additional information throughout the book in the form of notes and tips.

Self-Evaluation Tests and Review Questions at the end of each chapter to help the users assess their knowledge.

Technical support by contacting '[email protected]'.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to AutoCAD Electrical 2018

Chapter 2: Working with Projects and Drawings

Chapter 3: Working with Wires

Chapter 4: Creating Ladders

Chapter 5: Schematic Components

Chapter 6: Schematic Editing

Chapter 7: Connectors, Point-to-Point Wiring Diagrams, and Circuits

Chapter 8: Panel Layouts

Chapter 9: Schematic and Panel Reports

Chapter 10: PLC Modules

Chapter 11: Terminals

Chapter 12: Settings, Configurations, Templates, and Plotting

Chapter 13: Creating Symbols

Project 1

Project 2

Index