Gaurav Verma / Matt Weber
The AutoCAD Electrical 2017 Black Book, the third edition of AutoCAD Electrical Black book, has been updated as per the enhancements in the AutoCAD Electrical 2017. Following the same strategy as for the previous edition, the book is written to help professionals as well as learners in performing various tedious jobs in Electrical control designing. The book follows a step by step methodology. It covers almost all the information required by a learner to master the AutoCAD Electrical. The book starts with basics of Electrical Designing, goes through all the Electrical controls related tools and ends up with practical examples of electrical schematic and panel designing. Chapter on Reports makes you comfortable in creating and editing electrical component reports. We have also discusses the interoperability between Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical which is need of industry these days. In this edition, procedures to create harness, cable, ribbon cable and many other Electrical 3D features have been discussed. We have tried to improve the language of book based on the reviews we got. Some of the salient features of this book are : In-Depth explanation of concepts Every new topic of this book starts with the explanation of the basic concepts. In this way, the user becomes capable of relating the things with real world. Topics Covered Every chapter starts with a list of topics being covered in that chapter. In this way, the user can easy find the topic of his/her interest easily. Instruction through illustration The instructions to perform any action are provided by maximum number of illustrations so that the user can perform the actions discussed in the book easily and effectively. There are about 1000 illustrations that make the learning process effective. Tutorial point of view The book explains the concepts through the tutorial to make the understanding of users firm and long lasting. Each chapter of the book has tutorials that are real world projects. Project Free projects and exercises are provided to students for practicing. For Faculty If you are a faculty member, then you can ask for video tutorials on any of the topic, exercise, tutorial, or concept. Table of Content Chapter 1 Basics of Electrical Drawings Chapter 2 Introduction to AutoCAD Electrical and Interface Chapter 3 Project Management Chapter 4 Inserting Components Chapter 5 Wires, Circuits, and Ladders Chapter 6 Editing Wires, Components, and Circuits Chapter 7 PLCs and Components Chapter 8 Practical and Practice Chapter 9 Panel Layout Chapter 10 Reports Chapter 11 Project Chapter 12 AutoCAD Electrical with Autodesk Inventor 3
