SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic
- Exercise #02
The aim of this exercise in a first step is to create a new electrical
project from a template and to open its properties to enter the personal
data. Then, you have to select the electrical project language. You manipulate
the electrical project elements such as books or drawings. To finish,
you create a new electrical project template from your new electrical
project.
Creating an
electrical project
1. Open the Electrical projects management.
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Menu: Home >
Electrical project management |
2. Click on the New
icon.
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Electrical project management
> New |
3. In the list of templates, select the IEC
template.
4. In the Project
language dialog box, select the English
language.
5. Enter the electrical project title.
The new electrical project is automatically added to the
Electrical project management. |
Editing
the electrical project properties
1. Open the electrical project properties.
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Electrical project management
> Properties |
2. Enter the properties
of the electrical project.
Contract number |
123456 |
Customer name |
DASSAULT SYSTEMES |
Address 1 |
76430 |
Address 2 |
St Romain |
Address 3 |
France |
Design office name |
Your company |
Address 1 |
ZIP code |
Address 2 |
City |
Address 3 |
Phone number |
Description Line 1 |
Project for training |
Configuring
the electrical project language
To open the electrical project configuration, the electrical
project must be open and displayed in the Dockable
panel, in the Pages tab.
To open it, select it in the Electrical
project management and click the Open
button. |
Only use the English language and remove the second language.
1. Open the electrical
project Configuration.
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Dockable panel > Pages tab > Contextual menu of electrical
project: Configurations >
Project... |
2. In the General
tab, select English as the main
language and select "your language" as the second language.
When you finish the configuration, the electrical project
is automatically updated. |
Managing
electrical project elements
Book edition
1. Open the book properties.
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Dockable panel > Pages tab > Contextual menu of book:
Properties |
2. Enter the properties
of the book as bellow.
Description |
My book |
User Data 1 (Drawn by) |
A.B. |
User Data 2 (Date) |
07/09/2016 |
To change the User Data
label, click the Customize...
button. On the left part of the dialog box, select the User
Data 1 and on the right part, enter the correct label (Drawn
by) in the languages you want to use it. Repeat the operation
for the User Data 2. |
Create / Move / Delete a drawing.
1. Create a new drawing.
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Dockable panel > Pages tab > Contextual menu of book:
New > Scheme
Menu: Electrical
project > New > New scheme |
The new drawing is automatically added at the end of the
list of the electrical project elements. |
2. To move this drawing in the list, drag and drop
it to the correct place.
3. To delete this drawing, select it and strike the
[Del] key or select the Delete option in its contextual
menu.
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Dockable panel > Contextual menu of drawing: Delete |
Add a data file.
To add an external file to the electrical project, you have
two possibilities. |
1. Add a data file.
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Dockable panel > Pages tab > Contextual menu of book:
New > Data files |
2. Select the "ExcelAutomation_EN.pdf" stored
in the directory C:\Program Files\...\Documentation
of the software.
The file is copied in the electrical
project. If you modify the original file, this copy is not impacted. |
The other possibility consists
to create a link with the original file, thus if you modify the
original file, the document in the electrical project is always
updated. |
1. Add a data file shortcut.
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Dockable panel > Pages tab > Contextual menu of book:
New > Data file shortcuts |
2. Select the "ExcelAutomation_EN.pdf" stored
in the directory C:\Program Files\...\Documentation
of the software.
Creating
an electrical project template
A electrical project template is used to create a new electrical
project. When you create a new electrical project template is
necessary to purge the electrical project and to delete the element
that you don't want to integrate into the electrical project template.
In this exercise, you have to delete the "Drawing list"
and renumber the other drawings. Then you can create the electrical
project template. |
Delete the drawing
1. Delete the drawing 02
by selecting the Delete command
in the drawing contextual menu.
2. Delete the data file or shortcut you added.
Renumber the drawings
1. To renumber
the drawings in a book, open the contextual menu of the book and select
the Renumber documents command.
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Dockable panel > Pages tab > Contextual menu of book:
Renumber documents |
2. Select the Recalculate
order numbers option and validate.
Create the electrical project template
1. Open the Electrical
project management.
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Menu: Home >
Electrical project management |
Note that the Save as template
icon is disabled. You must first close the electrical project. |
2. Select the electrical project from the list, click
on the Close icon to close it.
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Electrical project management
> Close |
3. Select the electrical project and click the Save as template button
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Electrical project management
> Save as template |
4. Enter the name of the new electrical project template.
Now, your electrical project can be used to create a new electrical project.