- SOLIDWORKS Electrical Tutorials
- SOLIDWORKS Electrical Basics
SOLIDWORKS Electrical offers you a user-friendly interface and multiple settings allow you to configure the software according to your needs.
- Working with Electrical Projects
This section explains working with electrical projects.
- Managing Drawings
Drawings are the documents that make up the electrical project. You can have several types of drawings, such as drawings in which you create the electrical scheme, automatic drawings (such as reports, or terminal strip drawings), or other documents. Drawings are also called pages.
- Managing Locations and Functions
This section explains the options available with locations and functions.
- Working with Components
This sections explains the different aspects of components.
- Managing Symbols
A symbol is a whole or partial representation of an electrical device.
- Working with Black Boxes
This section explains the different aspects of black boxes.
- Working with Terminals
This topic explains the different aspects of terminals and terminal strips.
- Wires
This section explains the different aspects of wires.
- Cables
This section explains the different options of cables and cable management.
- Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
SOLIDWORKS Electrical manages Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) design with a choice of references in the manufacturer parts catalog. The graphical representation of the modules is automatically generated on a new drawing or manually generated on existing drawings.
- Connection Labels
This section contains information on connection labels.
- Connectors
SOLIDWORKS Electrical automatically manages the connector drawn by the dynamic insertion of a symbol, but you can also use the symbol insertion basic command. The automatic connector graphics use settings stored in the configuration.
- Harnesses
This section explains the different aspects of harnesses.
- Printed Circuit Boards
This section explains how to add and insert Printed Circuit Board components.
- Macros
This topic explains macros and their types.
- Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
Cut and Copy place the selected elements in the app clipboard. Paste places these elements in a selected location.
- Excel Automation
This section explains Excel Automation.
- 2D Cabinet Layout
This section explains how to create a 2D implantation of the electrical installation. Specific commands are available to help you to implant the project components (such as devices or terminal strips) in the cabinet.
- Manufacturer Parts
This section explains the different aspects of manufacturer parts.
- Managing User Data
This section explains how to manage and customize user data.
- Adding Multilingual Text
Multilingual text is special text that you enter in all languages specified in the electrical project. It is stored in the database so that you can distinguish it from classic text.
- Managing Translations
The section explains how to review and manage translations.
- Common Editing Actions
This section explains commonly used editing commands such as hyperlinking and updating or replacing data.
- Managing Reports and Design Rules
This section describes managing reports and design rules. Throughout this section, Report is used to refer both to Reports and Design rules.
- Archive/Unarchive
Data archiving saves data to a specific file for system backup, transferring data from one workstation to another, or passing it on to another company. Unarchiving opens an archived file and provides management tools to handle the impact of the archived data on existing data.
- Specific OnBoard Features
SOLIDWORKS Electrical incorporates features that let you create Aeronautics-type schemes.
- Maintenance Commands
This section describes the maintenance commands.
- Export/Import Excel
You can manage electrical project data outside SOLIDWORKS Electrical. You can export data in an excel file, modify marks, user data, and manufacturer part data, and then import the modifications to the electrical project to be compared with the electrical project data.
- Graphical Management Dialog Boxes
Symbols, 2D footprints, and title blocks are stored in libraries named Graphical Management dialog boxes. You can create your own elements in these libraries and you can then open these elements and modify their graphical representation. You can also add attributes to propagate information stored in the project database.
- Working with Classifications and Class
This section explains classifications and classes.
- Working with Library
This topic explains working with library management and its properties.
- Graphic Data
This section contains details on graphic data.
- SOLIDWORKS Electrical Viewer
SOLIDWORKS Electrical Viewer is mainly used on a Client/Server installation type (connected to the SQL Server instance where SOLIDWORKS Electrical data is stored and connected to the Collaborative Server).
- SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D is an add-in to SOLIDWORKS to create 3D cabinet layouts and wire, cable, and harness routes that work with electrical project data from SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic Professional.