
1 = parent marker 2 = child marker The remaining characters are not specified. A zero (0) means that the symbol does not trigger a wire number change through it. Cable Marker Symbols AutoCAD Electrical cable conductor marker symbols follow this convention: The first character is H or V for horizontal or vertical wire insertion. These are referenced by AutoCAD Electrical and its icon menuing system and are inserted as standard AutoCAD blocks with attributes.

Library Symbol Naming Conventions Using Multiple Symbol Libraries Substituting Symbols in the Library Schematic Library Symbols The following pages describe the naming conventions that should be followed when you create or modify library symbols.Ģ Library Symbol Naming Conventions The default symbol subdirectory, jic1, and a companion uniform text height library, jic125, each contain many hundreds of component symbols in standard AutoCAD ".dwg" file format. Though not mandatory, you are encouraged to follow the convention in order to take full advantage of the AutoCAD Electrical features. But a lack of proper formal training often results in people who use electrical as little more than a glorified symbol library.1 AutoCAD Electrical Symbol Libraries AutoCAD Electrical 2005 Symbol file names should conform to the AutoCAD Electrical naming convention. It uses the AutoCAD drafting engine, but Electrical is a series of relational databases which record and process drawing data, which is stored in special attributes inside the drawing and the "smart" symbols. They reason that because it has the word AutoCAD in its name that it works the same as AutoCAD. This is why so many who move from AutoCAD to Electrical get lost and never get the productivity that they should.

You can purchase promis-e and add to AutoCAD but you still need training for promis-e. But don't expect any previous knowledge of plain AutoCAD to circumvent the need for formal training on Electrical. Autodesk simply installs AutoCAD and Electrical together so you don't have to perform two separate installations. Back then it was from VIA and before that it was CimLogic. We still had to take training for the Electrical add-in.

It's no different from when we used to buy Electrical as a separate product and add it to AutoCAD. The menu in Electrical is probably 85% Electrical. I highly recommend classroom hands-on training if you wish to get the most from Electrical. You can use the Symbol Builder to make your own symbols if you wish.
