During the electrical cabinet manufacturing, the panelist is required to possess some technical data of the cabinet in different drawings. For this purpose, elecworks™ – the electrical CAD software- disposes of connection labels symbols. Those will show the information of the component or of the associated part and also all the data related […]
When 2 (or more) terminals, which belong to the same terminal strip, are connected to the same equipotential, a graphic indication showing this status in the terminal strip drawings is shown. In elecworks™ 2018 “Automatic bridge” is an option in the terminal strip, which can be managed from the terminal strip manager. This option […]
By default, in the line diagram drawings, the cross reference format is a text. You can set the symbol to have a table format like the one that appears in the scheme drawings. To do this you have to select the symbol, right click button, Symbol properties. Set […]
For elecworks™ onboard or schemes with a lot of wires, sometimes is hard to read. Also, connecting several wires from one place to another one could be something tedious as steps to do that can consume a lot of time and not always are user friendly. Learn how to handle bus wires in elecworks™ […]
Purpose This trick will show how to display all the manufacturer information assigned to a component in the scheme. Description It is possible on the new elecworks 2018 version. Go to Library menu > Symbols manager command, and open the symbol you need to customize, for instance: Then go to Edit symbol menu > Insert […]
Purpose This trick will allow to increase the quality of your project and help you to design faster your panel drawings, thanks to a feature implemented in 2017 release. Description First step is to create a 2D cabinet layout as usual, inserting the different materials, like the cabinet, rails, ducts, etc. Even dimensions can be […]
Purpose: Display time in revisions created on the same day. By default, elecworks does not show time in revision dates, so you will find the following information in the revisions management: If you want o add this information to your title block, you should go to the project’s general configuration and set the Display format field […]
Purpose: Connect wires and show cross references information using one symbol. Introduction: In order to do so, the user currently uses 2 symbols: Multi-wire symbol: to connect wires; Connection label: to show cross reference information. It means that the user needs to work twice more and consequently might do errors. This “Tips & Tricks” details how […]
Do you need to show more than three languages in your electrical drawings? By default elecworks’ projects can have tree languages at the same time: Symbols can have attributes corresponding to these languages. The next example shows attributes corresponding to component’s description: This way we could have the following component in a drawing: Maybe more […]
You can have the following case: It happens because you have done a manual numbering, and the report is sorted by Root and Number fields. Double click on the symbol in order to check its properties: To obtain an alphabetical order you have to set Automatic Mode and force component Mark using Root and Number […]
Purpose When the project has been finished and manufactured, it is necessary to set it up as: “As built”, in order to avoid update marks automatically. Introduction An “as built” project has the feature where all marks are not changed automatically, so the marks should be set in manual mode. The marks can be […]
elecworks allows to customize shortcut keys to make users life easier! Process Click on the Customize Quick Access Toolbar button: And select the More Commands option: Then select the Keyboard tab: In the Category list you have the currently opened elecworks menus: Note: If you need a different menu, you […]
There are some projects where the initial data is a Bill of Material. For that elecworks has the “Import Data” feature, which enables to obtain directly the “Components tree” of your project in an easy, quick and simple way. Description Note: If your BOM has descriptions in more than one language, it is necessary […]
Customizing projects in elecworks™ often involves the insertion of logos in the title block. Process First, it is important to make a copy of the title blocks provided with the software and rename them so that there is no risk of substituting the original title block. From the context menu of the project, you can add […]
Do you need manufacturer information in the cabinet layout? With elecworks you can handle this situation as follows! Process 1) Create a connection label with the attributes you need. Go to Library menu>Symbols manager, select the class Miscellaneous\Connetion lables and create a new symbol that can be named Cabinet_material_label: The Symbol type must be […]
Introduction For panel or cabinet builders, reports are normally used to cable the panel/cabinet instead of the schemes, especially in big projects. These reports must be sorted out according to the place of the components in the panel/cabinet. Until now, users make this kind of reports manually. elecworks™ allows the automatic generation of this type […]
With the release of elecworks 2014, the specific solution of electrical CAD more intuitive of the market, Trace Software has developed a new solution to add to the current portfolio, elecworks™ Viewer, a complete viewer of electrical projects done in elecworks. With elecworks™ Viewer different people involved in developing the electrical project such as department chiefs, […]
Associating cabling core operation could become a huge and tedious task, where the terminals are placed in confusing ways ( with respect to orientation, position, …), in schemes. Presently, the associate cable core command should be done from the terminal strip editor or from the selection of connections in the scheme. This implies, a manual […]
Problem: You want to speed your design starting from a custom electrical project template ready with personalized locations, BOM? You cannot find project template that fits your needs in elecworks? Benefit: Here’s how to create your custom project templates. This manipulation once defined can save you a lot of time later by offering your […]
What to do when you need a group of relays each with their own contacts, but they are all integrated in the same card? The relays and their contacts are therefore really the same component and only one material is required! Well, with elecworks you can handle this situation as follows! Process 1) Go […]
This Tip & Trick shows how to put legible information for multiple attributes in BOM reports. Problem: As shown a long string in an attribute could be a bit clumsy in reports. Thanks to multiple attributes option, the information can be split onto several lines in the scheme by placing the pipe character “|” in […]
In this post, we will explain a new useful feature “Design rules check” These electrical design rules are in the form of reports, and accessible by Project>Design rules check. They can be used to verify particular details and easily detect any design errors, avoiding extra costs in the project design. With this new report collection, […]
There are many elecworks users that are using wire numbering per wires instead of per equipotential, so in this tips & tricks we will see how to show only 1 wire mark in those shorts wires of the project in order to have clutter-free and readable numbering on drawings. If we have selected the […]
How to enlarge your workspace in elecworks It is easy to enlarge your elecworks workspace. You can use the mouse wheel to zoom in on your drawing. The mouse wheel allows you to perform zooms forward or backward on your elecworks schematic. The double click wheel allows you to return to the general view of the […]
Import of Siemens Product Master Data into elecworks™ You would like to import exported Siemens product master data into the elecworks™ Manufacturer parts manager? You want to learn the basics about how to export data from the Siemens CD “Technical Product Data for CAx Applications”? This tips & tricks is for you! The […]
It is often necessary to show the physical configuration of a PLC This can be solved in elecworks™ through the use of connections labels. In a Scheme, connection labels can be inserted by selecting the Icon « Insert a connection label for component… » These give access to the Symbol selector where […]
When you have in an electrical project an equipotential, running through a whole set of drawings, it can be fastidious to insert manually links between each of your drawings. For this purpose, you can use automatic link insertion which improves your equipotential management. Process The automatic insertion feature will insert the links and will connect […]
Do you need to use busbars in your electrical projects and you don’t know how to manage it? With elecworks you can handle this situation as follows! Process 1) Create the schematic symbol that represents the busbar. Go to Library menu>Symbols manager, select the class wiring systems and create a new symbol that can […]
How works the zoom into the electrical drawing? Zooming in elecworks ™ is realized through the mouse wheel, but do you know that it is possible to adjust the zoom speed and the direction of the zoom in the TOOLS menu> SETUP INTERRFACE> GRAPHICAL OPTION As the online software help can […]
Changing the Project Record Card’s Descriptions Out of the box, elecworks™ has pre-defined descriptions for entering data about the project. However, you may want to customize the descriptions so that they mean something to your business. Read more When a new project is created, the user is faced with the following dialogue box where information […]