Electrical Adding Assemblies to the Catalog

This week is an extension from last weeks post working with the catalog database and adding parts and assemblies to it. You will find that the process is very similar to adding new part information but when working with assemblies you have a few more options to be aware of and also how to link the parts together that make up the entire assembly. The video will take you through the process. Remember if you have any questions about this post or any post or questions in general about working with AutoCAD Electrical you can post them at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1798916&trk=hb_side_g

Have a great Holiday Weekend

Let's Take a Look!!!
http://www.screencast.com/t/6cRfrNK4

Created by Dave one of the Cad Geeks

Alias Layer Symmetry

Layer Symmetry allows us to visualize what our complete model will look like when we are only building half of a symmetrical part.

Click HERE to watch the video

Created by Aaron... Your Alias CAD Geek!

Inventor Copy Feature

Today we'll look at a basic option that has been around, but I am unsure of it's widespread usage. The Copy and Paste of features in Inventor. Seems like everyone uses it in every other application, why not use it when you are designing? If you have a feature (or features) that was generated from a sketch, you can easly re-use that in another part by placing an orientating it to the right position. Let's take a look.....

WATCH VIDEO HERE

I'm always one for shortcuts, hopefully you can use this as well.

John with the CAD Geeks

Configuring Default Comments in Vault Lifecycles

One of the hard things to remember when using Vault is to fill in the comments box whenever a milestone is reached with a document. In daily use, it may not be important to fill in a comment, but if a file is transitioned to a Released state it could be critical.

With the Vault Workgroup and above solutions, you can now predetermine comments for any change in Lifecycle on a Vaulted file. This is done in the Lifecyles configuration area of the Vault Administration options.




After being configured, there will always be the default Comment when changing lifecycles. The comment can also be manually edited...




Or an alternative can be selected from a drop down list:




Contributed by Ben of the CAD Geeks

Electrical Adding Part Numbers to the Catalog

Today we will take a look at adding new entries into our catalog database. Not only are we adding just a new part number but also a new manufacturer at the same time. One item to point out is that in my video I did not do a save so my new manufacturer I created will not show up in my manufacturer list next time I go into it, so remember to always save. Next week we will look at adding Assemblies into the catalog.

Take a Look!!!

http://www.screencast.com/t/IJCGTOVfb8

Created by Dave one of the Cad Geeks