Electrical schematic sketch symbols

[karl.lednik]

Edit:  I originally posted this in the Inventor forum.  I don't have access to AutoCAD Electrical.

Is there a collection of sketch symbols someone has found for simple electrical schematics?  Things like ground, thermostat, RTD, resistor, splice, connector, etc.  I think sketch symbols and their snap functionality will accomplish what we need.  I can also create them from AutoCAD blocks, if someone has those.

[Anonymous]

@karl.lednik this is the Autodesk Inventor forum, I think your post would get more results in the Autocad Electrical or Autocad forums.

I will have it moved.

[karl.lednik]

... but I want a solution within Inventor.  😐

[galashkina]

Inventor tools are used to create a 3D model of an object.
AutoCAD Electrical tools are used to create circuits.
A 3D model is created based on real dimensions, and component symbols are used in the diagrams.
It is possible to combine the AutoCAD Electrical circuit and the Inventor 3D model into a single electromechanical project.

[galashkina]

AutoCAD Electrical Graphic Menu:

[galashkina]

[galashkina]

AutoCAD Electrical Circuit and Inventor 3D Model

[jseefdrumr]

This post should have remained in the Inventor forum. AutoCAD Electrical users won't know what a sketch symbol is, I doubt the software even has have the capability to make one. Just because our software says 'Electrical' in the title doesn't mean that we're the catch-all spot for a question that involves something to do with electricity. ACADE is a very specific software, narrowly tailored towards generating schematics and panel drawings for industrial machines. It's a 2D drawing environment, not modeling software.

This forum can't do anything to help the OP, besides offering up some symbols from our software, which they can literally get anywhere. They still have to figure out how to make it into a sketch symbol and that's not something anyone here can help with. That's what the Inventor forum is for.

OP, I'd repost this in Inventor if it doesn't get moved back there. You're just not likely to find anyone here in this forum that even knows what you're asking for.

[galashkina]

The sketch and the diagram are synonymous. The symbols ground, thermostat, RTD, resistor, splice, connector are available in the AutoCAD Electrical database.

[rhesusminus]

No, they're not the same. Sketch Symbols are 2D symbols made for the 2D layout drawings in Inventor.

He's looking to do everything within Autodesk Inventors user interface.

I looked into this many years ago, but gave up. If the sketch Symbols now have some snap functionality to easily connect them, that would be nice. But, again, I've given up on Autodesk when it comes to electrical schematics. So...

[galashkina]

I like the idea of an electromechanical project. I cannot accept the fact that it is not developing. 😞

[galashkina]

I think that mechanics do not understand that in electrics there is a huge set of information and calculations hidden behind simple graphics. It is not in vain that the catalog database is an important component of AutoCAD Electrical.

[galashkina]

Now the basis of any electrical circuit are PLC modules – these are components with dozens, sometimes hundreds of pins, which can be assigned the necessary functions.
Is this task easier to solve in Inventor?

Why put salad, soup, cutlet and compote in one plate? It won't taste good.

[galashkina]

AutoCAD Electrical lacks 3D graphics and wire and cable length calculation tools.

Inventor easily solves such problems.

[rhesusminus]

"All" panels use wire ducts. How would you do this in Inventor?

 

[galashkina]

I don't know Inventor well enough to answer your question. ☹️
I'm not saying that Inventor is the best program for designing electrical cabinets.
But I think creating electrical circuits in Inventor the wrong decision.
I am for the "electromechanical project" (AutoCAD Electrical & Inventor).

[galashkina]

A very old video.

[rhesusminus]

That's what I thought, and I guess why nobody demos this. With harnesses it's fine to do it like this this. For control panels it's not fine. Inventor should understand what a wire duct is and what it's used for.

[galashkina]

This is an even older video. Boiler room with two boilers.

[galashkina]

This is a diagram connected to a 3D model of a boiler room.