fluorescent lamp symbol?

[Anonymous]

i could not find fluorescent lamp symbol in autocad electrical symbol library.... all i see is LED and pilot lights... where can i find it??

[Icemanau]

A real quick question first off which will allow us to help you better...

What release of ACADE are you using?

Including this information in your questions will lead to quicker answers as each release of ACADE has some major differences from the prior releases.

To track down a problem or to answer a How-To question requires us to know which release we should be looking at and as much other information as possible (workflow which causes the problem as an example).

As for the Flouro Lamp symbol, you will have to create it using the symbol builder.

ACADE ships with the most used symbols, not every symbol available.

Regards Brad

[Anonymous]

what did you expect when you spend a $$$, its not like everyone uses Lighting symbols or wants to create 

electrical layout drawings with and Autocad electrical........ oh wait thats why i bought autocad electrical, 

if i wanted to create every symbol my self especially the most common of all then why not just use Draftsight thats Free???

i feel your pain Pedi2000

[TRLitsey]

Hi there,

ACE 2017, JIC125 library, I use this one usually, Schem Icon Menu > Miscellaneous,  no frills out of the box but it works for what I want.

Good luck

[Anonymous]

Thanks TRLitsey 

but i'm outside of the USA so am working to IEC. also looking for more I.E. double, single and emergency ect types. 

i would have thought these are some of the most common types, so i'm shocked there's nothing in the electrical package.

Note: i am an industrial control engineer, but all the control rooms i design i always give a general layout including power sockets, lighting and distribution.

[jseefdrumr]

ACADE focuses on the design of industrial machinery and systems. Its out-of-the-box symbology doesn't include architectural stuff. You can create what you need with the Symbol Builder, or just use normal 'vanilla' style blocks for that.

Just because it has 'electrical' in the name, doesn't mean it can just do any electrical thing. I wouldn't expect to see fluorescent light fixtures in PCB drawing software either.

[Anonymous]

Maybe if it was free or even a small one off payment, but when its a big name requiring a yearly subscription then i expect more. 

If it was something unusual then fair enough, but not when its bog standard lights and sockets.

And yes your right i could make that part and all of the other parts that aren't in the tiny outdated database that they offer.. 

 and since they've been going since 1982 you would think at least they would have a pretty good parts and symbol database like IGE+XAO

[Icemanau]

As @jseefdrumr said, Electrical is designed primarily for doing SCHEMATIC drawings, not for ARCHITECTURAL dwgs.

As part of that, they include the SCHEMATIC symbols only, not the architectural ones which you are looking for.

Autodesk has completely different package designed just for Architectural dwgs and that application does contain all the common symbols for GPO's, light fittings and so on.

If your primary purpose is doing architectural dwgs, then you have purchased the wrong package. However, if your primary purpose is the schematic side of things, then you have the correct package and you are trying to use it outside of the applications design parameters.

Yes, Electrical can do architectural dwgs but it does NOT come with the blocks for that type of dwg. The architectural version can do schematic dwgs but it does NOT contain the schematic symbols. The two programs are for specialised types of dwgs and come with the appropriate blocks for that area only.

So you have several options from this point.

1. Create the required blocks yourself. (quickest method to get what you want)

2. Search around and download the required blocks from the net and then add the required attributes.

3. Purchase a separate licence for the Architectural application in addition to the Electrical application.

4. Talk to your local reseller about a refund/swap to the Architectural application.

Options 3 and 4 depend on what your company sees as it's primary function.

Either way, it sounds like you may have been given some bad advice about the capabilities of AutoCAD Electrical in regards to architectural dwgs.

Regards Brad