Suggestion for selection of colors... would it be helpful to have a couple of forward/backward scroll arrows to select from the colors?  Someone asked me about this today, and I think it could be a useful option.     Show More

Allow user to stretch and size the terminal strip editor pop-up to the size desired. There is a ton of information in there that is hard to see without using the scroll bars. Show More

So what’s so fundamentally important that Autodesk has dropped the ball and are driving ACADE into a tail spin of the slow painful death of an application Dynamic blocks they don’t work correctly Imagine a symbol that’s a dynamic block by changing the blocks settings you Could Auto rotate the symbol Move the attributes around Change the standard of the symbol IEC/NFPA/ghost etc etc The options are endless You could have a symbol for a VFD with options for additional functionality like resolver /brake/encoders/extra i/o /filters etc etc all in one symbol You could have a symbol that has the electrical symbol/footprint/pneumatics/hydraulics all in one symbol You could have an emergency stop push button Options 2 X NC contacts 2 X NC contacts + 1 NO contact 2 X NC contacts with illuminated button 2 X NC contacts + 1 NO contact with illuminated button   I’m sure you can think of more instances where dynamic blocks would give you better functionality and reduce the pain that is ACADE So why don’t Autodesk just fix the problem and make all our lives better Show More

Hi Autodesk Team, We have a requirement where the parent description updates need to be reflected in the corresponding child elements automatically, using an AutoCAD Electrical (ACADE) popup window. Our parent element consists of more than 28 descriptions. We attempted to create a block using the RATING attribute, but the ACADE tool has a limitation of a maximum of 12. To overcome this, we added a miscellaneous attribute to display values in the parent block. However, during the update of the parent, not all descriptions in the child are updated due to the miscellaneous attribute added in the parent block. We need a solution where 28 or more attributes can be added in the parent block and the child needs to be updated automatically using the AutoCAD Electrical popup window. Manual Updating each child contact distributed over the entire schematic is time-consuming for us and also leads to mismatches in the descriptions. We have attached DWG files along with our requirements. Please check and provide a possible solution. It would be of great help to us     Show More

Olá bom dia! Gostaria de colaborar com a ideia no sentido de otimização de tempo durante o processo de configurações nos comandos Styles (Dimension, Text, Multileader, Table) dos softwares AutoCAD. É de conhecimento de todos que primeiramente precisamos realizar todas as configurações nos arquivos template e posteriormente utilizando esses como base para elaboração de novos desenhos. Perfeito!!!  O que acontece em diversas vezes é que ao receber desenhos de pessoas que não tem essa base de conhecimento, precisamos ter que ajustar tais configurações tomando bastante tempo sendo que poderia ser facilmente resolvido quando qualquer entidade (objeto) já configurada de outro desenho fosse inserida no desenho corrente assumindo as configurações automaticamente. Exemplo: Quando inserimos algum objeto no desenho corrente ele carrega automaticamente os layers, tipos de linhas e outras propriedades. O mesmo poderia ser feito com Mutileader, por exemplo! Se no desenho corrente o Multileader Style não estiver configurado e ao inserir qualquer Leader de um desenho já configurado, o estilo do desenho corrente poderia assumir as configurações, minimizando tempo nos ajustes das caixas de diálogos dos comando que tem Styles. Na imagem abaixo o desenho em elaboração não está com o Multileader Style configurado e ao inserir um leader configurado de outro desenho nada acontece porque é preciso configurar o Multileader Style ou aplicar o Match Propertieis copiando as propriedades do Leader certo e aplicando no errado. Dessa forma o problema é resolvido momentâneo, pois ao fazer um novo Leader, por ele não está configurado, será construído sem configurações.   Abraços,   Show More

When you create sub folders in project manager. Those sub folders are logical folders that ONLY appear inside the software. However for accessing a specific drawing directly, it can be sooo much better if the folders exist outside the software as well. Show More

rather than moaning they won’t do all the work for you for free   if you develop a proper relationship then the component manufactures do the work for you   Eplan’s been doing this over 10 years now and it’s developed into EBID   where you send your parts list to Eplan, and the relevant component manufacture will send you a quote for the components used in your design. all at the press of a button !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!       https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eaton_engineering-eatonmachine-activity-7221137589343285249-GBEe/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Show More

Hello Autodesk, due to the problem, that AutoCAD does not have an idea station, I'm sending this idea through this idea-page.   If an AutoCAD-drawing is touched by zooming or panning only, the drawing needs to be saved. Especially if DM-software is used, there will be a couple of nasty pop ups or the final question to save the drawing, even there is no need for this, because a drawing wasn't changed.   10 years ago I was stepping into deep regarding this topic. There are 1 or 2 system variables, which recognize if a DWG is modified or viewed only. So there must be a solution for this avoiding unnecessary savings!   Best regards, Kay Rethmeier Show More

As we all know this forum is used to vent our anger without actually doing anything to solve the myriad problems that ACADE has in the product   With that in mind lets add some more functionality that Won’t work properly Give you the excuse to say we have listened and produced an answer So, what the main complaint about the parts data supplied with ACADE Its incomplete Its missing new items Its technically wrong You have parts that are not available in my country Pick any of the above Now a certain product that we all know makes ACADE look like parchment and a feather pen for technical abilities Uses SQL to create parts data packages to download So, if you could read that SQL you could create an extensive part entry With things like  Connection point cross-section /Weight/Current/Max. power dissipation/Schematic macro/Mounting clearance Width: Left/Mounting clearance Width: Right/Mounting clearance Height: Above/Mounting clearance Height: Below/Mounting clearance Depth: Front/Mounting clearance Depth: Rear/Schematic macro: IEC/Schematic macro: NFPA mm/Schematic macro: NFPA inch/Schematic macro: GB/CCC/Schematic macro: GOST/Connection point pattern   this is a few of the 200+ data entry points in the parts entry   also, in the package is Electrical schematic drawing 2d Mechanical drawing 3d Model CNC cutting details    This would make you all heroes and push responsibility for the data consistency out of your hands and add a million plus useful and correct parts to ACADE       Show More

This subject came up in this thread. In the picture below of the Libraries list, there is no way to clear the list of recently used libraries/files. Please add this ability. Show More

Hello,    Need a tool or selection menu for "WIRE NUMBERS" with the ability to do FROM/TO wire numbers using the TAGS before and after as the numbers with a "/" slash between them. and or also PLC address numbering. for wire numbers.   example: Wire labels shall be labeled based on device tag and destination. For example, for a wire where one end is connected to terminal block TBA1 and the other end is connected to LSHH-4001, the wire label at both ends would be LSHH4001/TBA1. This makes for easy tracing and troubleshooting for those unfamiliar with the system without prints.   Is this easily possible to change this instead of having it do single wire numbers on each rung line label? how to set this up if possible? Or is this always a manually task to type it in on each wire/line for the wire number.   WITHOUT using .lsp or LISP programming code, just make a button or selections or properties field with selectable drop downs for how you want numbering for wires in the Schematic tab and wire numbers tools.   its time to catch up to SOLIDWORKS AND EPLAN. stop dragging your feet. MAKE THINGS LESS CLUNKY and streamlined. PLEASE get some major updating done!   Get to it please! Show More

My terminal numbers have more than 10 characters in them, 10 seems like a relatively small amount of characters to limit terminal number to.    Please can you increase the amount of characters allowed for TERM01 to 26.    Thanks. Show More

My idea is to have additional drawing descriptions like the Project descriptions.  This way we can have more drawing specific information that can be filled into the title block using title block update.  I'd also like to be able to change the name of the these additional descriptions using a similar default_wdtitle.wdl file.   My thought is that these additional drawing descriptions would contain the Drawn By, Drawn By Date, Approved By, Approved By Date etc. as well as possibly doing revision information for per sheet revision tracking. Show More

Please allow the ability to lock the FILEDIA value at 1. Show More

Some customers like to show the same terminal 2, 3, or 4 times throughout their schematic for clarity.  For example, you have terminal TB1:5 on sheet 5 and you connect one wire to it, for a branch circuit.  The other side of the terminal is still available, and you could even connect a second wire to the same side.  But the circuit that you wat to connect to the other side is on sheet 7.  If you insert a terminal on sheet 7 it will automatically index up to number 6.  This is normally great, but in this case you want to connect to the other side of TB1:5.  If you override the software and change the 6 to a 5 the drawing will look the way you wish.  However, when you open Terminal Strip Editor, you will see two terminals labeled TB1:5, and your BOM will have an increased quantity reflecting the additional terminal number 5.  This of course is not what the customer was expecting.   I normally connect a second wire to TB1:5 and use a source/destination arrow combination to connect to the circuit on sheet 7.  This is what I call "Design Reality", because it accuraely reflects what I really want the panel shop to do. However, some customers think that this approach makes the drawing appear too busy, plus they don't want to flip back from sheet 7 to sheet 5 to see what terminal the wire came from.   So my idea is to allow a terminal to be shown multiple times, perhaps up to 4 times, since we can connect two wires to each side legally.  Do this by allowing the user to repeat the same terminal number and check a box labeled "Duplicate", next to the terminal number field (see attached image).  You might even think of it as designating this repeated terminal as a "child" of the first TB1:5.  The software interprets this to mean that this isn't a physical repeat of TB1:5 but a logical repeat of TB1:5.  Also allow the user to make Internal and External wiring assignments to these duplicates, so Terminal Strip Editor will display the wire annotations in the order desired.  But be sure that Terminal Strip Editor understands that these "duplicates" are still part of one physical block, so only show terminal 5 once in the graphical strip, but with up to two wire annotations per side. Show More

The Color/Gauge Label should be a block in the same way that the Wire Number currently is.   Having the text style and size of the Standard Dimensioning Style dictate the text of the C/G Label doesn't make any sense because the color and gauge of a wire in a schematic have nothing to do with dimensioning.   As a block, there would be better control over the text size, style, rotation, etc. of the C/G Label. Also, a block would allow more flexibility in the automatic placement of the C/G Label. One of my previous jobs required the C/G Label to be placed under the wire and vertically aligned with the Wire Number. This meant that every C/G Label had to be placed, then flipped about the wire, and then aligned with the Wire Number which was a huge time-suck. Show More