i am getting so frustrated with ACADE! WHY would you have 2 different ways to create a terminal list? And why would you not have the same “Available Field” options in each report? this same scenario may exist on other features, but this is where i am at on my educating myself   The people who initially wrote the software of ACADE are intelligent, but they probably never used cad to create a drawing or project. I mean “come on”, there is more to an electrical project/ components than just N.O. and N.C. contacts that need cross-referencing and I see that being common comment on this forum a lot.   The software I use in conjunction with Autocad then with Autocad Mechanical to generate our electrical circuits, terminal, cable and component list was generated in-house 25+ years ago using FoxPro and Visual Basic, and this is so similar to ACADE it is scary but also was/is a lot more flexible and user friendly and made sense.   This gentleman was a draftsman => cad operator => then programmer, he knew what was needed to make his life easier as a cad operator and he built his program based on that. Real World Experience.   I think AUTOCAD Electrical should have a group, a think-tank consisting of draftsman => cad operator => cad designer=> then programmer to move forward with this product, not just rest on the AUTODESK name, act like they care!!!! Show More

I would like to see dialog boxes made resizable. Many of the dialog boxes are not resizable, which has been an ongoing condition for many years. Also, those that are expandable, do not retain the updated size upon exiting the command. Is this something that can be practically implemented? Show More

It would be great if Schneider's database was updated. Currently there are a lot of old products, for example Multi9, and "new" products like Acti9 and Easy 9 are not there(and they have been on the market for at least 10 years). Other products not currently included are: - MCCB - Compact - specifically NSX and NSXm. Molded Case Circuit Breakers - MCCB - Enclosures: NSYSFN* PanelSeT SFN - Steel floor-standing modular electrical enclosures - NSYCRN* enclosers. Spacial CRN - Steel wall-mounting enclosures for industry   Show More

The project database stored on MDB is a mess. Please get out of access database.  The catalog database is now possible to store in SQL server, which i love it. Please for project database change the architecture, don't be in this. We are frustrated. We are paying licenses for 175 users with a big collection. Show More

can we have a switch to turn off this the most annoying function ever thought of please.   I dont know how many times my mouse has passed over the tab and it switched pages to paper space so i have to switch it back again. they are fine right at the bottom out of the way. Thanks   Show More

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

Add fields in the terminal plan report and terminal strip table corresponding to the DESC1 to DESC3 attributes of the terminal. This would mean we can add useful descriptions to aid testing / commissioning on site, rather than having to cross-reference the schematic. 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

  Today's idea Stop playing Autodesk is the only solution and start the conversation with 3rd party apps   All your competitors talk to the following suppliers   1 )  ERP software 2) CNC Software 3 ) Thermal Calculation Software 4) Cable calc and volt drop Calculation Software 5) breaker Sizing and discrimination software 6) Label Printers Software   So stop looking inwards look outside the Autodesk eco system and get with programme Your years behind your competitors in this respect and its only making ACADE irrelevant in this connected big data engineering now 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

Numbering terminals varies wildly from company to company, but all follow a similar pattern. The normal method is to start at '1' and number left to right or top to bottom depending if the terminal rail is horizontal or vertical. However some want also to show the internal and external connection, which is useful to the panel wiring team. It becomes slightly more complex when numbering multi-level terminals. Companies want to identify not only each terminal and the connection side, but the level too. Different companies have worked out different methods of doing this and all are effective for their purposes. The method I've chosen for this idea is simple effective, each terminal in a terminal rail is numbered uniquely 1,2,3,4.... etc. the levels are identified with T,M,L and the internal/external connections identified A & B respectively. I order to show this on the schematic I use the attributes available within the terminal symbol, namely 'X1PIN01, X2PIN01, X4PIN01 & X8PIN01', a simple adjustment using the symbol editor makes the relevant attribute is positioned appropriately. For the purpose of the company I work for we only draw schematics in horizontal ladder format, so we only need the X2PIN01 & X8PIN01 attributes as these are the top and bottom connection points. When using the tool to mark internal/external connections it adds the relevant letter to the attribute X#TERMDESC01 depending on where you click around the terminal symbol, 'I' for the internal and 'E' for external. So for my purposes I click top or bottom of the symbol depending on which is the internal or external connection point. This then shows in the schematic as the terminal number and the letter 'A' in the internal side and 'B' on the external side. For multi-level terminals, I use 'TA', 'TB' for the top level, 'MA', 'MB' for the middle level and simply 'A', 'B' for the bottom level (See attached picture). This all works well until you come to use the terminal rail renumber tool in the terminal strip editor. When renumbering the terminals you are given the option to number 'Per Terminal' or 'Per Level'. this may seem perfect, but it is not so, if you select 'Per Terminal' you would expect it to number each level in each terminal with the same number, as terminal 1 has 3 levels, but it is still one terminal so therefore should have the same sequential number, but no! AutoCAD Electrical numbers each level uniquely. This causes confusion to the panel wiring team, because it's not clear which symbol belongs to which terminal. I have talked to Autodesk and they say that it is working as designed, I see the way AutoCAD Electrical is working for this as incorrect, and I blame the fact that the software engineers are not electrical engineers so are oblivious to how it should work. As it stands, I am forced to renumber all the terminals manually, which when there are hundreds of terminals in a rail, it takes a ridiculous amount of time. 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

What if someone from Autodesk actually went through this forum, and made us feel heard at least! As of now it's just an echo chamber for users wanting improvements to AutoCAD Electrical.   Out of the almost 900 ideas here this is the status:   Under Review: 109  (Last update from Autodesk: February 2016) Future consideration: 105 (Last update from Autodesk: May 2016) Accepted (but not implemented): 11 (Last update from Autodesk: April 2015) Implemented: 12 (Last update from Autodesk: April 2020) Future consideration: 12 (Last update from Autodesk: October 2015)   The rest are "Gathering support". 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

Please allow the PINLIST of the database to be used when inserting parametric connectors just like connector component. (parent/child connector) 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

Today's idea   Error messages Error messages tell you something is wrong with your design so   There is a legitimate method in resolving the error If the error is not genuine then it should be modified in the code not to throw up the error   Choosing to add a button to ignore the error  is disingenuous  or demonstrates ACADE fundamental flaws in the code Which makes you look like fools   Remove the ignore button and actually code the product correctly   PS its pretty embarissing that the demo projects have errors in them as a matter of professional pride the demo projects should be error free Show More

IEC structure Here is some of the IEC structures commonly used  now compare them to the ones available to ACADE notice anything missing how about sorting out the structure so we can use the product in an IEC compliant environment You may ignore it because in the US you use a different standard but basically you are causing yourself not to be usable in 50%+ of the world because it cant comply    IEC 81346-1: — “==” (equal equal) when relating to the function assignment aspect; — “=” (equal) when relating to the function designation aspect; — “–” (minus) when relating to the product aspect; — “++” (plus plus) when relating to the installation aspect; — “+” (plus) when relating to the location aspect; — “%” (percent) when relating to the type aspect — “&” (ampersand) when relating to the document type aspect Show More

here is a radical thought. a wire has two ends. and a wire may have different termination types each end. so, the ability to define different termination types on each end of a wire is a pre-requisite into actualyy creating a true working 3d model rather than the half-assed attempt of 3d modelling we are currently stuck with. Show More