When exporting to a spreadsheet, instead of having the '*' to indicate what items will export when "General (all * below)" is selected, why not show by the radio buttons? Also, after selecting all with a single radio button (and darkening those buttons), please allow deselecting an individual one or two of those buttons from the "all" list.  (Sorry, I can't get a screen shot to paste here.  I attached a Word doc.) Show More

When creating wiretypes, have ACAD E read the Inventor Cable and Harness Library for wiretypes.  Show More

Hi Experts,   While generating "From/To" Reports from AutoCAD Electrical 2013; if we sort the report using primary sort & secondary sort (fields) as COMP/ PIN values (containing values like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, ... so on ). By doing same, Sequence in report follows order: 1, 11, 12, 13, ...19, 2, 20, 21, 22, ...29, 3, 30, ... so on instead of which preferred one is : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, ...so on. Kindly guide to get same in preferred order if solution already available for same.   Thanks in advance...   Regards, Mi**** Thakkar Show More

At my previous employer, my emphasis was mechanical design with Autodesk Inventor. I was pleased with the ease of workflow from beginning of project to end. When I changed to electrical CAD work months ago, I got my feet wet with AutoCAD Electrical heavily (no more Inventor). AutoCAD Electrical (2015) is a great tool, and has helped us and our customers tremendously. And yes, there is always room for improvement. ACADE just seems more clunky than Inventor overall. Admittedly, I'm still green when it comes to ACADE. A couple of examples:   1I (Inventor): Update a model with the parameter needed, then open the idw. The dimension updates automatically. 1E (Electrical): Stretch a line & retag the extension line (if you did not grab certain entities). It does not always play nice.   2I: Title block updates are universal, and happen right after the modification has occured. 2E: Go to title block update function and select exactly what fields to update and others not to update.   3I: File types, ipt (model), asm (assembly), and idw (drawing). 3E: File type dwg. Perhaps the schematic, panel layouts, and BOMs would benefit greater from attributes (aka Inventor parameters) passing. This one is more of a stretch.   Like I stated, I really do like the Electrical product, and I remember thinking the same between "Inventor" circa 2001 versus 2009. Seems like Electrical is on the path of developing into an easier product to use.   Ryan Gerstner CAD Operator The Industrial Controls Company Show More

It would be good to normalize the catalog and PLC databases. The current form is really quite terible from a database design perspective. A pin list table for each manufacturer? A table for each family of components? This could be done so much better.   It would also be wise to move away from the Jet Database format. (.mdb files)   https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms810810.aspx   Instead of Microsoft Jet, Microsoft recommends using Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition or Microsoft SQL Server Compact Editionwhen developing new, non-Microsoft Access applications requiring a relational data store. These new or converted Jet applications can continue to use Jet with the intention of using Microsoft Office 2003 and earlier files (.mdb and .xls) for non-primary data storage. However, for these applications, you should plan to migrate from Jet to the 2007 Office System Driver. You can download the 2007 Office System Driver, which allows you to read from and write to pre-existing files in either Office 2003 (.mdb and .xls) or the Office 2007 (*.accdb, *.xlsm, *.xlsx and *.xlsb) file formats.   Using the newer SQL Express / LocalDB would make the catalog functions faster when combined with the database normalization. You could also allow for other database engines such as MySQL or PostgreSQL. Show More

type l then enter. pick first point then pick second point. it will be done. Show More

We as user gatter a lot of information from the drawing that we make plase add more formulas for the tables on autocad is a most have!!! Show More

It would be nice if cross reference is possible in the terminal strip. see picture. Show More

Cross Reference in Terminal Strip Show More

OK, let me first just say I'm totally new to Acad Ele so you might see a lot of postings here from me as I work thru things.   But one of the more glearing issues I'm seeing is the Activate New Drawing icon not being active unless you already have a drawing file open.   What is the reason for this that I'm not aware of and if there is no valid reason, can we get that fixed? It seems very silly that the user, who may be starting a new Project and thus new drawings, has to first open a drawing before he can select the "Create New Drawing" icon. Am I wrong here?   I would love to know the reasoning behind this if someone can educate me on it. Show More