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Electrical design engineer
The three schematic tools tenders name: EPLAN Electric P8, AutoCAD Electrical and SOLIDWORKS Electrical, with the panel-building course to know what the drawings become.
Step 1Electrical CADBeginnerEPLAN Electric P8 and Pro Panel
Electrical design the way panel builders and OEMs do it: projects and settings, pages, structure and plot frames, symbols and devices, modular engineering to DIN 81346, terminals, cables and interruption points, PLC design, macros, parts management and the Data Portal, reports and checks, tracking and options, 2D panel layout and Pro Panel 3D, routing, Smart Wiring and the EPLAN Cloud.
- Create projects with base projects, plot frames and structure identifiers
- Place symbols, devices, terminals, cables and PLC cards
- Build macros and manage parts with the Data Portal
Step 2Electrical CADBeginnerAutoCAD Electrical for Control Design
Control drawings with the industry default tool: AutoCAD Electrical versus AutoCAD, install and interface, AutoCAD essentials, projects and drawings, templates and title blocks, wires and wire numbers, components, symbols and catalogs, three-phase and starter circuits, PLC modules and I/O addressing, terminals, reports and data exchange, and practice drawings.
- Install AutoCAD Electrical and master the interface and drawing aids
- Manage projects, drawings, templates and title blocks
- Draw wires with numbers, arrows and splices
Step 3Electrical CADBeginnerSOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic and 3D
Schematic design that connects to the mechanical model: introduction and licences, projects, templates, locations and functions, title blocks and symbols, manufacturer parts and libraries, wires, marks and multiwires, terminals, relays and black boxes, PLCs and I/O, cables and harnesses, macros, reports and revisions, Electrical 3D and routing, and mechanical schematics, P&ID and PDM.
- Create projects with templates, locations and functions
- Build title blocks, symbols, manufacturer parts and libraries
- Draw schematics with wires, marks, multiwires, terminals and relays
Step 4ElectricalBeginnerElectrical Control Panel Design, Building and Testing
What is inside a PLC panel and why, components, wiring diagrams, 2-wire and 3-wire control, sensors and commons, building a UL 508A panel step by step, workmanship, cooling and factory acceptance testing.
- Name every part of a PLC control panel and what UL 508A covers
- Choose relays, contactors, overloads, transformers and terminal blocks, and state the SCCR
- Read a PLC wiring diagram and wire 2-wire and 3-wire control
How the path works
Join the path and every course is added to your account at once, each with its own progress, notes, quizzes and final. Take them in the order shown: each assumes the one before. Module quizzes are five plain questions and the final is twenty, pass mark 50%, with unlimited retries, so the assessment checks that you followed the lessons rather than testing exam nerves.
Questions
- Is the Electrical design engineer free?
- Yes. Every course in the path is free in full: lessons, notes, practice tasks and assessments. Joining the path adds all of them to your account in one step. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion for each course.
- In what order should I take the courses?
- In the order listed: each course assumes the one before it. Every course keeps its own progress, quizzes and certificate, so you can also take one on its own.
- Do I get one certificate for the whole path?
- Certificates are per course, issued when you pass that course's final assessment and bought only if you want them. Finishing every course in a path gives you one certificate per course.