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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.
One course at a time. The next unlocks when you are halfway through this one.
Step 1Electrical CADBeginnerEPLAN Electric P8 and Pro Panel
Free EPLAN Electric P8 course for electrical designers: projects, terminals, PLC I/O, reports and Pro Panel 3D layouts. The certificate is optional and paid.
- 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
Free AutoCAD Electrical course for beginners: draw control schematics, PLC I/O, panels and reports. Learning is free; the certificate is optional and paid.
- 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
Free course for electrical beginners: read PLC wiring diagrams, then build, cool and test a UL 508A control panel. The certificate is optional and paid.
- 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 its first course is added to your account straight away; the next one is added when you are halfway through, so you never face a pile of unstarted courses. Each has its own progress, notes and final. Take them in the order shown: each assumes the one before. Each course has one assessment: a final of 15 questions drawn from every module, pass mark 60%, with 3 attempts and then a 24 hour wait, 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, final 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.
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