AutoCAD Electrical for Control Design

AutoCAD Electrical is still current, and Autodesk now ships it as the Electrical toolset included with AutoCAD. Autodesk says the toolset gives you a library of more than 65,000 intelligent electrical symbols and automates wire numbering and component tag generation. Those are the features this course teaches: intelligent wires, wire numbers, tagged components and automatic reports.

In the US, electrical and electronics drafters earned a median of $76,870 a year in May 2025, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is above the $68,090 median for all drafters, and BLS notes that drafters use CAD systems to create and store technical drawings. BLS projects drafter employment to grow 1 percent from 2025 to 2035. Pay varies by country, so treat the US figure as a reference point only.

For students and educators, yes: Autodesk's education licence is free. Otherwise the trial lasts 15 days, so plan the drawing modules into that window.

No. Modules 2 and 3 teach the AutoCAD essentials the rest depends on.

Yes: starters, PLC I/O, terminals and reports are the drawings every Indian panel builder issues.

Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.

An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a vendor credential and is never described as one.

The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.

Plan on about 16 hours in all, including the video lessons, notes and practice tasks. It is self-paced, so you work through the eleven modules at your own speed.

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹499 including GST for this beginner course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.