The first thing they decide to do is to shrink the schematic itself, but that leads to smaller text and smaller symbols, making it harder for the contractor to read. I’ve often seen users create beautiful schematics, but when they go to put a title sheet on them, it doesn’t fit. It’s very important, when drawing Electrical Schematics, to have a good sense of space on your Title Sheet. Again, these are created using my block library. These could be for Fire Alarm, Electrical Boards or just a general overall Electrical Schematic. The last type of drawing I do on the Electrical side of things are the Electrical Schematics. You’re not trying to give an accurate representation of the fittings used, just an accurate location for them to be installed. Again, these blocks stay the same from project to project. Each entity type, Light Fittings, Wiring, Emergency Lighting and so on all have their own individual layers. I think you get the idea! All blocks are created with the colour set to Bylayer, that way, it’s easy to tell if you’ve accidentally placed a block on the wrong layer. So, Data entities will always be found on EG-Data, Fire on EG-Fire and so on. Likewise, there are specific Electrical Layers, these also do not change from project. You know it’s a Double Socket, but you know it is non standard. For example, the Double Socket from UPS, whilst still similar to the original, is different. However, depending on the project, new symbols are often created. From project to project, a 13A Double Socket always looks the same, it does not deviate. Every electrical drawing I create, has an Electrical Legend on the drawing so there can be no mistaking a fitting for something else. Some I’ve edited to suit, others were perfect the way they were.Įlectrical drawings are very dependent on legends. Over the years, I’ve created and downloaded many blocks for my Electrical Library. That’s everything from Lighting, Data and Power Layouts to Board Schematics. I hope you found this helpful! Thanks for reading.Well over 50 percent of the CAD work I do in DraftSight is electrical related. (For this example, the electrical symbol block was placed at 0,0 since the “Specify later” was unchecked under Position in the Insert Block Window.) Only uniform scaled Blocks can be exploded. A Block loses its characteristics when exploded. Select Explode Block to explode the Block into its component entities.If Scale is unequal to 1.0, then the drawing units differ from the Block units. For counterclockwise rotation specify a positive value, for clockwise rotation specify a negative value. Under Rotate, for Angle, specify a value or select Specify later to set the rotation angle in the graphics area during insertion.Less than 1: Reduces the size to the percentage of the original size specified by the factor.1: Inserts the Block at its original size.Click Apply uniform scale, and for X, specify a scale factor.Specify the Corner option, then define the opposite point of the rectangle where the Block is to fit. Click Specify later to define the Block size during insertion.For X, Y, and Z, specify the scale factor for each axis.Under Position, for X, Y, and Z, specify coordinate values, or select Specify later to specify the insertion point on screen after the dialog box closes.

Click Browse to locate an external block drawing. In the dialog box, in Name, select a Block.Click Insert > Insert Block (or type InsertBlock).Blocks are a part of life when using DraftSight.

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