ELECDES Customisation

Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Design software by SCADA Systems Ltd.

Elecdes is the award winning design software for Electrical Engineering drawing creation, data and design analysis.

Elecdes is open for customisation. You can add and alter symbols, modify menus, borders, layers, linetypes fonts etc.

Preferences Dialog

General

• Change the layer that symbols are inserted upon

• Control the crossing of lines in 2 Line drawings

• Control the display of the multiple-insert arrow

• Enable automatic symbol breaking and healing

• Renaming copied symbols

• Attribute Edit Propagation

• Keep terminal numbers horizontal

• Redefine symbols when inserting

• Show or hide the symbol data dialog

• Configuring MTD and Symbol Styles

• Choose attributes to copy to inserted subcomponents

Tag Checks / IO Card

• Configure On-line Cross Referencing

Cables / Wires

• Set wire and cable extension symbol lengths

• Configure automatic wire numbering

• Configure cable and wire naming sequences

• Configure cable and wire symbols

• Configure polyline cables

• Configure Wire Continuation

• Configure Wire Jumps and Connect Dots

Menus

• Choose which button to use for the Elecdes context menu

• Specifying Which Symbol Menus You Wish to Use

• Editing Icon Menus

Symbol Modification

• Attributes of Symbols

• Create or Customise symbols for 2D Panel Layouts

• Testing symbols

Change the attribute for Toggle Att Visibility

Preset a Symbol Attribute from the Menu

Preset a Symbol Attribute in the Symbol File

Change the Attribute Order During Symbol Insertion

Drawing Appearance

• Configure Drawing Fonts

• Configure Drawing Line Types

• Configure Drawing Layers

Menu Modification

• Customize the AutoCAD Partial Menu

• Load additional partial menu files automatically

• Customize the PowerCAD Palettes and Menu

Elecdes Icon Menu Functions

• Use the Icon Menu Editor

Reference

• Dynamic Blocks

• Slides and Slide Libraries

• ACAD.LSP for Elecdes

• PowerCAD Start-up Macro

• Hidden message receiver window

• Elecdes Support Directory

User Instructions