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First time here and not sure where to post a general question. I'm starting to use AutoCAD again and I'm not having much luck locating downloadable CAD symbols or blocks for the light plot. I thought I'd try this resource. At least for locating symbols for ETC stage lighting instruments. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.

First time here and not sure where to post a general question. I'm starting to use AutoCAD again and I'm not having much luck locating downloadable CAD symbols/blocks for the light plot. I thought I'd try this resource. At least for locating symbols for ETC stage lighting instruments. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.

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If you open a drawing completed by a different person you might find symbols (or blocks) in use that you want to put into your library. The symbol label they used might be a conflict with an existing symbol file name you have in your library or they may not even be using "built-in" icon menu file naming for their symbols.

Really, I think it might pay off for you to take a really deep dive into the Symbol Builder and become familiar with its inner workings. IMHO this will be the best all-around solution for you. And I say that reluctantly, because I don't use it. I feel like it's a little heavy for my needs and gets in the way as much as it helps. But that's because I create my symbols either from scratch or by modifying an existing one. At this point I know what needs to be in there and what doesn't, and I just do it on my own. For me, that's fastest.

This is what I have been doing once I got enough time to get it organized. Symbol Builder works fairly decent, but maybe it needs an attribute spell checker. lol. A large number of the symbols I obtain for use are on an existing drawing, but not in a symbol file or wblock.

I am having a problem with changing the color of custom symbols. After creating a drawing and changing settings here and there, I now can't change the color of my symbols using 'Properties'. They will change colors when I change their layer, but that is the only way. Here are pictures for clarification. My symbols are in pink, originally set by the layer, and will not change. My wires and text are on the same layer, but I was able to change them to 'Color 8'.

Did you draw your custom symbol on layer zero and the set the color to By Layer? I recommend layer zero for symbol graphics. I also prefer to set the color to By Layer, so the SYMS layer color assignment determines the color. Many customers like their schematic symbols to appear in a certain color for quick identification. This is how the software works out of the box.

Yes, the symbols are created on Layer 0 with color set to By Layer originally. For our schematics the symbols are normally color-coded by Layer, but in this instance I need the symbol to be on this layer (normally pink) but be colored gray (Color 8). I can't make the symbol a permanent color as it will be used in multiple colors across different drawings.

I would do that, except I'd like to keep these symbols on the normally pink layer for organization since many people will be using these drawings. I would like to change the color independently of the layer. Normally this is easily accomplished through the properties menu. I can't figure out why this isn't the case in this situation.

Lots of ways to do that. The attached PDF is what I use on a lot of projects. One note, if you set yours up like this make one huge block of all the symbols so ACE does not look at the nested symbols when you do project wide updates to your schematic.

It is a normal drawing sheet in the schematic sheet set. Insert symbols from symbol library. Edit the symbol with details you want. Mtext to add the verbage definitions. Once the symbols have been inserted and commented use plain AutoCAD block builder tool, select everything except the title block itself and make the a block called Symbols or something like that. You don't want that to be a Symbol, you want ACE to ignore it. Other ways to do that but this is just my work flow. Nice thing is once that is created it can be copy/paste to future project.

For my symbols, I placed them all like normal. I left out all of the symbol information, even the tag. Once I had them all in place, I then used the command Special Explode to remove their ACADE functionality. This does the same thing as blocking the whole drawing, as TRLitsey did: it prevents these symbols from being identified as valid components of your project.

Given you are new to CAD I will state that in order to "draw" or represent those GIS symbols AutoCAD blocks will need to be created which can then be applied to these WFL. Naming the blocks the same as the AFA layer names will aid in the automation of placing these blocks. Although some additional work will be required given there is a domain for the primaryType.

Hi I am using acad electrical 2017 and suddenly some symbols are inserting huge, and some come in the right size, . Everything was working fine till today. wire numbers are also huge. tried a new fresh drawing and its still happening. I have a custom symbol lib that was scaled long time ago. please see example attached.

Humm, that is odd. For the icon you are using to insert symbols have you checked the library it is being pulled from? You know there can be multiple libraries scaled differently but the symbols can have the same name. Such as HPB11 can be pulled from one library like JIC125 and it will have a small scale but if the same name is pulled from the IEC library it will look a lot like what you have going on, including the additional Text Styles. If you still have the older ACE available I would be inclined to check the ACE and the Project Properties. The new install may just have a setting pointing to the wrong place.

When I try to insert symbols into a text line or multiline text, such as degrees (%%d) the symbol does not show, rather it either disappears or is replaced by a fraction, such as 1/8. This is very frustrating! Even when I use dimension tools to dimension an angle, the text in the dimension does not show degrees, it shows the fraction. I have AutoCad LT 2011 which I just purchased because I had to buy a new computer which had Windows 7. For years, with AutoCad 2000, I have used *.shx (archquick.shx) fonts for my text work. I never had a problem with symbols--they would display properly. Is there some switch or command that has to be set differently to show the proper symbol.? How do I correct this problem?

This happens for the archquik.shx font that I am using. If I go to True Type Arial, the %% codes seem to work in both single line and multiline text. So this problem seems to be with this particular font. Does anyone have a solution to get the symbols to show correctly on the drawing with the proper codes the first time???

Can anyone point me in the right direction. I have a few block symbols that will not print on my drawing? I have attached a picture of the .dwg and .pdf. I have checked the plot style for the symbol's color and it is black as it should be. I have gone into the block and made the circle the same color etc using match properties as the little diagonal lines on the light and that didn't change anything when it came to printing. The rest of the drawing is fine, its just the electrical symbols some or the plumbing fixtures. If I explode the symbol it prints fine, but I really don't want to have all these fragments in my drawing.

One of my coworkers has created some custom symbols in autocad electrical and saved them to the company drive. The folder has .dwg files for the symbols and .png files for the icons. I know I can import these one by one and select the drawing and the icon but is there a way to import all of these quickly into my icon menu? I have looked into the migration utility tool, but I couldn't figure out how to use it for this instance. Any ideas?

When I open Autocad electrical, the projects I had previously are no longer there, and it appears that the symbols are still being retrieved from my local drive instead of from the shared Z drive. Any ideas as to what is incorrect? I am using ACADE 2018 if that makes any difference.

remember that the first wd.env file in the search path will be used, so if there is a wd.env file in the Z: drive, it will be used. I suggest placing your C:\Users\frank\documents\autocad 2018\aedata first in the search path and then place the new edited version of wd.env there. I also suggest not using the default ACE_NFPA_MENU.DAT on the network drive, but create a new one with a link using the following method. Use the Icon Menu Wizard and add a Command. Use the format shown, pointing to the network drive. Note, the image path may have to reside in your local\aedata folder. Test the network location and see.

Once you have done this, create the "Some_Menu.dat" file on the network \Aedata folder. You can copy/paste your new symbols with a text editor from your coworkers file (probably not a straight copy/paste, there will be edits) or you can just recreate the symbols using the wizard on the new .dat file. Using the wizard on the new file, add the following:

Thank you everyone for your help! I started over and went through all of your steps and can now access symbols off of a shared drive and my projects are showing up again. Not sure exactly where I went astray, but it is working now.

I have seen so many people searching for a dynamic block that allows you to add weld symbols quickly to your drawing, and to be quite honest, I was one of those searching for this simple solution. I have seen many variants of what I've created here, but I found this to be the simplest and easiest block I've used to date, and not because I'm biased based on the fact I authored it:)

This is a dynamic block for AutoCAD that allows you to select from multiple common welding symbols so you can add them with ease to your drawing. You can select the flag type, the weld type, along with options to flip from left to right. Also available is the option to move the leader and stretch the tail of the symbol to accommodate for lengthy dimensional information. I authored this block mainly because AutoCAD doesn't have a built in Welding symbol library, and this was a simple solution I'm sure thousands of others have searched for. I plan on adding contour information to the block in the near future, but for now, this will accommodate most of your notation needs, as it does mine.

Weld Types included:

Fillet

Plug/Slot

Spot/Projection

Stud

Seam

Back

Backing

Surfacing

Flange Corner

Flange Edge

Square

V-Groove

U-Groove

J-Groove

Flare V

Flare Bevel

Scarf Brazed joint

Please comment and let me know how this works for you, and if there is anything you'd like to see added or if there is some functionality you'd like to see or even dropped from the block. Thank you! ff782bc1db