Ecodial Plugin for AutoCAD®

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What is Ecodial Plugin ?

Ecodial Plugin allows you to do electrical design and calculation inside AutoCAD.
Your electrical design and calculation job will be more efficient without the hassle to
switch between electrical design tools to rework on the single line diagram due to
different design environment and platform.

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What are the features of Ecodial Plugin ?
Single line diagram creation
• Single line diagram component available as
functional blocks for quick creation of networks.
• Creation of multi level network efficiently and
instantly with excel import and Net Genie
• Stretch and move features for greater flexibility
during single line diagram creation.
• Component Lock / Un lock features for custom
choice of equipment and verification.
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Electrical network calculation
• Auto Power summation to instantly determine the
source size.
• Electrical installation (cable) sizing in accordance
with IEC 60364 standard.
• Short circuit calculation in accordance with
CENELEC TR50480 standard
• Automatic sizing ,selection and coordination of
circuit breakers with discrimination.
What are the benefits of using Ecodial Plugin ?

Saves design time

Do your electrical design and calculation inside AutoCAD directly. Productivity tools to create
single line diagram instantly reduces design time.
Optimized calculations
With single click determine cable sizing, voltage drop, short circuit calculation results with
automatic sizing, selection and coordination of circuit breakers with discrimination.
International standards
Electrical calculations are in accordance with IEC 60364 and CENELEC TR 50480.

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How to work with Ecodial plugin ?

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1. Identifying Schneider Electric Plugin inside AutoCAD

As soon as you install the plugin, you will have

Ecodial Tab appearing in the AutoCAD menu.
Click to view Ecodial Plugin Ribbon

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2. Create a New Project

open new project

Enter File Name

Click on New to
open new Project

Enter Project Name

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3. Setting up project parameters

Click on Parameters to Set Project parameters.

set Project paraments

You can modify Project parameters

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4. Creation of Single Line diagram : 4 ways to create !
c
Smart Draw
d Import XL Load List
a Net Genie
Import Excel Load List Smart Draw

Net Genie

b
SLD Pallet

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4a. Creation of Single Line Diagram : Import XL Load List

Templates

Click Click on Templates

on Templates to Open to view
standard
standard Excel
Templates andLoad List
save them

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4a. Creation of Single Line Diagram : Import XL Load List

Fill the load list as explained

in How to worksheet

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4a. Creation of Single Line Diagram : Import XL Load List

Import Load List

Import the prepared load list and your

single line diagram is ready !

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4b.Creation of Single Line Diagram :SLD Palette

Click and place the Blocks from

SLD palette and create your
single line diagram in easy steps

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4c. Creation of Single Line Diagram : Using Smart Draw

Smart Draw

Click on Smart Draw and create

your single line diagram in 3
easy steps !

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4d. Creation of Single Line Diagram : Using Net Genie

Net Genie

Click on Net Genie to create

your single line in single click !

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5. Stretch / Edit / Modify / Copy / Delete components

Edit Component

Copy Component

Delete Component

Use Comp Edit and modify

values of equipment Stretch Busbar

Move Component

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6. Validation of the Network

Validation

Click on Validate to validate the

network

If any defects, it will be

displayed here.

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6. Validation & Calculation of the Network

Calculate

Click on Calculate to calculate the

network

Calculation progress indication

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7.Results Analysis : Data, Calculation results, Solutions.

Data

Analyze results in 3 views : Data,

Calc results, Solution
Calc Results

Solution

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8a.Report features : Electrical schedule drawing

Elec. schedule

Use Elec schedule for your

report

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8b.Report features : Calculation report in word
Calculation report in word

Calc Report

Click on Calc Report to

generate Installation calculation
report in Word format

Save the calculation report

in Word format

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9a.Export feature: Ecodial Advance calculation to analyze further

Ecodial Desktop

Click on Ecodial Desktop to

export the AutoCAD single line
to Ecodial Advance Calculation
for further analysis

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9b.Export feature: ecodialLite – web viewer for Ecodial networks

ecodialLite

Click on ecodial Lite to

Export from AutoCAD to
ecodialLite web viewer

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