- [Instructor] Schematics are electrical drawings
that contain additional circuit information
related to the functions of the electrical project.
These are probably the most commonly used drawing type
in our electrical projects.
And so just the same if I want to add
a schematic drawing, I can jump over
to my document book.
I can right click and go to New
and Cover page, wiring line diagram,
and the scheme option will be to insert my schematic sheet.
Now again I have a new document added
to my document list here, page 04.
Again of course I can right click
and jump into Properties if I'd like
and rename this.
So I just go into description and I'll say schematic
and say okay.
And now this again looks very similar to our line diagram,
but you might note the tab has slightly changed.
It used to say line diagram.
Now that I'm in a schematic sheet,
it has changed to a schematic tab.
Again this holds pretty much all of the tools
and commands we'll be using within our schematic sheets.
So one of the most commonly used again will be
to insert symbols.
So I can go to the Insert symbol command here,
very similar to my line diagram.
Jumps me back into this search window.
But now it's schematic symbols rather than
line diagram symbols.
I can jump into filters or classifications,
whichever I prefer.
I can remove my filters, take a look at all the schematics.
In here I have almost 2,000 schematic symbols,
so quite a lot more symbols to choose from in this search.
But again you see the power of the search here.
It searches through 2,000 components
or symbols very quickly.
So again let's try to throw in maybe a fuse disconnect
and circuit breaker.
So I'll jump maybe back into classifications
and I'll start with my fuses, disconnectors.
A whole bunch to sort through or choose depending
on my standards or projects or whatever I may like.
But maybe in this case, I'll just throw in
a three pole fuse disconnector here.
And I'll just place that in my schematic
really wherever I'd like.
And again here jumps me automatically
into my symbol properties.
I can insert whatever information I'd like,
give it a new name.
Give it manufacturer information, all of this.
We'll get more into this later on,
but what's important here is I can now
either create a new component or a new fuse in this case
or I can also associate it back
to that existing fuse, the first fuse
I already threw in that's in my line diagram.
So in many cases usually you'll draw something up
in a schematic as well as a line diagram
as the overview and they're actually the same components,
just different symbols illustrating the same component.
So in this case if I don't want to create a new fuse,
take a look down at the bottom, now it's saying
this symbol is going to be associated
with a new component called F two.
So it's going to be a second new fuse.
But if I'd like to actually associate it
or tie it back to that first fuse,
I can just look through all of my existing components
and say I actually want to tie this back
to my first fuse F one.
And click on F one here.
It actually shows me a nice preview of this.
I can also expand this and take a look at
what's currently within my F one component.
Right now it looks like one line diagram symbol
on page three, and that's that fuse disconnector
I just threw in.
And it shows me a graphical preview of this as well.
Here's that fuse on my line diagram
that I've just thrown in.
And now at the bottom here, it's telling me this symbol
that I'm throwing in will now be associated
with this selected F one symbol.
So now I'm going to have one fuse called F one
and it's going to be shown on my line diagram
as well as my schematic.
And I can say okay.
And notice here now is my schematic symbol
for that same fuse.
Similarly I'll just do the exact same
for the circuit breaker.
Go up to Insert symbol.
Browse to whatever symbol I'd like.
I'll check out some circuit breakers here.
And maybe I want something like this,
a three pole circuit breaker.
Let's just throw in this symbol for example
and say select.
And I'll try to line it up again.
This is why grid and snap becomes important.
You know I really want to line these up
to make my wiring easier.
So you can see with the grid and the snap
it's much easier to line these up exactly
the way I'd like.
And as soon as I click, symbol properties pops up.
Again it's asking me do I want to create
a new circuit breaker called Q two
or would I like to tie this back to my existing.
So maybe I want to tie it back
to my existing circuit breaker Q one,
same idea, showing the preview of the existing
circuit breaker I just threw in.
And the symbol will be associated with
that existing Q one component.
And I'll just say okay.
So now I have my two symbols placed on my schematic diagram.
Finally I may just want to wire these up.
So if I want to wire these ones up,
I have a couple of options.
I can jump into Draw multiple wires
or draw single wire.
In this case it looks like we're working
with three phase so I probably want to try
to draw multiple wires.
And I can choose a whole number of options.
Here I can grab a specific wire, whatever it may be.
We'll get into creating our own wires later on.
You see these are all the defaults
created with SolidWorks Electrical,
so I can grab any of these ones.
And what's nice here is I can actually turn them on
or off with these check marks.
So say I want neutral, all three phases and protection,
check them all off.
Or I can turn any of these off, maybe I don't need them all,
Whatever it might be.
So in this case maybe I'll just turn off neutral,
but I'll keep the three phases and protection.
And then it'll be fairly simple to draw,
again just click once to start,
and then just draw through.
You should actually be able to draw through
all of these guys here, just something like this.
And then once I'm finished, I can hit the green check
or enter to finish off that command.
Notice I drew through those components,
but the software is actually smart enough
to make these electrical connections
from the symbols to the wires here.