Use Electrical Audit and Drawing Audit (7:25 min)

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Project: Use Electrical Audit and Drawing Audit

 
 

Completion Time:  15 Minutes

 

Prerequisites

·        Completion of the Using the Auditing Tools Lesson

 

Objective:  In this exercise, you use the Drawing Audit and Electrical Audit commands to correct drafting errors in your project drawings.

 

Instructions

 

1:  If the Project Manager is not displayed, on the Project tab, Project Tools panel, click Manager.

 

 

2:  If Schematic_Editing_NFPA is the active project, skip to step 6. If it is open but not active, in the Project Manager, do the following:
■ Right-click Schematic_Editing_NFPA.
■ Click Activate.
â–  Skip to step 6.

 

3:  In the Project Manager, click Open Project.

 

4:  Browse to where you installed the exercise files. Select Schematic_Editing_NFPA.wdp. Click Open.

 

5:  In the Projects list, click the expansion node next to Schematic_Editing_NFPA to expand the drawing list.

 

6:  Right-click Schematic_Editing_NFPA_04.dwg. Click Open.

 

7:  On the Reports tab, Schematic panel, click DWG Audit.

 

 

8:  In the Drawing Audit dialog box, click Active Drawing. Click OK.

 

 

9:  In the Drawing Audit dialog box, select all check boxes. Click OK.

 

 

10:  Notice that no errors are found in this drawing.

 

11:  In the Report: Audit for This Drawing dialog box, click Close. The wire indicators displayed direct your attention to the wires in the drawing.

 

 

12:  To remove the wire indicators, at the Command Prompt, enter REDRAW. Press ENTER. (Or zoom in the drawing and the wire indicators will be removed.)

 

13:  Use Electrical Audit:

On the Reports tab, Schematic panel, click Electrical Audit.

 

 

14:  In the Electrical Audit dialog box, click Details.

 

15:  On the Component - No Catalog Number tab, select LT726 from the grid. Click Go To.

 

 

16:  If prompted, in the Qsave dialog box, click Always Qsave.

 

17:  Drag the Electrical Audit off to the side of your drawing to display LT726 (or to your second monitor if applicable).

 

 

18:  Right-click LT726. Click Edit Component.

 

19:  In the Insert/Edit Component dialog box, under Catalog Data, click Project.

 

20:  In the Find: Catalog Assignments dialog box, click Active Project. Click OK.

 

21:  If prompted, in the Qsave dialog box, click Always Qsave.

 

22:  In the HLT1G/VLT1G Catalog Values (This Project) dialog box, select 800H-PR16G. Click OK.

 

 

23:  In the Insert/Edit Components dialog box, click OK.

 

24:  In the Electrical Audit dialog box, click Close.