About schematic components

Understand what makes a block an AutoCAD Electrical schematic component.

An AutoCAD Electrical schematic component is an AutoCAD® block with certain expected attributes. When inserting components, use AutoCAD Electrical tools to:

• Break wires
• Assign unique component tags
• Cross-reference related components
• Enter values for catalog information, component descriptions, location codes, and so on

AutoCAD Electrical supplies a schematic symbol dialog box for finding and inserting schematic components. It also triggers some additional features.

• Automatic wire breaks
• Component tagging
• Real-time cross-referencing
• Component annotation