What's New in AutoCAD Electrical 2022 Toolset

Learn about new features in this release of AutoCAD Electrical 2022 toolset. For technical details, see the release notes.

Highlights

SQL Catalog Support for Autodesk Vault

AutoCAD Electrical 2022 now supports the SQL catalog database for the Bill of Materials in Autodesk Vault.

Trace

Trace provides a safe space to collaborate on drawing changes in the AutoCAD web and mobile apps without fear of altering the existing drawing. The analogy of trace is a virtual, collaborative tracing paper that's laid over the drawing, allowing collaborators to add feedback right in the drawing.

Count

Quickly and accurately count the instances of objects in a drawing. You can insert a table with the count data into the current drawing.

Floating Drawing Windows

You can now drag a drawing file tab off of the AutoCAD application window, making it a floating window.

Share Current Drawing

Share a link to a copy of the current drawing to view or edit in the AutoCAD web app. All related DWG xrefs and images are included.

Push to Autodesk Docs (Subscription Benefit)

Push to Autodesk Docs allows teams to view digital PDFs in the field for reference. Use Push to Autodesk Docs to upload AutoCAD drawings as PDFs to a specific project on Autodesk Docs.

Start Tab Redesign

The Start Tab has been redesigned to provide a consistent welcome experience for Autodesk products.

3D Graphics Technical Preview

This release includes a Technical Preview of a completely new cross platform 3D graphics system being developed for AutoCAD, leveraging all the power of modern GPUs and multi-core CPUs to offer a smooth navigation experience for much larger drawings than in prior releases.

Installer

The 2022 products provide a new, faster, more reliable install and deployment experience.

More features

SQL Timeout Variable

Modify the SQL timeout when connected to the SQL server.

Unicode Support for LISPSYS

All LISPSYS system variable options are now available in non-English versions of AutoCAD Electrical toolset.

Manufacturer Catalog Content

New manufacturer catalog content are available in the AutoCAD Electrical 2022 toolset.

Additional enhancements

Icon Design: The symbol icons in some dialog boxes are replaced with the new flat design icons.

Project-Wide Utility: The project-wide utilities can purge all blocks in the selected drawings within the project at the first attempt.

Export: The drawing order in the exported spreadsheet matches the order in the Project Manager.

Report: No more missing items in the printed PDF for letter and legal paper sizes from the Wire Label Report.

Catalog Lookup: Inserting a footprint works when the WD_XCAT is defined in the wd.env file to use the external routine for catalog lookup.

Symbol Builder: The insertion point and orientation checks are removed from the Symbol Audit for panel symbols.

Terminal: Multiple catalog information is synced when editing and associating across the multilevel terminals.

Title Block: When updating title blocks, the position and justification attributes of the title blocks are maintained in the inactive drawings.

Vault: Additional column values, such as USER1, USER2, and so on, in the catalog database are available in the Vault Bill of Material. These column values are available in all options of the catalog lookup preference including MISC_CAT in the project settings.

Other enhancements: The position of the Surf and Edit Terminal Jumpers dialog boxes now persists.