What's New in AutoCAD Electrical 2027 Toolset

Learn about new features in this release of AutoCAD Electrical 2027 toolset. For technical details, see the release notes.

Highlights

ECLASS Data Import Utility

Streamline and standardize downloading and integrating manufacturer data.

Export Terminal Strips to Manufacturer Applications

Send terminal strips to manufacturer tools for modification and validation.

Terminal Strip Table

Add more fields to the tabular terminal strip through Terminal Strip Editor or Terminal Table Generator.

Terminal Plan Report Enhancements

New options to include terminals on jumper wire layers and internal or external code placement in the Terminal Plan reports.

Geometry Cleanup

Geometry Cleanup scans drawings to fix common geometry errors.

Autodesk Assistant

Autodesk Assistant now offers AI-enhanced chat and prompt-driven workflows.

Forma Data Management Essentials

Forma Data Management Essentials allows you to collaborate with others on your projects.

Connected References

Connected References improves the workflow for updating the paths of missing external drawing references (xrefs).

Connected Support Files: Tool Palettes

Tool palette and authoring palette files can be shared with others working on the same Autodesk project stored on Forma Data Management.

Connected Support Files: Partial Customization (CUIx) Files

Custom user interface (UI) elements can be shared with others and loaded into the AutoCAD desktop app when working on a drawing opened from an Autodesk project on Forma Data Management.

Quality improvements

Cable Conductor List:
  • The cable conductor list now supports lowercase characters.
  • The cable conductor list correctly loads for child cable markers located on a different sheet from the parent, even when the TAG contains lowercase letters.
Catalogs:
  • Spreadsheet export and import now handle multiple catalog information for panel terminals as expected.
  • The COUNT field across multiple catalogs for NO/NC contacts is now evaluated before triggering the 'Too many contact references' alert.

Reports: User posts now process the data and display according to the SET files as expected.

Panels: Multi-assembly footprint insertion using the panel schematic list explodes all assemblies correctly.

Wire Number:
  • The wire number format now supports lowercase characters.
  • Improved wire numbering accuracy and consistency for circuits with jumpered terminals during drawing-wide and project-wide updates.

Terminal Strip Editor: Default values for custom attributes are now correctly imported on Terminal footprints inserted through the Terminal Strip Editor.

PDF Plot: All letters are plotted to correct thickness when the text style font is set to ROMANS.SHX.

Additional enhancements and changes

Projects and Reports: Improvements were made to reduce the amount of time it takes to open/rebuild projects and generate reports.

Layout Tab Switching Performance: Improvements were made to reduce the amount of time it takes to switch layout tabs.

3D Graphics System Enhancements: The 3D graphics system (GSF), controlled by the FASTSHADEDMODE system variable, now provides a more stable and efficient experience. These updates improve visual fidelity by better supporting large coordinates, occluded edges, materials, lights, textures, shadows, sky, and backgrounds. Additionally, the Realistic (Fast) visual style is now on by default.

Removal of Support for AutoCAD Web & Mobile: The Open From Web & Mobile (OPENFROMWEBMOBILE) and Save To Web & Mobile (SAVETOWEBMOBILE) features have been removed from this release. If you previously saved your drawing files to AutoCAD Web & Mobile, it's recommended to utilize Forma Data Management to store and access drawing files anywhere.

Removal of Shared Views: The Shared Views feature has been removed from this release. If you previously used Shared Views, it's recommended to utilize Forma Data Management to store and share drawing files with others.

Push to Forma Data Management Replaces Push to Autodesk Docs: The Push to Autodesk Docs feature has been updated to Push to Forma Data Management. New commands and system variables were introduced to display and close the Push to Forma Data Management palette.

Removal of Support for the MrSID Image Format: Image files saved in the MrSid format can no longer be attached to a drawing file. MrSID images will need to be saved to a supported file format and reattached.

Removal of Support to Create a PostScript File: The PSOUT command has been removed in this release and the EXPORT command no longer supports the ability to export to the format. If you need to create a PostScript file from a drawing, configure a PC3 file according to the output needed.