AutoCAD Electrical File Types

(AutoCAD Electrical 2013)

Todd Schmoock
AutoCAD Electrical works with a minimum of four file types. These files are ASCII text
files, and are used as reference files. The four minimum files in a typical project are:
1. WDP - Project files used by AutoCAD Electrical for organizing project drawings. You
can have unlimited number of projects but only one project can be active each time.
2. WDD - Project specific description file for components (for example, wd_desc.wdd is
the project description default).
3. WDL - Project descriptive line information files. Typically, these files are changed to
match the attribute values of the drawing title.
4. WDT - Project-based title block mapping files. With most configuration files, AutoCAD
Electrical first searches for the first matching project name, for example *.WDT. If the
WDT file with the project name is not found, AutoCAD Electrical uses the default.wdt
file.
Other file types are Microsoft office file types and are:
1. MDB - AutoCAD Electrical uses Microsoft Access for its database files. Examples are
Catalog (default_cat.mdb), Footprint Lookup (footprint_lookup.mdb), and PLC
(ACE_PLC.MDB).
2. XLS - AutoCAD Electrical uses Microsoft Excel for its data exchange and output files.
Examples are: Export From Spreadsheet and Save Report to File.
Import and Export file types are:
XLS, CSV, MDB, and XML - You can select various file types to import into AutoCAD
Electrical. For example, Insert Connector from List tool, Export From Spreadsheet and
Save Report to File. ASCII is also used as an export report format.
Additional AutoCAD Electrical file types are:
File Extension: File Type: Description:
.dwg Drawing files AutoCAD file
.env ASCII text files Environment file - Project search paths
.dat ASCII text files Menu Files, Family Code Mapping
.set ASCII text files Report format - Report presets
.wda ASCII text files User defined attribute list
.rep ASCII text files ASCII report export file
.loc ASCII text files Location Codes
.inst ASCII text files Installation Codes

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