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(34 replies, posted in Elements)

@Bruno,

btw, see https://industrialismo.com.br/cursos/
https://www.youtube.com/@industrialismo/shorts
https://www.youtube.com/@industrialismo/streams


INSIGHT
Electrical Design Course + QelectroTech

Learn how to develop professional electrical diagrams and layouts, bills of materials, and complete technical proposals using the powerful QElectroTech software. Transform your knowledge into real solutions for the industry, meeting the demands for highly valued and differentiated services in the market.

You will study real-world cases and develop practical skills that go far beyond technical and engineering courses. Discover tricks, shortcuts, and best practices that will make you stand out in projects such as switchboards, industrial automation, retrofitting, and much more. Elevate your delivery to the "turnkey" level and win over clients with professional projects that impress and deliver results!

What will I learn in this course?
Fundamentals of Industrial Electrical Design
Fundamentals of QelectroTech
Software Installation and Configuration
Software Interface and Tools
Project Creation and Customization
Component Editing and Management
The step-by-step process of Industrial Electrical projects.
Analysis of Customer Demands
Creating Layouts for Electrical Panels
Pricing and Project Scheduling
Technical and Commercial Proposals
Professional Layout Design: Step-by-Step
Electrical Sizing
Component Specification
Creating Bills of Materials
Project Commissioning
Documentation (NR12 Book, ART/TRT Manuals, Reports)
Practical project executed step-by-step.

DIMENSION
Component Sizing and Specification Course

Learn how to correctly size and price all industrial electrical components, based on manufacturer standards and manuals. Going beyond superficial theory, the course focuses on teaching the correct methodology for selecting each device, from circuit breakers and contactors to frequency inverters and soft starters.

The entire knowledge base is solidly built upon current technical standards and manufacturer manuals, ensuring that the student learns to make technically accurate, safe choices in accordance with best market practices.

What will I learn in this course?
Sizing of Disconnect Switches
Sizing of Power Circuit Breakers
Sizing of Molded Case Circuit Breakers
Sizing of Motor Circuit Breakers
Contactor Sizing
DC Power Supply Sizing
Sizing of Control Transformers
Sizing of Soft Starters
Frequency Inverter Sizing
PLC sizing
Sizing of HMIs
Fuse Sizing
Pushbutton Sizing
Sensor Sizing
Busbar Sizing
Sizing of Interface Relays
Sizing of Auxiliary Relays
Power Cable Sizing
Sizing of Control Cables
Field Cable Sizing
Cable Tray Sizing
Cable Tray Sizing
Sizing of Electrical Conduits
Sizing of Mounting Boxes
Sizing of Electronic Starters
Sizing of Direct Starts
Star-Delta Starting System Sizing
Sizing of Complete Projects
Reading Engine Nameplates

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(34 replies, posted in Elements)

brunobenetolo wrote:

Hi Scorpio, how are you?

My name is Bruno, I'm from Brazil. I'd like to create a library similar to the one dtartas shared, with dimensioned and colored elements. What I want is to make some elements for Siemens PLCs, HMIs, and general Siemens components, to use in panel layouts. Do you have a brief tutorial on how to do this? I will later share my components with the community.

Hi Bruno,
My health isn't great at the moment, so I'm resting.

See Sgto videos channel on YouTube: 142 vidéos howto to create QET elements \o/.

https://www.youtube.com/@sgtos


Best regards,
Laurent

Loictetou wrote:

Bon en fait ça marche très bien....sur un nouveau projet. Tout à refaire.

Je pense que tu confonds la config générale dans QET settings pour paramétrer tes prochains projets afin de gagner du temps sur les nouveaux projets , et celle du projet encours, elles ne se trouvent pas aux mêmes endroits.

@Ayako,
please share your nice elements work, thanks a lot.

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(1 replies, posted in Elements)

Hello brusteld,

The orientation of the terminal names did not seem appropriate to me for inclusion in the official collection, you need to mirror them.
BTW on 0.100 dev version you have this feature, thanks to plc-user..
Could you make some changes?

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(4 replies, posted in Terminal block generator)

Hello brusteld,

Yours terminals isn't defined and not attached to any conductors, see the Terminal block generator button help..
Try plugin with industrial.qet example provided.

https://download.qelectrotech.org/qet/s … ng_car.pdf
https://download.qelectrotech.org/qet/s … s%20dc.pdf

in the menu project settings, new folios menu, cross-references tab :

You have 3 types in the list menu which is framed in red on the image, coil, protective device and switch switch,
select the right type and define where the references will be placed.

You can select a different position according to its 3 types, is it complicated?

https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopi … 166#p18166

Bonjour cherche "overlay" sur les deux moteurs de recherches du forum..
https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2309

Hi Nuri,

I 'm very happy to see you again here after this long delay, welcome. nomicons/wink

Yes, Nuri, that's a good idea. AI could complement the search and replace tool (Ctrl + F) for more complex actions or modifications.

As I have never used Ai like Claude, ChatGPT or others before, I am not really in a position to give my opinion on them at this time.

Best regards,
Laurent

Edit:

Beyond implementing the chatbot in the GUI, what we also need is the ability to update the *.qet file on the fly without restarting QET after each change.

I prefer the approach of like qet_terminal_tb_generator and other plugins to make a backup and rename the project before using AI changes...

For now, for AI I'm watching from afar to see what happens...

Hallo Jürgen,

very beautiful work, thanks you Jürgen, I could put you PDF here ?: https://download.qelectrotech.org/qet/schemas_pdf/

Other diagram car https://download.qelectrotech.org/qet/s … iagram.pdf
It 's also provided in Qet 's packages.

For element sharing please provide an zip on forum, I don't understand german language on your link https://office-sso.mailbox.org/.
Btw, if you could also share the archive of ypour QET project I can push it to examples provided on all QET packages, if you want off course.

I am always surprised and delighted to see electrical systems in boats, barges and cars being renovated using QET. You are very welcome here, MacGyver fans like me nomicons/wink

Gruss Laurent

scorpio810 wrote:

Updated my KVM/Qemu macOS VM to last DigiKam scripts to build QET Intel X86_64 with last Qt version aka 5.15.15 and last Kf5 version. .

BTW, for Intel macOS 's users  I updated my KVM/Qemu macOS VM to last DigiKam Macports scripts to build last QET Intel X86_64 with last Qt version aka 5.15.18 with no changes for Kf5 version.(4 hours of build)!

Thank you, André, I have pinned your related topic.

If I remember correctly, the ‘thumbnail’ type was added only for the SQL database and for the Boom table in order to count only one element in entire the project with the same label.
Not the physical representation element for nomenclature list, off course is the same element!

acolomb wrote:

That label is the cross-reference back to the "master" device, which can be double-clicked to jump there. It is automatically attached to the "label" dynamic text of the element. So you need to be careful where you place that text.  For the master, it will extend to a list of bound slaves, with one folio reference per slave, also showing the slave's "contact type" property symbolically.

As for contributing the elements, sure you can make a pull request to include it in the standard library, if the quality / consistency is acceptable. However, this pattern of master-slave relationships between the physical and logical symbols is not common among existing library elements.  If you have for example mostly circuit breakers, for which the official library symbol already defines an according element type (master / organ of protection), then it would be kind of useful. But imagine someone not wanting to link it, they could not even give your element a label (as that is not independently possible for slaves). So it would limit the utility of the whole element.

Hallo André,

If you can attach an example of a declassified project, it could help new users and perhaps give old users some ideas.
nomicons/wink

PS: There is no obligation, and I completely understand if you do not wish to disclose your plans or solutions/workarounds.

Hi Vos,

you could send a pull request on https://github.com/qelectrotech/qelectr … nt-contrib
https://github.com/qelectrotech/qelectr … ting_plate directory.


Online contreib collection viewer and download.
https://download.qelectrotech.org/qet/e … index.html

QET silent Windows package:
https://www.manageengine.com/products/d … 0.90).html

Chocolate for Windows It https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/qet

https://wapt.tranquil.it/store/fr/tis-qelectrotech

What is WAPT ?
WAPT is a secure solution for installing, updating, uninstalling software, configurations, and operating systems.

It manages the full software lifecycle for companies and government organizations of any size.

Tranquil IT offers ready-to-use packages to help you quickly deploy software silently, within the scope of your subscription.

Hello Arkadiusz,

I post here what I have already replied to you by email on this subject! nomicons/wink

Le mercredi 30 juillet 2025 12:44:05 heure d’été d’Europe centrale, vous avez
écrit :
> Good Afternoon Mr. Laurent,
>
> I would like to try your software, I know that is very useful and effective.
>  I cannot install QElectrotech on my company machine without IT acceptance.
> That's why I would like to ask you about security certifications  such as
> ISO27001, SOC2 Type2, or Vulnerability assessment report, Pentest report,
> etc. Without any of this, IT will not let me use your software. I know that
> there is a non-exe version, but still ,  I want to be "legal". Could you
> share any documents that will be evidence for IT team that your software is
> safe ? Thank you in advance,
>
>
> Pozdrawiam / Best Regards

..............
............


Hello Arkadiusz,

Nowadays, QET is not only used by many individuals, teachers and students but also by
professional electricians and a lot of many companies all over the world.


QET is also provided on official Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Redhat entreprise  RHEL etc repository.
My package for Windows is cross-compiled with MXE :
https://mxe.cc/
with Digikam script on my Debian
https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam … c0fa56a948
https://github.com/qelectrotech/qelectr … Windows.sh

https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1432

https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopi … 976#p13976

Tip: don't try 0.90 but 0.100-dev!


Best regards,
Laurent

Btw, macOS package was submitted to Apple server:

macOS Apple Silicon arm64, signed and notarized.

Overview
Notarization gives users more confidence that the Developer ID-signed software
you distribute has been checked by Apple for malicious components.
Notarization is not App Review. The Apple notary service is an automated
system that scans your software for malicious content, checks for code-signing
issues, and returns the results to you quickly. If there are no issues, the
notary service generates a ticket for you to staple to your software; the
notary service also publishes that ticket online where Gatekeeper can find it.

When the user first installs or runs your software, the presence of a ticket
(either online or attached to the executable) tells Gatekeeper that Apple
notarized the software. Gatekeeper then places descriptive information in the
initial launch dialog to help the user make an informed choice about whether
to launch the app.





QET est maintenant disponible sur le MDM IDF (ile de france PARIS)
https://iledefrance-unowhy.com/?s=qelectrotech
https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopi … 741#p16741

It works without any problems here.
You could try with other utils ."You are not on Windows."... Also try wget or curl..

wget https://download.qelectrotech.org/qet/builds/AppImage/0.100.0/X86_64/QElectroTech_0.100.0-r8536-x86_64.AppImage

Another workaround :
https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopi … 475#p16475

1) use list contact view and not cross for all Xref .
2) For graphical elements change the property thumbnail to slave and select "other"
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/69154224/175080658-d973a166-4f52-4aba-a7ea-ecdad14da6d0.png

Hi,

don't use QET 0.90 but 0100-dev!
See this topic for other link for master.
https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2264
https://download.qelectrotech.org/qet/forum_img_2/other_option_improve5.png

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By the way, after several research, I downgraded the docutils packages in my Debian Sid, which new docutils packages version was breaking my Python Sphinx documentation needed to compile the Extra Cmake Modules. Like

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sphinx/registry.py", line 544, in load_extension
        raise ExtensionError(
            __('Could not import extension %s') % extname, err
        ) from err
    sphinx.errors.ExtensionError: Could not import extension ecm (exception: No module named 'docutils.....

Thanks Freexian team to report it: https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-co … s-10-2025/



Now I have updated my MXE cross-compilation toolchain to last Qt 5.15.18 Framework and upgrade GCC to version:14.3.0, KF5 libs no changes, for the Windows .exe cross-compilation package.
https://github.com/mxe/mxe/commits/master/

Hello

I draw the walls of the house (on this subject, if anyone knows where to find a library for doors and windows), but when I import a socket from the QET collection, it appears too large in the drawing space.

see: https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopi … 367#p10367

Columns and rows isn't for printer paper but for scaling element view in your diagrams.

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(236 replies, posted in News)

Hi Carl,

this has only been reported here on the forum and on Github issues; there doesn't seem to be any entry in Mantis.
https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopi … 089#p21089

Emil have writted a new documentation for compile it under Windows with Qt6.9 if some one can try?
https://github.com/EmilOsvoll/qelectrot … d_Guide.md

As indicated by plc-user, the master and qt6-cmake branches have diverged significantly. Merging the master branch into the qt6-cmake branch causes many conflicts that must be resolved manually. I tried, but I got confused... my knowledge of GIT is limited.

plc-user wrote:

- I don't know a schedule for the switch to QT6 and am very curious myself to see how the two GitHub branches will come together, given how many changes have been made to both branches in the meantime...

On Debian sid

sudo apt install qt6-tools-dev qt6-svg-dev pkg-config
scorpio810 wrote:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/qelectrotech/qelectrotech-source-mirror.git
cd qelectrotech-source-mirror/
git switch qt6-cmake 

comment line 137 of /sources/machine_info.cpp to compile.

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -G Ninja -DBUILD_WITH_QT6=ON
time ninja -j48
 

Ignored 95 untranslated source text(s)
[318/478] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/qelectrotech.dir/sources/editor/UndoCommand/openelmtcommand.cpp.o
/media/backup6/qelectrotech-source-mirror/sources/editor/UndoCommand/openelmtcommand.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void OpenElmtCommand::redo()’:
/media/backup6/qelectrotech-source-mirror/sources/editor/UndoCommand/openelmtcommand.cpp:66:102: note: ‘#pragma message: @TODO uncommante slot_select when fixed, see itemChange function for each primitive’
   66 | #pragma message("@TODO uncommante slot_select when fixed, see itemChange function for each primitive")
      |                                                                                                      ^
[478/478] Linking CXX executable qelectrotech

real    0m36,019s
user    21m37,065s
sys     1m39,485s



QElectroTech V 0.100.0-dev
Compilation : GCC 15.2.0
Built with Qt 6.9.2 - x86_64 - Date : Sep 28 2025 : 12:58:45

Git Revision : 411fb3c4dc54b6aaea00f034d6c5396de5daa474
Run with Qt 6.9.2 using 48 thread(s)


https://download.qelectrotech.org/qet/forum_img_2/Qt6_test_build.png

https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopi … 127#p22127