Installing the Design Master Electrical RT AutoCAD Add-in for a Single User

This page describes how to install the Design Master Electrical RT Add-in for AutoCAD for a single user.

NOTE: Design Master Electrical RT does not support BricsCAD. If you use BricsCAD, download and install our Electrical for AutoCAD software instead. The commands used by the RT AutoCAD add-in are also used in our Electrical for AutoCAD software.

Download and run the installer from this link:

Design Master Electrical RT AutoCAD Add-in Installer

After the software is installed, AutoCAD needs to be configured. If you have multiple versions of AutoCAD on your computer, this needs to be done for each version of AutoCAD.

To configure AutoCAD:

1. Open the install.dwg file in the Admin folder where the Design Master Electrical RT Add-in for AutoCAD is installed. The default install location is C:\Program Files\Design Master Software\Admin. If you are given a warning that the file is in use or read-only, press the Yes button to open the drawing in read-only.
2. Type appload at the command line.
3. Browse to the Admin folder. The default install location is C:\Program Files\Design Master Software\Admin.
4. Select the elecrt-loadInAutoCAD.vlx file and press the Load button.
5. Press the Close button.
6. Press the Local button. The Network and Network Laptop buttons are used when installing the software for multiple users.
7. You will be asked to configure your installation settings. The default folder locations are provided for you. Press the OK button to finish the configuration.

To install an update to the software, download the installer from above and run it.

You need to have AutoCAD closed when you run the update installer.

None of your existing customization will be overwritten during the update process.

Some Windows configurations that limit install privileges do not work well with our installer. We provide this limited privileges installer to help with those cases.

First, download and run the regular installer from above.

After you have run that installer, download and run the limited privileges installer:

Design Master Electrical RT AutoCAD Add-in Limited Privileges Installer