{"id":32666,"date":"2017-06-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=32666"},"modified":"2017-07-24T17:57:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T21:57:23","slug":"brewing-electricity-solidworks-brewery-lautering-sparging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2017\/06\/brewing-electricity-solidworks-brewery-lautering-sparging.html","title":{"rendered":"Brewing with Electricity: The SOLIDWORKS Brewery Part 4: Lautering and Sparging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up to this point, our grains have been soaking in water that has been set to the perfect temperature in order for us to extract as much sugar from the grain as possible. With the slim chance that we left some sugar in with the grain, we need to take a few additional steps &#8211; which are known as lautering and sparging.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/swe_brew2.png\" width=\"372\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In large scale operations that you might see at one of the many breweries around North America, mashing, lautering, and sparging are typically performed in separate tanks. But due to the fact that this equipment is for personal use (and has been set up in Earl\u2019s living room), we perform these steps in the same kettle. It\u2019s all about efficiency. This same concept applies when designing our schematics.<\/p>\n<p>One particular feature of SOLIDWORKS Electrical can help improve our efficiency AND our effectiveness during the design process. Project Macros is that feature and it can be extremely powerful. It\u2019s kind of like the old copy-paste option, but way smarter and way faster. We can take a symbol with associated part information and save it off for future use within our current project or in any other project we so choose. We can also copy multiple symbols and all the wires connecting those symbols. To make it even better, we can copy entire sheets or multiple sheets and create a macro out of them as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/swe_brew.png\" width=\"720\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0I mentioned already, (and as you can probably tell) Project Macros is my favorite feature in the software.\u00a0 We can even take our macros to the next level by incorporating them with the Excel Automation tool as well as the PLC configuration tool \u2013 both of which can help us make our designs even faster.<\/p>\n<p>So be sure to check out Episode 4 in our \u201cBrewing with Electricity\u201d mini-series where we conduct the lauter and sparge phase to increase the sugar in our wort and discuss the various methods of symbol creation within SOLIDWORKS Electrical.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CsCTHMFrEws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you are still looking for more great information on SOLIDWORKS Electrical including topics such as \u201cUnderstanding Project Macros,\u201d check out our videos on these more detailed topics at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.solidworks.com\/search?q=electric%20brewery&amp;src=keyword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my.solidworks.com<\/a> \u2013 simply search for Electric Brewery.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a fan of twitter, you can follow me <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SWECAD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SWECAD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/electrical_homebrewing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32280 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SW_22_Minute_Webinar_Homebrewing_961X250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SW_22_Minute_Webinar_Homebrewing_961X250.jpg 961w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SW_22_Minute_Webinar_Homebrewing_961X250-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SW_22_Minute_Webinar_Homebrewing_961X250-768x200.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SW_22_Minute_Webinar_Homebrewing_961X250-615x160.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/SW_22_Minute_Webinar_Homebrewing_961X250-728x189.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The electrical brew team is saving time lautering and sparging brewing process. Read the post to learn how you too can save time on the electrical design process.<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2017\/06\/brewing-electricity-solidworks-brewery-lautering-sparging.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":275,"featured_media":32665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[2388,2387,2398,2426,2079],"class_list":["post-32666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks-electrical","tag-beer","tag-brewing","tag-brewing-with-electricity","tag-solidworks-brewery","tag-solidworks-electrical"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}