What CAD program for wiring are you using?

[frijoli]

I have autocad and solidworks at my disposal, but neither work well for schematics and wiring.

Clay

[cnckeith]

Clay,
Hello. We use DraftSight
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/d ... -download/

[frijoli]

Clay,
Hello. We use DraftSight
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/d ... -download/

Thanks Keith.
Do you use any plug ins? I have draftsight as well and it seems very cumbersome too.
Keeping in mind my background is in mechanical engineering. I do electrical drawings only when necessary.

Clay

[DICKEYBIRD]

I'm with you Clay! If their CAD guy does those beautiful schematics with a straight-up CAD program, he's a miracle worker!

[cnckeith]

we don't use any plug ins.
i suggests to start with the .dwg version of the Acorn schematics and you can use the existing elements to create your own custom schematic.
that way you will not be starting from scratch.

[frijoli]

we don't use any plug ins.
i suggests to start with the .dwg version of the Acorn schematics and you can use the existing elements to create your own custom schematic.
that way you will not be starting from scratch.

Thanks Keith. That's the way I am doing. I have all the components drawn / copied in, but connecting the wires with the bumps for jumping over other wires is a pita. That's why I asked. I am sure there is some method to this, but I can't find a way.
If you guy's are drawing each wire I commend you. I don't have the time nor patience. Lol

Clay

[cnckeith]

time for pencil and paper?:))

[martyscncgarage]

we don't use any plug ins.
i suggests to start with the .dwg version of the Acorn schematics and you can use the existing elements to create your own custom schematic.
that way you will not be starting from scratch.

Thanks Keith. That's the way I am doing. I have all the components drawn / copied in, but connecting the wires with the bumps for jumping over other wires is a pita. That's why I asked. I am sure there is some method to this, but I can't find a way.
If you guy's are drawing each wire I commend you. I don't have the time nor patience. Lol

Clay

Its been awhile but Microsoft Visio did a fair job of doing schematics. In fact you could import a photo of the part and draw the wiring in.
I have it....but haven't used it in several years.....
Marty

[frijoli]

we don't use any plug ins.
i suggests to start with the .dwg version of the Acorn schematics and you can use the existing elements to create your own custom schematic.
that way you will not be starting from scratch.

Thanks Keith. That's the way I am doing. I have all the components drawn / copied in, but connecting the wires with the bumps for jumping over other wires is a pita. That's why I asked. I am sure there is some method to this, but I can't find a way.
If you guy's are drawing each wire I commend you. I don't have the time nor patience. Lol

Clay

Its been awhile but Microsoft Visio did a fair job of doing schematics. In fact you could import a photo of the part and draw the wiring in.
I have it....but haven't used it in several years.....
Marty

Thanks Marty, I played with visio yesterday and connecting the wires is definitely much easier. It automatically jumps over when crossing wires and you just connect point to point. It draws the wires in right angles.
However the import dxf/dwg is sketchy at best. The text imports very large or very small, or very wide.
importing pictures works but doesn't look professional. I think if I can get the dxf import to work cleanly, visio is the way to go.
Currently I'm using AutoCad. I will play with visio again this weekend.

Clay

[martyscncgarage]

It might be better to import the .jpg image of Acorn and start from scratch. Let us know how you make out. You might kick me behind into relearning Visio.

Marty