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Aircraft wiring diagram software
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I used
pcb123 express. It is free and meant to do circuit board layouts but you can make symbols yourself and it works fine.
http://www.pcb123.com/
Hope this helps
Paul
pcb123 express. It is free and meant to do circuit board layouts but you can make symbols yourself and it works fine.
http://www.pcb123.com/
Hope this helps
Paul
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Express SCH
This has come up before. The free download program called Express SCH is what I used for doing drawings for a full aircraft wiring system. It was easy to use. It is also for PCB layout design but can make some decent wiring diagrams with custom symbols as well. http://www.expresspcb.com/ExpressPCBHtm/Free_schematic_software.htm
Have fun.
Phil
This has come up before. The free download program called Express SCH is what I used for doing drawings for a full aircraft wiring system. It was easy to use. It is also for PCB layout design but can make some decent wiring diagrams with custom symbols as well. http://www.expresspcb.com/ExpressPCBHtm/Free_schematic_software.htm
Have fun.
Phil
RVG8tor
Well Known Member
TurboCad
I found a free version of it on line, Google. It works nice for electrical drawings and also layout instrument panel and switches. I used it to design my labels for my panel and circuit breaker panel. You can find samples of all of the Z-diagrams used in the Aeroelectric books.
Cheers
I found a free version of it on line, Google. It works nice for electrical drawings and also layout instrument panel and switches. I used it to design my labels for my panel and circuit breaker panel. You can find samples of all of the Z-diagrams used in the Aeroelectric books.
Cheers
Harold Lanfear
Well Known Member
I used Microsoft "Word"
Word has a 'drawing' tool that can make line, circles, squares, etc. For major drawings, like Bob Nuckells', I copied them from pdf drawings using the photo copy tool (in the free Adobe reader), then used boxes of white to cover what I didn't want and added the lines I needed.
Its cheap and I didn't have to learn anything new. It's relative fast unless I did a complex drawing from scratch. Even then I could cut and paste parts of other pdf drawings. When done, I 'grouped' the drawing so it didn't shift.
It's another option, H
Word has a 'drawing' tool that can make line, circles, squares, etc. For major drawings, like Bob Nuckells', I copied them from pdf drawings using the photo copy tool (in the free Adobe reader), then used boxes of white to cover what I didn't want and added the lines I needed.
Its cheap and I didn't have to learn anything new. It's relative fast unless I did a complex drawing from scratch. Even then I could cut and paste parts of other pdf drawings. When done, I 'grouped' the drawing so it didn't shift.
It's another option, H
az_gila
Well Known Member
I like TurboCAD...
...too, but AeroElectric Bob's symbols didn't translate well for me and lost their grid references.
I made a set of suitable symbols referenced to a 0.20 inch grid and these are still available...
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showpost.php?p=325602&postcount=8
Send direct email to gilalex (at) q.com
Sample view of just one page here...
http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu166/az_gila/symbols-1.jpg
...too, but AeroElectric Bob's symbols didn't translate well for me and lost their grid references.
I made a set of suitable symbols referenced to a 0.20 inch grid and these are still available...
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showpost.php?p=325602&postcount=8
Send direct email to gilalex (at) q.com
Sample view of just one page here...
http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu166/az_gila/symbols-1.jpg
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