PC program for plans [RE-wrenches]

[William Miller]

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Kelly:

For schematics we use Visio.  I prefer the older version, 4.1T.  The T is 
for technical which includes some important feature sets.  You should be 
able to purchase this on e-bay. I have some stencils on my web site and I 
can provide more if anyone would like.

For any dimensioned drawings, I use Microstation.   This is the second most 
popular after AtuoCAD.  I recommend highly you get a 3D program and begin 
with 2D projects.  If you are attending any institutes of learning, you may 
be eligible for significant discounts.

The learning curve for Visio is pretty shallow. For any 3D CAD package it 
can be steep.  Buy one or two third party books and be prepared to spend 
some time.  After three or four years, I have recouped the learning time 
one hundred fold.

William Miller




At 09:39 AM 1/19/2006, Kelly Larson wrote:
>Dear wrenches,
>
>I just got my contractor's license and am starting to draw up more 
>plans.  I wonder what PC programs any of you use to make electrical 
>drawings.  Do any of them have short-cuts to help in where things, 
>(receptacles, etc),  need to be?  Any have provisions for equipment found 
>in RE systems?
>
>Thank you in advance for any help!
>
>Happy day,
>Kelly

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