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Recommendations for a drawing program

Recommendations for a drawing program

Recommendations for a drawing program

(OP)
Hello all,

I'm looking for a simple drawing program.  The application is for simple electrical schematics.  The ideal program would allow me to import scanned in schematics as a "background" and allow me to add to the existing schematic.  

This program will be used by other not-so-computer-savvy employees, so the easier to use, the better.

Thanks in advance,

Mike

RE: Recommendations for a drawing program

Autosketch from Autodesk might be of some use to you.

"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers

RE: Recommendations for a drawing program

I haven't used Visio in some years, but it used to be good for sketches.

If you need more precision, QuickCad is a good low-end CAD system. It's cheap, easy to use, and good enough for many applications.

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RE: Recommendations for a drawing program

(OP)
Thanks for the input.  I found a program called SmartDraw that I think will fit the bill.  And it is free to try for 30 days.  :)

[url]http://www.smartdraw.com/exp/dia/home/[/url]

RE: Recommendations for a drawing program

AutoCAD would work fine for that I'm sure, if you have about $3,500 to spend... If you need something quick and easy you may look into the GIMP which is a raster based program. It would be good enough for simple electrical schematics and it's a free open source program. www.thegimp.org
Inkscape is another free vector based program that may work as well. It's also open source.
There is also an open source cadd software called PythonCAD, but i have not tried it before so I don't know if it would work. I believe it does not run on Windows. http://www.pythoncad.org/

RE: Recommendations for a drawing program

Mike,

Which program did you find best, as I am currently looking for a simple program myself. I want to do simple sketches.

I like to use autocad, but just can not afford the cost.

Thanks
Peter

RE: Recommendations for a drawing program

Maybe that IntelliCAD fills the bill?  They claim a full compatibility with AutoCAD and it sells for $150.

RE: Recommendations for a drawing program

I use visio, especially for sketches.

One thing I really like is that you can draw to scale.

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