electrical drawings

[MDJ]

you really only need autocad LT in our game, as your not really going to design 3d engine blocks, so around £600 mark

They never told me that when they sold it too me while they visited us on our Part p courses tazz haha

 

[tazz]

Possible want you to buy there all dancing top package...lol.....A few other points to remember, all version can saved or converted to work with older software versions, so you just asked the designer to email the drawings in your version....he`s done all the donkey work, cading the building....you just cad in your electrical design on the electrical layer, the re submit it for approval.

 

[ian.settle1]

Go to college for the design course then you can get the student version for free by using your college email address

On adobe's website.

I got 3ds max while I did my 2330

When did Adobe do Autocad it's Autodesk

 

[shanky887614]

When did Adobe do Autocad it's Autodesk

your right lol, my mistake autodesk make it.

 

[Marvo]

i've got visio and it's avery good cad program, if it were not for it using bloody american symbols.

As Fitted drawings are nearly always requested on commercial installs, and Autocad is the standard.....

Visio can save as AutoCAD compliant file formats such as dwg and dxf etc. I also use Visio unless the drawing is sufficiently complex to warrant using AutoCAD. Visio is very quick because it's shapes based.

Tel, you can draw your own items, components and symbols that are compliant with the British Standards and save them on a shapes template for future use.

 

[atm84]

Were As Installed drawings specified? Did you price for them? Tell the client that they will be extra. Have you tried any freelance CAD draughtsman. They should be able to CAD it for you if you over mark a drawing and then get the Architect to send over the drawing in electronic format to your CAD man.

 

[R G]

Visio can save as AutoCAD compliant file formats such as dwg and dxf etc. I also use Visio unless the drawing is sufficiently complex to warrant using AutoCAD. Visio is very quick because it's shapes based.

Tel, you can draw your own items, components and symbols that are compliant with the British Standards and save them on a shapes template for future use.

This is exactly what has been done on this in house set up I have , thats all pre loaded , The company even send over new items as required
via e mail , so if someone has visio then shapes can be exchanged on windows format of course .

 

[ipf]

Go to college for the design course then you can get the student version for free by using your college email address

On adobe's website.

I got 3ds max while I did my 2330

Aye, sure thing. Are they still doing the C&G C Certificate, does anybody know :computer: lol!

 

[telectrix]

Visio can save as AutoCAD compliant file formats such as dwg and dxf etc. I also use Visio unless the drawing is sufficiently complex to warrant using AutoCAD. Visio is very quick because it's shapes based.Tel, you can draw your own items, components and symbols that are compliant with the British Standards and save them on a shapes template for future use.

have to have a look at that, marvo. thanks.

 

[tazz]

Can see the the quick pros of visio...but in the industrial world....we need to forward our submitted drawings in layered Auto cad...this is what our construction companies require......if you can not do this...the professional company get the tender....

 

[Andrewr3]

Now this is useful for me. Autocad I understand is expensive and complicated, Whereas Visio I am OK with. So i could use Visio and save in an Autocad format for my customers who insist on Autocad.

 

[tazz]

Without starting a software rival.....can explain that a tender is usually emailed in autocad format.....and each layer is a dissapline ...so iff all layers are turned on ...it shows everything...electrical , plumbing layout....now this drawing can now be edited by you, in the layer required, and submitted as your proposed, design and quote for this project. If you grasp autocad this will make difference between domestic and industrial installations