What software to use to make a detailed electrical plan?

[Kolidex]

Hello, I am building my own house, and doing the electrical work too, but before I seal the walls and forget what my wiring looked like I want to make a wiring plan, but a detailed one so that in a few years time anyone living here can open them and know exactly where the wires are in each wall, how high from the ground they are and all that. I cannot find a software that allows you to do that, most of them have simplified wiring, and aren't really that useful. Any tips?

 

[Spoon]

Welcome to the forum mate.
If you are building your own house then I presume someone has drawn the house up on a package?
What are they using?
Can they send you a PDF or dwg file of the house that you can use?
Have you had a look at Visio for a basic package?

 

[Phil L]

We use AutoCAD for our drawings,

 

[Spoon]

Have a look at this thread. See if it helps.

Floor plan software

Hello, I'm looking for floor plan software that would allow me to show cable routings and accessories. Mostly domestic work. It's something that I would like to produce as part of an installation report, partly to help me if I'm ever back, partly to help anyone else coming in behind me, and...

www.electriciansforums.net

 

[James]

its not quite what you are asking for but,
take pictures, lots of pictures.
at every stage of the build.

keep them in a file for referring to in the future.

its not always a wire you are wanting to avoid, it can be a piece of timber that you want to screw into etc.

 

[Kolidex]

Welcome to the forum mate.
If you are building your own house then I presume someone has drawn the house up on a package?
What are they using?
Can they send you a PDF or dwg file of the house that you can use?
Have you had a look at Visio for a basic package?

Visio seems like it is what I am looking for, doesn't seem too complicated, I tried AutoCAD, but I cannot master it fast enough right now.
And no, I don't have any electronic drawings, the house was designed many years ago and all of the drawings are on paper.

 

[telectrix]

copy the drawings and then use coloured sharpies to draw the wiring in.

 

[plugsandsparks]

Many of the wires will be in "safe zones" which hopefully will dramatically reduce the need to copy onto a drawing. You can always remove a fitting to see if the cables go north or south, east or west if you forget in the future.

 

[David Prosser]

Many of the wires will be in "safe zones" which hopefully will dramatically reduce the need to copy onto a drawing. You can always remove a fitting to see if the cables go north or south, east or west if you forget in the future.

Given Mr Putin's expansionist plans around the Ukraine I'm not sure any of the wiring in Latvia will be in a "safe zone" !

 

[Mike Johnson]

Visio are offering a 30day free trial at the moment with the added option of an electrical diagram software, its very easy to use as its drag and drop.

 

[Deein]

Visio are offering a 30day free trial at the moment with the added option of an electrical diagram software, its very easy to use as its drag and drop.

you got a link mate?
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We use AutoCAD for our drawings,

where do you get your symbols?
any good links?

 

[Mike Johnson]

you got a link mate?

Nope do a search the same as I would to find it.

 

[suribor]

I was using uplan for my home electrical plan and it was quite helpful, since it generates the wiring plan and you get a documentation of it. app.uplan.io