symbols? (and a joke)

I use Microsoft Paint for simple electronic schematics. Some of the symbols came from the internet but it's not too difficult to create your own.

If you use a high zoom level - View/Zoom/Custom - you can easily make some quite intricate symbols which look really good at normal magnification.

Simply use copy and paste to generate multiple copies of the symbols and draw the lines between them.

You mean you want to look at some, or you want to download a set for a particular drawing application?

The best-known diagramming program is Microsoft Visio which comes with lots of symbol in templates. If you don't want to pay for Visio then take a look at an open-source program called Dia. It is available in Linux and Windows.

Yes, I use Dia and have found it's quite quick to learn well enough to use for circuit diagrams and such.

--

I'll draw the plans on bits of graph paper and add the details, all by hand

--

I might have a go at that if it all gets too messy, trying to get 3D out of

--

Or there's OmniGraffle. A damn sight easier to use than Visio, which is one of the shittier Windows programs from a usability POV.

Take care! On this page,

The 'Slow Operating Relay - Delay On' re-appears on

The Rectifier and Inverter symbols on this page:

It might have been helpful if you'd said you wanted a 3D solution in the first place ...

triangle for a socket outlet square for a switch circle for a light fitting

JGH

that's a kind of a joke

it'll be 2D

my plan is more of a thumbnail sketch/aide memoire for his costing

I plan to do all the chase ork myself, after I've consulted the electrician

- I'll prolly have to give him a 'consultation fee' as he accompanies me round the rooms with an aerosol that will be used to mark out sockets, cable runs etc.

--

Mac OSX / iOS only though I thought?