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[Amps] Schematic drawing software?

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Subject: [Amps] Schematic drawing software?
From: dick.green at valley.net (Dick Green)
Date: Sun Jul 6 09:03:58 2003
Floyd,

True. If I have to reposition the part far enough away that the wires might
cross, I use the "cut" tool (the little lightning bolt) to disconnect the
part and/or remove some of the wires. This works pretty well.

73, Dick WC1M

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Floyd Sense [mailto:sentek@sprintmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 8:02 AM
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Schematic drawing software?
> 
> 
> Thanks to all who replied to my query regarding software for 
> drawing schematics.  Most of the packages mentioned are 
> targeted to designing digital circuits, and the eventual 
> production of printed circuit board designs and boards.  Thus 
> far, DesignWorks Lite looks like a good bet, as it has a 
> pretty good selection of symbols for good old "analog" 
> devices like inductors, capacitors, relay points, etc.  There 
> are no tube symbols, but I was able to create one very 
> quickly using their component editor.  If you try to use this 
> package to draw something like an amplifier schematic, make 
> sure to get all the components located where you want them 
> the first time around.  Moving components after all the 
> "wires" are connected can result in automatic generation of 
> connection points and wires and a resulting mess of 
> meaningless signal paths.
> 
> K8AC
> 
> 
> 

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