[TowerTalk] Documenting cabling -- summary

[Al Williams]

Perhaps it goes without saying, three things to consider:

  1.  The drawing program should be able to drag objects and lines without
requiring cut, redraw, and pasting.

   2.  The drawing program should be able to print out large schematics with
automatic contiguos sectioning on 8 1/2 x 11 paper (assuming that you dont
have a larger printer).
Better yet would be capability for operator to specify where to section.

    3. Larger print capability probably desirable--either take data to place
with larger printers or even back to hand drawing!

k7puc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 6:00 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Documenting cabling -- summary


>
> Most people who responded to my query recommended Visio 2000 (Microsoft)
> for drawing all types of schematics, although several said they didn't
know
> what it cost, because it was available at work.  I checked, and only Visio
> Technical edition has the necessary electrical engineering symbols, and it
> retails for $339.  I'm hunting on eBay for an earlier version, and have
> found some in the low $20 range... we'll see.
>
> One person recommended SmartDraw (www.smart.draw.com), which is
> downloadable for $49.95, or for 30 days free for evaluation.  A very
> extensive set of IEEE electrical symbols is available for another $49.95,
> and quite a few are included in the base product.  I'm finding, though,
> that many of the symbols found in QST schematics, for example, are not
> available ready made.  I'm going to try SmartDraw and see how daunting the
> learning curve truly is.
>
> One person each recommended Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher and
> Microsoft Excel, while one added MasterClip clip art as a good source for
> vector clip art.  Samples of work done in these all looked good.
>
> A couple suggested pencil and paper.  I agree there's no substitute for a
> 3-ring notebook that you can carry out to the tower, but my problem is
that
> when I draw a schematic from scratch the resulting drawing tends to be
> pretty ugly.  I lack the patience to redraw such schematics, so I need a
> way to revise till they look halfway decent before committing them to
paper
> for the notebook.
>
> Thanks to everyone.
>
> 73, Pete Smith N4ZR
>
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