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Electrical drawings

I would like to quickly create some electrical drawings similar to the following:
http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...alLayout_0.pdf
http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...icalLayout.pdf

I would like to know what program was used to create these and how they went about getting the top down views of the various parts?

I have read threads about doing this with Inventor Pro. But I want to start with some thing simple which allows we to wire to a recognisable part and directly to the terminal/pin/port. And I would also like to use it to start working out where we will run our looms.

Preferably I am after a tool which will be readily available to the students.

Once this is done, I want to more to a CAD package (the students are using SolidWorks) to look at the layout from a 3D perspective.

Any help will be appreciated.
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Re: Electrical drawings

Matt,
Any CAD program should be able to do this. Several sites have cad models of the FRC parts. AutoCad, Inventor, Solidworks or any other program that can import DWG or DXF ought to be able to make the drawings. The linked drawings are in the PDF format and that is simply accomplished with Adobe products converting the CAD file.
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Re: Electrical drawings

We mentor AutoCad Electrical on our team. You can download that from Autodesk, just like you download Inventor. If you would like to see a sample of our drawing set, please download the DWG files here:

http://www.frcsoft.com/forums/index....ds&showfile=46

Or you can download the PDF version here:
http://www.frcsoft.com/forums/index....ds&showfile=47
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