Question about CAD software for guitar wirings

[I_build_my_own]

Hi Everybody

What is everyone using to draw/document the schematics of the guitar wiring. Are there any free tools out there that are better suited than PowerPoint. I tried Visio but couldn’t find useable symbols . Any suggestions?

Thanks alot

[Bentley]

Paint. Or paper and a pencil.

[R. Stratenstein]

For quick and dirty, (my only method!) I'll copy/paste the closest thing I can find from **********************, then open it up in Microsoft Paint, and erase components or wiring I don't want, use the line tool and draw in what I want. You can also cut and paste various components from their diagrams.

Not very elegant and sometimes kind of fuzzy, but serves my needs.

I'm sure there are more elegant ways to do it, probably with libraries of stock components scaled, etc. Probably somebody will chime in here with a better way.

[joaopazguitar]

Originally Posted by R. Stratenstein

For quick and dirty, (my only method!) I'll copy/paste the closest thing I can find from **********************, then open it up in Microsoft Paint, and erase components or wiring I don't want, use the line tool and draw in what I want. You can also cut and paste various components from their diagrams.

Not very elegant and sometimes kind of fuzzy, but serves my needs.

I'm sure there are more elegant ways to do it, probably with libraries of stock components scaled, etc. Probably somebody will chime in here with a better way.

you can go with a paint program that allows layering.... here's a freeware, very cool, the one I use.
http://www.getpaint.net/

The thing with layers is that you may add elements to different layers so you can arrange them later in different positions, if needed, overlap, etc... and flatten the final image in the end.

Also great to create layered templates if you're going to use the same elements in future schemes, etc.

hope it helps! :)

[I_build_my_own]

Originally Posted by joaopazguitar

you can go with a paint program that allows layering.... here's a freeware, very cool, the one I use.
http://www.getpaint.net/

The thing with layers is that you may add elements to different layers so you can arrange them later in different positions, if needed, overlap, etc... and flatten the final image in the end.

Also great to create layered templates if you're going to use the same elements in future schemes, etc.

hope it helps! :)

Thanks very much for replying. I'll give it a try!!!