[emt.micah]

So some of you guys have posted up really professional looking diagrams of your wiring set-ups. How the he!! did you draw them?

Sure I can use crayons and construction paper like anyone else, but I want to keep a nice neat diagram in my rig and in my maintenance files at the house.

Any ideas?

Are there special programs? PowerPoint icon sets?

 

[Gotlime?]

Is there a hyphen in "anal retentive"? :lol:

 

[emt.micah]

I don't know. Is there one in "smart ass"?


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[Uncle Sams Misguided Child]

Just draw it out. That way you know what you are doing.

 

[Gotlime?]

I don't know. Is there one in "smart ass"?


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There is not.

 

[Goodysgotacuda]

that'd be pretty easy to do in photoshop or even "Paint"

 

[ArticRubi]

Paint is probably your best route in terms of ease of use. If you can get yourself a .edu email address you can pick up a 3 year free license for AutoCAD. CAD is great since they have a bunch of objects in the library you can just insert into the line diagram, bit of a learning curve though.

 

[emt.micah]

I'll look into the AutoCad license. My wife is an educator.

Thanks guys.

 

[otrattw]

Take a look at AutoSketch.

 

[Panamon Creel]

If you already have MS Office then you can assemble symbols yourself via Autoshape/Draw function by grouping lines/shapes to the symbols you need then copy paste them from those template shapes. Easier if you have MS Visio installed as well.

 

[jeeperjkj]

I don't know. Is there one in "smart ass"?


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Is there a hyphen in "anal retentive"? :lol:

There is not.

There's no place like home.

I fuckin' LOVE this place!

 

[emt.micah]

If you already have MS Office then you can assemble symbols yourself via Autoshape/Draw function by grouping lines/shapes to the symbols you need then copy paste them from those template shapes. Easier if you have MS Visio installed as well.

I think this is the ticket. Pretty sure i have, or can get, Visio on my work puter.

Thanks guys,
Micah

 

[emt.micah]

So I started seaching Visio's capabilities, and found it can do this right out of the box. Exactly what I want. :bounce:

 

[Gotlime?]

I think what you're doing is great emt. I wish I had the time/desire to do that.

All my accessories, except my winch go to my spod. I like to keep it simple.

 

[emt.micah]

A little update on this.

I downloaded a demo copy of SmartDraw. It has icons for automotive electrical systems, radio systems and a lot more. Even has Bosch relays.

I only have 7 days on the demo, and the software costs over $100, so I need to get on it.

I'll post up what I come up with.

Micah

 

[Uncle Sams Misguided Child]

I think what you're doing is great emt. I wish I had the time/desire to do that.

All my accessories, except my winch go to my spod. I like to keep it simple.

Thats called lazy.

 

[Gotlime?]

Thats called lazy.

You say tomato, I say potato. My shit works. That's all i care about.

 

[emt.micah]

Still working this.

Sonfar the best bet is getting pics or drawings of the piecesnof the system, and outing them into a PowerPoint slide.

I've actually made my own representation of conturra switches.

I'll post up in a few days.

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[11jeeperdrummer]

ht tp://dia-installer.de/

This is a free flowchart design software. Its like visio but free. Great resource if you have complex circuits, but anything on the Jeep shouldn't be that complex. Worth checking out.

 

[emt.micah]

I downloaded this and took a look. Cool, but I think this and Visio probably are overkill.

Right now I'm using the Drawing app that comes with Open Office. It's simple to use with an easy to learn UI. And best of all FREE!

I'll post up some stuff I did with it later.

Micah