I'd like to make schematics of my plumbing and electrical systems. What easy to use, idiot proof, software are folks using. A friend does this in Excel, but I've found this cumbersome. Preferably free or cheap. Thanks, Ted G DeFever 44, Amici

Some versions of MS Office came with Visio, which has numerous templates. That would be one choice if you happen to already have it and not realize it. I guess you could do it with power point but that would be painful. Smartdraw is a $200 product that you can download a trial version. I'd look for an old version of Visio on ebay. On 5/23/2016 6:43 PM, Ted or Sally via Trawlers-and-Trawlering wrote: > I'd like to make schematics of my plumbing and electrical systems. What > easy to use, idiot proof, software are folks using. > > A friend does this in Excel, but I've found this cumbersome. > > Preferably free or cheap. >

I'll echo Frank's sentiments with some qualifications. Visio is quite capable, I've used it to do the electrical and electronics layouts for my boat and clients' boats. The qualification is that the program has a learning curve, and unless you've dabbled with programs that are similar in function to CAD or those type of programs, you may find it frustrating to use. You know what you want the end result to be, but getting the program to do what you want may not be real intuitive. I'm a bit of a geek, so I enjoyed the challenge of learning it, plus I had used it in my business for years. If you do end up with Visio, get back to me, I have many stencils (templates for objects) that work with my old Visio2000 version. Newer versions may read them, but I can't say for sure. Either way, I'm happy to share them, if they don't work, nothing lost except a bit of bandwidth! I'll email you an example of a Visio diagram off list. On 5/23/2016 6:43 PM, Ted or Sally via Trawlers-and-Trawlering wrote: > I'd like to make schematics of my plumbing and electrical systems. What > easy to use, idiot proof, software are folks using. > > A friend does this in Excel, but I've found this cumbersome. > > Preferably free or cheap. > > Thanks, > Ted G > DeFever 44, Amici > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. > > -- ------- Steve Sipe MTOA #3962 Solo 4303 /Maerin/ JAX

Google Sketchup is free and easy to learn. Made by Trimble. Good stuff. Mike Pedersen Northern Spy Powell River, BC On Mon, May 23, 2016, 15:44 Ted or Sally via Trawlers-and-Trawlering < trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> wrote: > I'd like to make schematics of my plumbing and electrical systems. What > easy to use, idiot proof, software are folks using. > > A friend does this in Excel, but I've found this cumbersome. > > Preferably free or cheap. > > Thanks, > Ted G > DeFever 44, Amici > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change > email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. >