Electrical Design Software

[JVMElectrical]

Hi guys,

got a big(ish) industrial job installing lighting and we have had a lighting spec and plans of the building but need to come up with a electrical design for the lads on site for methods of installaion and position of fittings any ideas on software to do this?

Thanks Jamie

 

[tazz]

Autocad is the main software used, you will need 2 layouts, Low power & Lighting plus power drawing

 

[Guest125]

Autocad is the main software used, you will need 2 layouts, Low power & Lighting plus power drawing

And about £4000 to purchase the software.

 

[tazz]

£4k...?.....No Auto Cad 2015 LT is approx £800, and will allow companies to email you construction drawings when tendering. And submit final drawings when completed.

 

[Guest125]

£4k...?.....No Auto Cad 2015 LT is approx £800, and will allow companies to email you construction drawings when tendering. And submit final drawings when completed.

Really? So can you do a non-intrusive survey with rough measurements and produce drawings for that price?

 

[tazz]

Autocad Lt is the standard 2d drawing layout for building etc, £4k autocad 3d is mechanical drawing for machine parts etc....not needed really in building design.

 

[Farmelectrics]

can you not design it youself

 

[Knobhead]

can you not design it youself

What do you think Autocad is for? It doesn’t design it for you. If the OP does much in the way of commercial work I can’t see how he can escape using it.

 

[telectrix]

What do you think Autocad is for? It doesn’t design it for you. If the OP does much in the way of commercial work I can’t see how he can escape using it.

i know, tony. i blame the government. there's so much crap about how you'll die a horrible death on smoke packets, there's nowhere left to do a decent design.

 

[Guest125]

Tazz - can you post a link to that software please? Also is it easy to use or would you recommend a course?

 

[tazz]

Takes a long time to get use to it, very much recommend a course
Buy Autodesk AutoCAD LT 2015 (057G1-G25111-1001) :: eCostSoftware.com - UK Software Supplier
or just search for better price,

 

[Guest125]

Takes a long time to get use to it, very much recommend a course
Buy Autodesk AutoCAD LT 2015 (057G1-G25111-1001) :: eCostSoftware.com - UK Software Supplier
or just search for better price,

Thank you.

 

[ImpededLoop]

Unless you're using it every day or just for small projects, it's cheaper to pay someone to do the CAD for you.

 

[stevey1983]

Or just use librecad its free open source software just as good as autocad.

 

[shanky887614]

the reason its so expensive is the cost keeps going up because more and more people pirate it.

autocad software is good stuff but a lot of people struggle with it.

there are many different versions of it (i mainly used 3ds max though rather than autocad)