Re: How draw electrical drawings?

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:07:21 -0600, me@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Hope this is the right place for this questions:
>
>1. When making drawings that use symbology such as
>electrical schematics for PLC and control circuits.....
>what SIZE should thee symbols be drawn at

Whatever size is convenient for your use.

Protel works on an 0.1" grid - component pins are 0.1" apart (or some
multiple thereof).

>
>2. Should the symbols be in model space and all text
>labels be in pspace? Or everything in mspace?

I suspect you're using AutoCad - electronic CAD programs don't have
these different "spaces"
>
>3. Can one draw the WHOLE circuit in mspace and then
>cut up the diagram to separate sheets using layouts in
>pspace?

In electronic CAD programs, everything is done in one "space" which
represents a single *** when printed. If the circuit or system
won't fit on a single ***, split it up into multiple drawings.

(I use ACad for simple 2D mechanical drawings - don't know which
"space" I work in, but it's the same one I'd use for schematics, if I
had to use ACad for schematics.)
>
>Bottom line.... what proper procedure for such symbolic
>type drawings?

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