Could someone help me identify which CAD program was used to make the below drawing? This particular drawing style appears in many schematics from Japan/Asia - I like the way it looks.
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It looks like a generic drawing or CAD program. Many of my schemalooksimilar ... i use VectorWorks.
dave
dave
When a generic CAD program is used, the look of the drawing depends on the symbol library used. I use DesignCAD when drawing circuits of tube based equipment, and I have constructed a symbol library that exactly mimics the style of British drawings doen by Mullard and others in the 1950's and 1960's. Great readability, looks very professional. As well as designing and building my own designs, I restore professional audio equipment from teh 1940's and 1950's. More often than not, only a very tatty copy of the service manual and user manual is available, and MS-Word, a Photoshop clone, and DesignCAD, I can reproduce those so they look exactly like they did new.
At work I've used TurboCAD, AutoCAD, and others. They can all, with a good symbol libary, produce schematics that excatly copy the style of anything.
When using CAD software like DesignCAD and AutoCAD, and a good symbol library, you can use macros to port your schematic into formats used by printed circuit software, print out parts lists, and more.
Keit
At work I've used TurboCAD, AutoCAD, and others. They can all, with a good symbol libary, produce schematics that excatly copy the style of anything.
When using CAD software like DesignCAD and AutoCAD, and a good symbol library, you can use macros to port your schematic into formats used by printed circuit software, print out parts lists, and more.
Keit
Thanks, it's not for the lack of options (there are so many), I simply want to know exactly which CAD program was used to create those schematics, seems to be a fairly standard program in Asia - and I am pretty sure it isn't AutoCAD, DesignCAD, LTSpice, TI-TINA, etc.
I think this is it!
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Thanks!
Jaz
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Hi!, in these asian sites there are other programs that probably are as cute as BSch3V
I'm wondering about Jw_cad, but I wasn't able to descipher anything in that page.. very strange fonts 😀
I'm wondering about Jw_cad, but I wasn't able to descipher anything in that page.. very strange fonts 😀
Thanks, Jaz.. I will download those libraries tonight and give it a whirl. I did make a dht symbol with some success. It seems to work just fine on win7 and will make an attempt to run it in a linux environment under wine sometime soon. Would be great if it worked there too.
Some of the other tools look interesting. I've used a dos based version of Orcad for about 30yrs, running it under emulation works well, but the subterfuges I have to indulge in to generate pdf and printable files is a bit over the top. This might give me the opportunity to move to something more modern.
Some of the other tools look interesting. I've used a dos based version of Orcad for about 30yrs, running it under emulation works well, but the subterfuges I have to indulge in to generate pdf and printable files is a bit over the top. This might give me the opportunity to move to something more modern.
I could not get JWCad to install on my PC, but I am very happy that BSchV3 works fine on my XP machine (all the menu are in English too) - it does a simple job extremely well, and it's very easy to use, that's all I wanted, and with the symbol library from Radio Shack, we are spared the drugery of making our own symbols.😛 Highly recommended!
I hope you like it as much I do... For what I want to do, I am sticking with XP - it's stable as a rock - could not deal with upgrading to Win 7 or 8 now... Linux?! You are a brave man.😀
I started with PADS back in the day, when we moved away from donut tapes. Ah, those were the days. The kids they have it too easy these days...
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Hi Jaz,
Seems like a pretty decent program, many of the shortcuts I am used to in orcad and windows as well seem to work with this program. I do think I will have to make a title block at some point and add it to a library.
Some fine tuning left to do, at normal sizes for example the pin numbers on the tubes I created do not show..
It is fairly easy to use, already created a schematic using it. Once I make a title block and add the usual warnings I will post it here as an example.
Been using linux for nearly 10yrs, have forgotten most of my scripting and command line stuff as with Ubuntu it usually works fine in the GUI and terminal imle is rarely used except when adding some important features that are not provided for North American users.. lol It's generally quicker than windows, and more stable, although I have not had many stability issues with windows 7..
Seems like a pretty decent program, many of the shortcuts I am used to in orcad and windows as well seem to work with this program. I do think I will have to make a title block at some point and add it to a library.
Some fine tuning left to do, at normal sizes for example the pin numbers on the tubes I created do not show..
It is fairly easy to use, already created a schematic using it. Once I make a title block and add the usual warnings I will post it here as an example.
Been using linux for nearly 10yrs, have forgotten most of my scripting and command line stuff as with Ubuntu it usually works fine in the GUI and terminal imle is rarely used except when adding some important features that are not provided for North American users.. lol It's generally quicker than windows, and more stable, although I have not had many stability issues with windows 7..
Schematic and pcb symbols are a matter of personal choice.
I have seen some terrible ones in pcb packages I have bought.
A good package will allow you to design from new or edit what is there to your own taste.
I have seen some terrible ones in pcb packages I have bought.
A good package will allow you to design from new or edit what is there to your own taste.
As you probably know, MS has borrowed from the BSDs (e.g. TCP/IP stack). Funnily enough so has MacOS. Still, stability is itself not an indicator of correct/desired operation.
Mac OS X did more than borrow from BSD, under the Apple specific top layers is FreeBSD.
dave
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I love linux! Break free of all the restraints corporations put on their software! Set up the computer EXACTLY the way you want! (OpenSuse here.. Ubuntu is for conformists 🙂 (j/k) Really I use opensuse because it ties in w/ windows domains out of the box, and I like KDE for my desktop, which is Suse's default)
Sorry for the off topic.. but any chance of getting someone to try linux is worth it.
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