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Old 03-17-2011, 02:11 PM
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group and ungroup are very simple. a symbol is nothing more than a drawing that has been grouped together and then saved as a symbol. on a clean "sheet" draw what ever you want for a symbol. The component must have at least one pin added before the program will let you group it. select everything you want to be in the component and click group as a component and follow the prompts to save it as a component. thats all their is to it.

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Old 03-17-2011, 02:52 PM
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Anyone have experience with a good Mac tool for this? I suspect OmniGraffle would be a good bet, but I've never tried it.
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Old 03-17-2011, 03:49 PM
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....I found it necessary to create many of the devices we need for our schematics since most of the supplied devices and symbols are for interconnecting printed circuit boards.

... I have a file of "custom components" that represent those we use in our aircraft. and would be glad to share it with anyone that can use it.
Chuck,

I started using the program today. I have discovered the same challenge, that is having to design many of the components. If you could, it would be much appreciated if you would post a link to your custom components list.

Thanks,
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Old 03-17-2011, 04:01 PM
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I'm using OmniGraffle for all of my electrical system diagrams and it works quite well. Here's an example of one of the diagrams from my electrical system:

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Old 03-17-2011, 04:35 PM
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Default omnigraffle, wow!

I used Turbocad on the mac, and it worked well enough. I can't believe I overlooked Omnigraffle, which I also have. That looks great.

Then again, on a mac, those circuits just draw themselves.

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Old 03-17-2011, 05:18 PM
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I used Turbocad on the mac, and it worked well enough. I can't believe I overlooked Omnigraffle, which I also have. That looks great.

Then again, on a mac, those circuits just draw themselves.

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They just cost more since you now have to buy your components from Apple

I did not have a Mac when I used Visio. Now that I have converted over...Omnigraffle looks great and I don't have to lose the Visio drawings. That and I think a Wacom (or similar) tablet would make this process much faster
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Old 03-17-2011, 05:48 PM
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Chuck,

I started using the program today. I have discovered the same challenge, that is having to design many of the components. If you could, it would be much appreciated if you would post a link to your custom components list.

Thanks,
I too would appreciate being able to obtain Chuck's ExpressSCH custom components.
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Old 03-17-2011, 05:53 PM
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I've had very good luck with Eagle on my mac. Its mainly used for making PCBs but it has a neat schematic part as well.
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Old 03-17-2011, 06:51 PM
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I used DraftSight on the mac for my stuff. It has full support for Autocad DWG files. Real easy to hack and tinker starting with one of Bob Nuckolls's drawings.
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Old 03-17-2011, 08:31 PM
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For those who would like a copy of my ExpressPCB custom components file please email me directly and I will reply attaching the file. (If there is a method to attach a file to a VAF posting I am unaware of it and I do not maintain a site or server to link to.)

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