Electrical Drawing

I would like to learn about Electrical drawings (control systems), reading and making them. I did some research on google and found the ladder logic chapter in volume IV of the all about circuits book, which was helpful.
A lot of information I have found is about PLC drawings.

Does anyone know of any tutorial or information about electrical drawings (I am familiar with electronic schematics).
Is there any software designed specifically for electrical drawings. I could use to learn with and probably buy.
The electrical drawings I am interested in are particularly for control systems they seem to be completely different from electrnic shchematics I am use to.

Thanks,
cages

Hello,

Perhaps take a look at DIA:
http://dia-installer.de/

It has an electrical library:
http://dia-installer.de/shapes/electric2/index.html.en

Bertus

I gave the dia a whirl and was throughly impressed. You could even import new symbols and make your own. But they have all your basic Logic, and electrical sybol sets already done. For freeware you can't beat it. I think Bertus recommended it to me a couple weeks ago too. Great software and you'll love it.

I will give Dia a go (I tried it a few years ago).
Any suggestions on good sources of information on creating Electrical drawings(control diagrams) and any more suggestion for packages would be usefull.

Regards,
cages

You can get some good info and find lots of links to other things as well, here

http://www.pcbdesign.org/schematic-capture/

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Hello,

A commercial package is cadpro.
http://www.cadpro.com/Electrical_Drawings-c1315-wp6340.htm
It will cost you about $ 100.

Bertus

aaccomer said:

check this : <snip> I learnt here.

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Where did you learnt to spell?

Do you have to pay $85 to learn this software? And where are the tutorials to learn from?

retched - that was a spam link.