Thank you.That green strip shown in post #19 is typical of what I was thinking of. Those come in a variety of forms, including ones just made for connecting wires.
Thank you for the image.Here's an example where the male contact is slotted and the female is solid. That allows the male to be a tiny bit bigger or slightly flared and be compressed for good electrical contact.
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That looks like a good strategy yes, keep all the information in the BOM. I will definitely do that. Thank you.In several hundred electrical circuit drawings over the years I have used only two connector symbols, either an -> # for a male connector pin, or a -< # for a female connector pin. All of the connector details are in the BOM. The wire size and color and wire number are along the line representing the connecting wire.The important details are the pin designations for each and of the cable. Often I also provided a drawing showing the pin designations, always noting if it was the wire side or the pins-side view of the connector. That reduced assembly errors and the cost of rework a whole lot.
For this project, I will have to use KiCad. Once I start doing that diagram I will post it here to obtain some feedback. Thank you.Once you decide, Eagle, KiCad, whatever, we can discuss connector symbols in more detail. Eagle has several "supply" symbols like the previous poster uses: View attachment 221369
While useful for some purposes, those single contacts are no different than naming your nets and are not associated with a package or device. If designing a PCB, you probably need a package or device. Package/Device symbols are found in the "connector" libraries. They have one big advantage: They keep the numbering and connection order in order. That can be a big help if you are mirroring a thing to fit on the bottom or top of a board. Also for ERC (electronic rules check) (i.e., is everything connected like you want it to be), it is nice to use a 14-pin symbol and its associated package when that is the connector you will be using. Etc.