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Electrical Design Software

richard64
Good afternoon all.

I need some advice regarding design software.

The manual calc are normally pretty easy to do, but I'm getting some clients that want better print outs.

I've looked at Amtech, which seems to be the market leader, but expensive.

An advert popped up on here for a software called ElectricalOM, produced by Modecsoft, and it looks OK.

Has anyone on here used it?

Does anyone have any other recommendations?

Thank you,

Richard.

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    richard64:

    Good afternoon all.

    I need some advice regarding design software.

    The manual calc are normally pretty easy to do, but I'm getting some clients that want better print outs.

    I've looked at Amtech, which seems to be the market leader, but bloody expensive.

    An advert popped up on here for a software called ElectricalOM, produced by Modecsoft, and it looks OK.

    Has anyone on here used it?

    Does anyone have any other recommendations?

    Thank you,

    Richard.


     




    It depends on what level you require, for a lot of electricians it is difficult to justify the cost of a grand or more and then continual annual or bi-annual updates as all they want is a quick technical drawing for domestic and small works installations for customers, there is one that  a lot of electricians use for quick and dirty stuff and that is DesignSpark Electrical by RS totally free and under constant development by those clever guys at RS and the community, I have not used it as my discipline is Solidworks and Inventor so I am a bit of a CAD ninja, I have used their DesignSpark PCB for knocking up a couple of ESP's and BOB's (breakout boards). Shop around a bit and consider what you require and what you require it for.

    Rob

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    richard64:

    Good afternoon all.

    I need some advice regarding design software.

    The manual calc are normally pretty easy to do, but I'm getting some clients that want better print outs.

    I've looked at Amtech, which seems to be the market leader, but bloody expensive.

    An advert popped up on here for a software called ElectricalOM, produced by Modecsoft, and it looks OK.

    Has anyone on here used it?

    Does anyone have any other recommendations?

    Thank you,

    Richard.


     




    It depends on what level you require, for a lot of electricians it is difficult to justify the cost of a grand or more and then continual annual or bi-annual updates as all they want is a quick technical drawing for domestic and small works installations for customers, there is one that  a lot of electricians use for quick and dirty stuff and that is DesignSpark Electrical by RS totally free and under constant development by those clever guys at RS and the community, I have not used it as my discipline is Solidworks and Inventor so I am a bit of a CAD ninja, I have used their DesignSpark PCB for knocking up a couple of ESP's and BOB's (breakout boards). Shop around a bit and consider what you require and what you require it for.

    Rob

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