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    Electrical symbols for LO?

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      tim
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      Ack! I loaded that model. <b>Horrible</b>! The circles are made up of many arrow headed lines. With jagged edges. And take a look at 'component 24' on the bottom row just left of the earthing symbol. Good grief. Or 'component 8' top row third from left.

      Wow. Guess I'll draw my own directly in LO and see how that goes.

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        tim
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        @bjanzen said:

        Great suggestions, I'll look into it.

        I made a related point in the SU wishlist forum; if we could find textures in an analogue of the 3DW it would be a helpful way to gather a lot of stuff together. Adding a decen search to the materials browser would make it easy to use. Assuming, of course, that it doesn't result in the memory explosion problem that the component browser does.... πŸ˜‰

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        • Dave RD
          Dave R
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          Sorry Tim.

          I didn't download the file. I just looked at the thumbnail.

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          • Dave RD
            Dave R
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            Tim, since I steered you wrong with that link, I'll see if I can make it right. I'm waiting for a return e-mail from my brother. He might come up with something as a fix.

            Dave

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              tim
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              @dave r said:

              Tim, since I steered you wrong with that link, I'll see if I can make it right. I'm waiting for a return e-mail from my brother. He might come up with something as a fix.

              No guilt on your part Dave. It all looked fine in the snapshot.

              I think it might actually be better drawn as LO graphics anyway since that includes rather better circles and line control.

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              • Dave RD
                Dave R
                last edited by

                Thank you.

                Yes, you're probably correct about the appearance being better in LO.

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                  bjanzen
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                  I made one, also, and my only suggestion is to look at the ones we have for architecture, and try to size in the same manner. Make paper 5" x 5", and make the symbols about 1/4", so folks wont have to resize them. I'm asking if I can share mine without getting into trouble.

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                    tim
                    last edited by

                    Electrical Plan Symbols.layout
                    OK, here's a set derived from that webpage. I'm sure there are more that might be added at some point.

                    Open the LO file and save as scrapbook to add it to your system.

                    Problem - the text in the various symbols doesn't scale as you scale the damn symbols. Hunh? Any ideas?

                    [edit - replace file with one that has 1/2" and 1/4" diameter symbols per Barry's suggestion below]
                    [edit-edit - replace the damn file again with one that has more reasonable font sizes]

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                      tim
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                      Here's another version of electrical symbols for LO without the pointless 1/2" sized version and with a legend table.
                      Electrical Plan Symbols.layout

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                        mavie
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                        Hey B,
                        Yes, please, by all means we would like to see what you've got!
                        Thanks,
                        m.

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                          bobpineo
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                          Thank you for sharing your Electrical Key Tim,
                          Deadline looming, and replicating this would have taken some time!
                          thanks again.
                          Bob Pineo

                          Bob Pineo, Design Develop LLC http://www.designdevelop.org.

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                            Klog
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                            Tim ... Thanks for sharing the electrical symbols. It is a problem I have been dealing with slowly. 😍 Klog

                            Klog http://www.tetontimberframe.com

                            Win 7 Pro Dell Precision M4500 4Gig 4 threads @ 2.9 GB/S
                            Skp 7 Pro & 8

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                              Krisidious
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                              I have a bunch of electrical symbols I made in layout.
                              Electrical Symbols Base.layout

                              By: Kristoff Rand
                              Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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