Neil, Take a look at Tina. I think it will do what you want and the price=20 is not bad. You can find them at this link: www.tina.com Thanks, rich! On 9/25/2015 12:38 PM, Neil wrote: > I'm not sure Fritzing is customer friendly (ie: someone that does not > know electronics, but know how to wire up devices in vehicles). The > biggest thing is that I'm looking for is simplicity like Visio, but with > the ability to add several wires (attach points) to a > device/block/element. Most seem to have only 8 attach points at the 4 > corners and 4 edges. > > The disadvantage with regular drawing programs such as inkscape etc is > that when objects are moved around, then the wires don't follow. All > attached wires will need to be re-routed. For me, I can do this, but > I'm trying to convince my customer to document with this tool to make my > life easier, and he won't unless it's relatively easy. > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > > > On 9/23/2015 3:42 PM, Mike Hord wrote: >> Fritzing? >> >> http://fritzing.org/home/ >> >> We use it for explaining things to our customers in a more friendly way >> than normal >> diagrams. It's (relatively) easy to create custom components in your >> favorite SVG >> editing software (Inkscape is what I use; it's free, too). >> >> Mike >> >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Neil wrote: >> >>> Anyone have a recommendation for a simple, decent wiring-diagramming >>> software package? I'm looking for something that will let me draw >>> rectangles to represent modules and connectors, and have *multiple* >>> wires coming off each of these, each with a different color, and label. >>> Something like this (though I don't need the switch/coil symbols inside >>> the rectangles)... >>> >>> http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/tech/engine/images/91-93_5.0_EEC_Wiri= ng_Diagram.gif >>> >>> Typical Visio (at least from what I remember from the last time I used >>> it some years ago) will only do a few wires per rectangle, and Eagle >>> won't let me do multiple colors etc. Plus I'd prefer it to be simple, >>> because I want to create a system interconnection diagram which I can >>> then send to a customer and he can add some other parts of the system. >>> >>> --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .