System drawing/mapping

[Byrogie]

What program/application do you guys use for making nice looking drawings of system components and wiring connections? Basically rectangles that can be sized, colored lines and text. Something that can be made into PDF.
I have a mac and have been playing with PAGES, but pretty cumbersome for my age and abilities.

Thanks

 

[GMB]

I use photoshop.

 

[HRTKD]

I use diagrams.net. It takes a little getting use to, but it's free.

 

[Byrogie]

Great thanks

 

[JoeHam]

I use a napkin and a crayon but others here have recommended draw.io

 

[HRTKD]

I use a napkin and a crayon but others here have recommended draw.io

That explains a lot.

I use a whiteboard to really figure complex stuff out. Draw.io and diagrams.net are the same thing. I use a tool like that when my crazy ideas need to be presented to someone else. As with many things, when I write it down, I often solve my problem myself. The exercise of writing/drawing stirs something in my brain that makes it easier for me to find solutions.

 

[Jim Burrow]

I use excel to do all the math and Snagit that puts my images on the excel pages.
Here's an example

 

[SomebodyInGNV]

I use a napkin and a crayon but others here have recommended draw.io

Draw.io is an alias for diagrams.net

 

[HaldorEE]

I use Visio. There is a version that includes electronics symbols, but honestly you can make your own by grouping privative elements together.

Apparently there is a resale market for Visio. Visio is very expensive from Microsoft ($500+).

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[MadMax03]

ms paint because I'm nostalgic.

 

[BiduleOhm]

I use ASCII art because why not ?

BMS Block Diagrams - Pastebin.com

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[chrisski]

I use PowerPoint to draw lines. I use excel to do most math unless its really simple, than I use a calculator.

PDF making is pretty simple for me. I just print and send to a pdf file instead of the printer. That option is available on all my computers.

 

[MadMax03]

I use ASCII art because why not ?

BMS Block Diagrams - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

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You are nuts.

 

[HRTKD]

You are nuts.

Cut him some slack. He's still using DOS 3.2.

 

[BiduleOhm]

Nope, Win 7 ?

 

[MadMax03]

Cut him some slack. He's still using DOS 3.2.

I still have my first DOS rig somewhere. This was my first game!

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COD kids don't have a clue.

 

[ArthurEld]

Nope, Win 7 ?

Thought You'd say Linux

 

[MadMax03]

Thought You'd say Linux

Fedora, lol

 

[ArthurEld]

I'm Microsoft / Google all the way.

Some people beat themselves silly trying to avoid those two

 

[BiduleOhm]

Thought You'd say Linux

Well... I'm still on windows because manufacturers are lazy and don't make drivers for linux, and the generic ones weren't working properly either... Else I would be on Debian most likely, or FreeBSD (most stable OS ever ).

 

[HRTKD]

I programmed my first game on an Apple II in high school.

 

[ArthurEld]

I make my drawings with Word. lol

I used Debian to run some free open source software