What program can you suggest for industrial (PLC) diagrams

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  • edugimeno
    Badcaps Veteran
    • May 2017
    • 568
    • Spain

    #1

    What program can you suggest for industrial (PLC) diagrams

    What program would you suggest (preferably free) to easily draw an schematic for an industrial cabinet containing some Omron PLC's and remote controllers, network wires, relays, and harting sockets?

    I have been trying Q-electrotech, seems about right but it doesn't have any of my Omron remote devices, so Im having to download the DXF cad design from their website, export it to ELMT, remove unneeded views (side, top, etc), add terminals and labels, etc, for each missing component.

    What else can you suggest?

    Thank you!
  • stj
    Great Sage 齊天大聖
    • Dec 2009
    • 30901
    • Albion

    #2
    Re: What program can you suggest for industrial (PLC) diagrams

    you could use eaglecad7,
    the pcb output is limited in the free version but schematics are unlimited.

    or KiCad,
    or Fritzing,
    or loads of others built into most linux distributions.

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    • edugimeno
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      • May 2017
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      #3
      Re: What program can you suggest for industrial (PLC) diagrams

      Originally posted by stj
      you could use eaglecad7,
      the pcb output is limited in the free version but schematics are unlimited.

      or KiCad,
      or Fritzing,
      or loads of others built into most linux distributions.
      It's not a PCB schematic, this is an industrial project.
      I use Kicad regularly for electronics projects, but this is a "DIN RAIL" schematic

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      • stj
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        • Dec 2009
        • 30901
        • Albion

        #4
        Re: What program can you suggest for industrial (PLC) diagrams

        a schematic is a schematic,
        as long as you have the parts in the library then i see no difference.

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        • edugimeno
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          • May 2017
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          • Spain

          #5
          Re: What program can you suggest for industrial (PLC) diagrams

          Originally posted by stj
          a schematic is a schematic,
          as long as you have the parts in the library then i see no difference.
          I know, but there are tools more aimed at the industrial diagrams rather than pure electronics schematics. Also what you say about parts is key too. I started with Qelectrotech and despite being an industrial schematic tool, it was missing all my Omron PLC's and modules. I seriously doubt that Kicad has all these devices either

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