Panels update

[GodIsAWoman]

Hey guys, I've got a few panels that i need to update the schedule but i was thinking of making it cleaner like CAD or drafting software. Is there a chance to make the printable schedule panels that way or even to find some templates that integrate well with electrical drawings?

 

[wicked14]

Hey guys, I've got a few panels that i need to update the schedule but i was thinking of making it cleaner like CAD or drafting software. Is there a chance to make the printable schedule panels that way or even to find some templates that integrate well with electrical drawings?

Yeah, you can definitely make cleaner panel schedules using CAD or drafting software. AutoCAD, Visio or even Excel with a good layout and a bit mo skill can work well. There are also templates out there that fit nicely into electrical drawings, worth a quick search to save time.

 

[GodIsAWoman]

Yeah, you can definitely make cleaner panel schedules using CAD or drafting software. AutoCAD, Visio or even Excel with a good layout and a bit mo skill can work well. There are also templates out there that fit nicely into electrical drawings, worth a quick search to save time.

Thanks for confirming my suspicionos and I'll look into this. Also, Excel? As in Microsoft Excel? How does that even work? I know I probably won't even try that thing because I hate the tool from the bottom of my heart, I'm just curious.

 

[PGB1]

Thanks for confirming my suspicionos and I'll look into this. Also, Excel? As in Microsoft Excel? How does that even work? I know I probably won't even try that thing because I hate the tool from the bottom of my heart, I'm just curious.

I have used Turbo CAD for such things, but tying is tedious in CAD programs.

If you make or find a template for the legend with a spread sheet or word processing document, then all you have to do is to fill in the blanks for each subsequent job. Fast & easy. (Or pay a kid to make the template.)

At work, I've used Microsoft Word to make a blank template for load center schedules. I've also used Excel to make templates.
Like you, I avoid Excel; but it was not difficult to make the templates.
Word & Excel do have a lot of built-in templates to make things easier. Maybe one will work for your project and save you some Excel Dread.
There are templates for Word and Excel by others on line, but I'd be concerned with malicious macros- so choose carefully.

I now use Pages & Numbers by Apple instead of Word & Excel. Perhaps you will find them easy to make the charts.

Paul