Electrical installation plan maker

Avenler does not just draw the electrical installation plan, it documents it too: it produces a drawing set with a title block and sheet numbers, keeps issued versions of the plan as revisions, and lets you share the project with your client or a colleague in the viewer or editor role.

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From drawing to an issuable plan

An electrical installation plan is usable on site when it is not only drawn but also documented: it has a title block, sheet numbers and a change log, and it reaches the people who need to work with it. Besides drawing, Avenler handles this part too: the printed drawing set and the revision sheet are produced from the same project, and the project can be shared with your client or a colleague. You can read about drawing on the electrical floor plan maker page.

Title block and designer details

Printed sheets carry a standard title block. The designer's and company details come from the Profile, and the project details (for example the design stage and the issue date) from the project's Title block details window. On a shared project, the owner's details appear in the title block. The title block's Revision field, unless entered manually, shows the label of the most recently issued revision.

Drawing set: several sheets in one print

The project's Print drawing set menu item combines several sheets into one print, with continuous sheet numbering. Sheets can be selected by group: floor plans (optionally by layer, for example power and low-current on separate sheets), wall elevations, legend and circuits, and the schedules (cable schedule, circuit schedule, bill of materials). Sheet size (A4 or A3), orientation and scale are shared settings, and every sheet gets the same title block. The PDF is made with the browser's Print / Save as PDF command.

Revisions: who changed what

Issue a new revision creates an unchangeable snapshot of the project's saved state (floors and drawings, circuits, distribution boards, title block details). The label is automatically the next letter (A, B, …), can be changed, and a note can be added (for example “Permit design”). For each revision the list shows the date, the issuer and the changes compared with the previous one; two revisions, or a revision and the current state, can be compared. On printouts, Mark changes draws a revision cloud around devices and cable routes added or modified since the previous revision, and the Revision sheet is a table of the issued revisions. An old state can be printed in the Drawing set. Only the project owner can restore one; before the operation the program creates an automatic revision of the current state.

Sharing with your client and colleagues

The project owner can invite other registered users by email address in two roles: a viewer can only view, an editor can change everything except the project details, archiving and sharing. The revision list, comparison and printing of old states are available to every role, and editors can also issue new revisions. If someone else has changed the same drawing in the meantime, the program warns you: Reload brings in the saved state, Overwrite with mine saves yours.

What it cannot do

There is no automatic history between revisions (only explicitly issued revisions are stored), there is no branching or merging, and the underlay image is not versioned. Sizing and checks are indicative; they do not replace the professional responsibility of the electrical designer.

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