ᐅ Planning Electrical Installations, Software?

Hello!

I am looking for software to plan the electrical installation of my single-family house. The cable routing is not important to me at this stage, as the electrician will handle that. I am just looking for something that allows me to indicate where I need outlets for power sockets, LAN, ceiling and wall lights, electric stove, alarm system, outdoor lighting, etc.

I believe anyone who has planned something like this before will agree that doing it with pencil and paper is tedious. I designed my house in SweetHome3D, which was very helpful, but the software does not support electrical installations. Another attempt was using OpenOffice Draw (vector graphics), but that quickly became confusing. How have other homeowners done this?

In my opinion, sticking to paper and pencil is still the best option for non-professionals. Data exchange with CAD files rarely works smoothly between different software programs (there are a few free or demo programs available online). For example, I no longer bother with the often significant effort of converting incompatible CAD files from clients.

Print the floor plans at a scale of 1:50, which makes it easy to draw on and erase.

So, I worked it out with paper and pencil. That worked well and gave me a very precise overview. Changes could also be made quickly this way.

Nowadays, many tasks are done online, so why not electrical installations as well? There are room planner software programs where electrical wiring can be laid out with just a click of the mouse. I think that’s great.

I am sure that electrical wiring can be better drafted on a plan than in a software program. I understand that many young architects rely solely on software and have little experience on the construction site. The result is many mistakes.

I believe that today’s architects do both. They use software to create their plans for the different trades. The supervision and execution take place on the construction site. I see no contradiction in that.