Download locations :
- Dia drawing software : https://projects.gnome.org/dia/
- Sweet Home 3D : http://www.sweethome3d.com/index.jsp
- Electrical Symbols for Dia via DiaShapes installer : http://dia-installer.de/shapes/Electrical/index.html
- Make an electrical dossier using LibreOffice ( http://www.LibreOffice.org ) or OpenOffice.org ( http://www.OpenOffice.org )
Steps to install software:
- Install Sweet Home 3D
- Install Dia software
- Install DiaShapes
- Install the symbol libraries via DiaShapes in Dia
- Install LibreOffice
Steps :
- Create the floorplan of the house with different floors in the plan
- Name and draw the different rooms or parts of the surface of the floor
- Export the different floors as SVG files to the filesystem
- Open Dia
- Import a floorplan in SVG format
- Resize the imported svg drawing object to suite the needs and in a way that the drawing symbols make sense
- Put the symbols on the required location.
- Where needed add reference labels to the plan
- In a spreadsheet in LibreOffice make a list per floor and room of all the reference labels
- Per label give accurate information about the electrical component that is present at that location.
