Drawing Tools

Here are drawing tools members report that they liked using for Solar Projects:

General Drawing Tools​

• Apache OpenOffice Draw - basic objects with line connections, free
• Visio - basic objects with line connections
• Google Drawings - Like Vision, free online no download
• https://app.diagrams.net/ (aka draw.io) - Visio like, free
• Artezio Diagram Designer - - Visio like, free
• Dia - Visio like, free
• Snipping Tool / Snip & Sketch - Window's built in screen snapshot / editing tools
• Snag It - Snapshot / editor
• Flameshot (Linux) / GreenShot (Windows) - Snapshot / editor
• PaintNet - Photo Editing
• photoscape - photo editor
• gimp - Very power free graphical editor, has learning curve
• inkScape - Like gimp, free
• Photoshop - like Gimp
• PlantText - Free online "diagrams from text" (no sketching)

Collaborative Drawing Tools​

• https://sketchboard.me/home
• Excalidraw - Free online napkin sketches

Circuits​

• https://www.digikey.com/schemeit/project/
• https://www.falstad.com/circuit/circuitjs.html - simple circuit emulator, free
• https://www.schematics.com/
• https://www.circuit-diagram.org/editor/
• EveryCircuit
• proficad
• Spice, for example LTSpice

CAD​

• https://www.blender.org/ [3D and 3D animation], very powerful, steep learning curve, free
• https://openscad.org/ curiouscarbon's review, free