Posted by sidewayz on
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Cross-reference-and-Symbol-properties-tp5713046.html

Hello there!

First off, LibreCad is a good project!

I have been fooling around, testing other similar programs but LibreCad has been working best for me i think!
General drawings works really good!

I have been looking for a plugin for the program that handles Cross-Refrence in a good way.

I have been doing some industrial automation schematics and the result or drawings looks really nice when finished but its a real nightmare keeping track of all the symbol names, contacts, etc.
Also if i start making a schematic for something it would be a good feature to start a "project" instead of a drawing.

A project would hold several pages so instead of adding symbols into a drawing i add them to the project so they could be cross-referenced through the project.

For example. I start a new project and i use my template to all the pages. Every new page of the project
would be auto-named and get its page number.
For a simple schematic i add to the first drawing page a powersupply, a main circuit breaker, power-bus lines, a fuse and an AC to DC powersupply and a fuse for the DC power.
Next page i add a power-bus for the DC voltage from the first page, a switch, a relay, a contact(from the relay) and a signallamp.

So when ever i add a symbol to the project i want to name them. Once they have been named like the relay i could further on add a contact symbol and point it to the relay. This would name it and also give a refrence to where the relay(coil) is page, etc so you can go back in the drawings and check what function makes the relay work and switching its contacts.

This also requires an editor of some sort where you could create a relay, what the coil looks like and input numbers. Also give the relay the right number of contacts and input numbers.

Well i thoght it would be easy to explain this, there is alot to it :)

Keep up the good work!

Kind regards!