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HornetBallwrote:

<< > Wrathall Mark wrote:
 > >
 > > I have been fooling around in AutoCAD 14 with instrument panel layout.
 > >
 > > So far I have drawn all the VDO engine gauges, most flight
 > > instruments,
 > > and a few Garmin avionics. I have saved each (WBLOCK)as a separate
 > > drawing (.DWG) so they can be inserted as blocks. Would anyone be
 > > interested in free copies of these? You would need AutoCAD.
 > > So far I have 22 items, the biggest being 16KB. I will keep adding to
 > > the
 > > collection.
 > >
 > > Paul If you don't want this non-Rotary issue to clutter the ACRE's
 > > forum,
 > > people can eMail me WrathallM@Laudaair.com. >>

Just a plug for a product that has worked EXTREMELY WELL for me.  Panel
Planner software (www.panelplanner.com) has thousands of instruments and
avionics in its database, in full color, as well as price, current draw,
behind the panel clearance, etc.  It produces DXF files for machining your
panel.  You would have to spend many hundreds (thousands?) of hours
"reinventing the wheel" in AutoCad to achieve Panel Planner's functionality.

 
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