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What do you use to draw schematics for documentation and reports?

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TheUnnamedNewbie:
I am interested in what tools/workflows others use.

Note: I am not asking "what tool should I use for schematic design". I'm also not asking "what is the best schematic design tool". I am not interested in schematic capture for PCB design purposes, or to create a netlist in general. This is also why I didn't put it in the general PCB/EDA/CAD section. I know some people just use screenshots from the PCB software but that, in my opinion, just doesn't look acceptable in any documentation meant for outside of the design team.

I myself usually draw of schematics for documentation and papers etc. in a vector-graphics program. I used to use Inkscape, but I got too fed up with it's issues (instability, some features that are missing, a pain in the ass to work with in general, ...), and went out and got myself Adobe Illustrator. As for symbols, I use my own 'library'. Depending on the target I will change my symbols a bit; for more public and general stuff I will use the 'correct' symbol for MOSFETs, for academic work the one originally created by Razavi.

Here is an example of a schematic I made from a text on RF power amplifiers:



So what do you guys use?

bd139:
I use Kisscad for documentation: http://ludens.cl/Electron/kisscad/kisscad.html

Beware: unforgiving, learning curve, obtuse. But when you get going it's fast and powerful. You can drive it entirely from the keyboard too. Output is really good. I really like it. It's by Manfred Mornhinweg XQ6FOD

donmr:
Inkscape

CopperCone:
Dremel the schematics into flesh

You can later make the forth necronomical volume of the art of electronics that deals with using circuits to rise the dead for your army of darkness

bd139:
CopperCone for president!

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