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Technical design is an activity that is best left to the professionals who have both the knowledge and the tools to put together drawings and other types of projects that involve the creation of diagrams, plans and similar content.

Those who are involved in the development of projects that are related to electrical equipment have at their disposal numerous possibilities, especially if they rely on powerful software solutions like Microsoft Visio.

Visio Electrical is one such tool and it provides a collection of templates and shapes that can be integrated into any drawing. The installation procedure is very fast and all the necessary files are copied onto the system in a couple of seconds.

The user can then create graphical representations inside Visio, which include various electrical parts, switches, connectors or outlets, to name just a few categories of objects that are part of the package.

Some of the stencils are colored, so they can be made out easier in case they are included in complex drawings and some of the symbols offer a basic type of interactivity by allowing the user to access some functions from the right-click menu, like opening or closing contacts for example.

Other types of symbols that users will be ale to select and use are those related to home appliances or lighting elements. There are even power distribution and motor related stencils ready to be inserted into electrical design projects, so Visio Electrical can really be a helpful application, especially since it allows the customization of each part's properties.