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> Hello,
> 
> has anybody tried to plan electrical distribution units with geda?

Yes in sort of. I draw the cables between circuit boards add a suitable symbol, add a "source=filename.sch" attribute and it work rather well.

Buses would be very use for cables with more than one strand and I do not know which attributes are useful.

> 
> I'm not sure I have the correct englisch term for this. I'm talking about
> things like
> 
>   http://www.unser-bautagebuch.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131014-093127.jpg
> 
> IMHO, creating the schematics should be straight forward, once a component
> library (RCDs, circuit-breaker, terminal-blocks) exists. But what about
> "routing"? Instead of copper layers, real wires are used in such applications.
> Guess, PCB would be not of much use for such a kind of projects?

No PCB would not be useful. I am not sure if 3D CAD program can import netlist, an attribute to specify 3D drawing would be possible, for example a *.step file and cable properties of course.

> Any hints?

Maybe, take a look at cschem http://repo.hu/projects/cschem/ if I understand correct it have symbols and connections at it's core while attributes including rules are handled by plugin but I had no time to look at it. I read discussion about beside circuit boards integrated and if I understand correct also figured out it would work perfectly well for cable drawing, with an appropriat plugin.


> -- 
> Josef Wolf
> jw AT raven DOT inka DOT de



Regard Nicklas Karlsson