Making circuit diagram in LaTeX

[SirAskalot]

Hi

I'am having problem making one line diagrams (Power Systems) in LaTeX, I will manage but it shure is troublesome and time consuming.

I'am using the package tikz and circuitikz. Attached is a preview of what I would like to draw, and the code assosiated with it.

What I would like is some sort of function/style for the "bus"(thick line), where each bus is a node with anchors assosiated with it. Where the node anchors are easily accessible for drawing connecting lines. Anyone got some ideas for a solution?

I believe many textbooks use latex in their drawings, but is does not seem to look like circuitikz symbols. Are there any other packages out there for drawing electrical diagrams?

Thanks
- SirAskalot

 

[Simon Bridge]

look to the ctan website

most often though, another graphics package is used to make the diagrams as an image that gets imported into the $\LaTeX$ document.