Fastest, Easiest, and Most-Complete Design and Engineering Software
- The plan shows locations of all key AV devices on the property
- The plan can also show prewires and conduits
- Symbols can show distances, coverage areas and angles for access points, security cameras and motion sensors
- The symbol legend is created and updated automatically
- Create custom floor plan symbols in seconds
- Use the plan as a sales tool during the proposal phase
- Use the plan for design confirmation
- A one-page design tool for quickly creating full-project designs before or after product selection
- Easily link block diagram device symbols to selected products
- Generate bill of materials and wire schedules instantly
- Easily transform block symbols into engineering schematic and rack symbols
- Printout headend and room images for on-site design and wiring verification before sheetrock
- Fully detailed and easy-to-read engineering wiring diagrams
- Schematic symbols can be auto-created from the block diagram
- Device symbols can represent stand-alone equipment or plug-in (I/O) cards
- Easy device symbol I/O port editing and copying
- Wire symbols can represent input, output, input/output or interconnect wires
- Color-coded wire reference symbols prevent confusing drawing line clutter
- Customizable wire termination symbols show detailed connector wiring
- Generate AC power and ventilation requirements instantly
- Precision scaled rack designs
- Device symbols can be auto-created from the block or schematic diagram
- Universal rack symbol has built-in rack ruler
- Rack and device mounting symbols have built-in depth bars
- Front and back rack views
- Custom, integrated, or standalone device mounting options
- Rack accessories symbol
- Generate rack reports instantly
Project Documents
- Wire schedules by room, wire type and wire ID
- Bill of materials by manufacturer and room
- AC power and ventilation requirements report
- Rack systems bill of materials
- Customize any report
One-time Payment...Life-time Use!
All New Engineering Complete AV (ECAV 4)
Fastest, because with ECAV you don’t need to be a Visio expert - we’ve made it simple and intuitive. ECAV is not a sluggish overgrown program, but an application suite utilizing Visio’s familiar user-friendly features for creating great drawings fast. And, with all the right drawings and technical documents in-hand, your projects will begin and finish smoothly and efficiently.
Easiest, because with ECAV’s powerful automated features and time-tested process of creating professional structured AV drawings, any integrator can get swiftly up to speed. Creating AV drawings was never this much fun!
Most-Complete, because ECAV supports all residential and commercial installations including Infrastructure, Audio, Video, Control, Network, Communications, HVAC, Power, Surveillance, Hardware, Lighting, Access Control, Furnishings, Vacuum, Shades, Fire and Security/Alarm. It not only provides all the easy-to-read plans needed to sell, rough-in, build, program and service your systems, but provides all the critical reports including BOMs, wire schedules, electrical and ventilation requirements needed to ensure safe and long-lasting systems.
Decades of Experience at Your Fingertips
ECAV is an AV drawing suite using Microsoft Visio Professional, developed, and perfected by industry veterans who know a thing or two about AV technology, installations, and drawings. Only by combining this unique blend of time-tested real-world AV design and installation experience with the best Visio developers could ECAV be what it is today. ECAV’s drawing symbols, grids, alignment guides, and page layouts have been critically designed for producing effective and easy-to-read drawings. Carefully designed shape data windows, forms and right click menus provide important choices for drawing fast and setting optimal functionality. ECAV’s process allows for any past, present, or future commercial or residential system to be fully illustrated regardless of the technologies and products used.
Drawings that Increase Profits
With its combination of automated features and capabilities, ECAV is designed so you can work faster while improving workflow, communications, and your bottom line at an affordable price. Compare what makes ECAV unique

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ECAV - Start to Finish
A quick look at the ECAV workflow process from designing, wiring, engineering and building your AV projects