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ECAV™ - Design and Engineering Drawing Software
  • AV Floor Plans

    • 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
    • Easily link device symbols to product data
    • The symbol legend is created and updated automatically
    • Create custom floor plan symbols in seconds
    • Easily transform floor plan device symbols into block and schematic symbols
    • Use the plan as a sales tool during client meetings
    • Use the plan for design confirmation with all stakeholders
  • Industry Unique Block Diagram

    • A one-page design tool for quickly creating full-project designs before or after product selection
    • Easily create any infrastructure wire type, jacket, and stripe color
    • Sequentially click wires for fast wire symbol labeling
    • All wire runs automatically track their headend and room locations
    • Easily link device symbols to product data
    • Know the bill of materials and wire schedules before the installation begins
    • Know the headend power and ventilation requirements before the installation begins
    • Know the headend rack space requirements before the installation begins
    • Know the PoE wattage requirements for each network switch in the system
    • Easily transform block symbols into engineering schematic and rack symbols
    • Print headend and room images for on-site design and wiring verification before sheetrock
  • Headend and Room Schematics

    • Fully detailed yet easy-to-read engineering wiring diagrams
    • Schematic symbols are easily created and can be auto created from the block diagram
    • Device symbols can represent stand-alone equipment or plug-in I/O cards
    • Easily edit symbol I/O ports or clone I/Os from any other schematic device symbol
    • Includes many manufacturer schematic device symbols and generic symbols
    • 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 I/O connector wiring
    • Generate AC power and ventilation requirements instantly
    • Easily transform schematic symbols into rack elevation symbols
  • Equipment Rack Elevation Drawings

    • Precision US or metric 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 accessory symbols
    • Generate rack BoM and rack power and ventilation reports instantly
  • Wall Elevation Drawings

    • Precision US or metric scaled wall elevation designs
    • Includes walls, back boxes, panels, enclosures, covers, and device symbols
    • Support symbols include raceways, DIN rails, wall studs, blocking, notes and dimension lines
    • Easily create wall elevation drawings showing displays, loudspeakers, lighting enclosures, touch panels, keypads, etc.
  • Wall Elevation Drawings

    • Precision US or metric scaled wall elevation designs
    • Includes walls, back boxes, panels, enclosures, covers, and device symbols
    • Support symbols include raceways, DIN rails, wall studs, blocking, notes and dimension lines
    • Easily create wall elevation drawings showing displays, loudspeakers, lighting enclosures, touch panels, keypads, etc.
  • Wall Elevation Drawings

    • Precision US or metric scaled wall elevation designs
    • Includes walls, back boxes, panels, enclosures, covers, and device symbols
    • Support symbols include raceways, DIN rails, wall studs, blocking, notes and dimension lines
    • Easily create wall elevation drawings showing displays, loudspeakers, lighting enclosures, touch panels, keypads, etc.
  • Project Documents

    • Wire schedules by room, wire type and wire label
    • System bill of materials by manufacturer and room
    • AC power and ventilation requirements report before the installation begins
    • Headend rack space requirements report before the installation begins
    • PoE wattage requirements report for each network switch in the system
    • Rack systems bill of materials
    • Customize any report
Design - Wire - Engineer - Build
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Experience what meaningful AV drawings can do

Unlock your full potential. Drawings are the universal visual language. Good drawings have the power to transform your business. To help your team and installations reach their fullest potential. At Symbol Logic, we’re passionate about harnessing that power. We’ll always develop software that provides the simplest, cleanest, fastest and most purposeful drawings.We’re raising the bar. Raising expectations that drawings are both essential and fun to create, so you can thrive.

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 software developers could ECAV be what it is today. ECAV’s automation, 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 all past, present, and 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.

What Makes ECAV Unique Compared to All Other AV Drawing Solutions?

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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

Meet us at InfoComm 2025 in Orlando and experience ECAV at Booth #7245

Symbol Logic
125 Pond Road, Burnham, ME 04922, USA
207-692-0805

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