software-recommendation
I just started a class on industrial motor controls. I am thinking it would be handy to have a ladder logic diagram software to help me draw, program, and become familiar with PLCs and ladder logic diagrams. Does anyone know a decent program to do that?
I tooled around in the repos for a bit, but found nothing on ladder logic.
A very simple image editor.
Pinta is a drawing/editing program modeled on Paint.NET. Its goal is to provide a simplified alternative to the GIMP for casual users.
Its features include:
See the website for the full list.
Another feature of Pinta is full history saving. Say you want to continue a work later on, keeping all the layers intact (so that you can add/remove them later on), you can save the file in .ora format. It preserves every edit you have made so that you can reverse the changes.
For Ubuntu versions up to 12.04 you need to add a PPA to install this and keep it updated:
Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04 & 11.10
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pinta-maintainers/pinta-stable/ubuntu
sudo apt-get update
Ubuntu 12.04
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pinta-maintainers/pinta-stable
sudo apt-get update
Run this command:
sudo apt-get install pinta
Once it is installed you can now use Pinta. Navigate to: Menu > Graphics > Pinta
Best Answer
PLC-EMU
ClassicLadder
Check also the PLC index at SourceForge.