Simple Wires Help
Simple Wires is a browser-based design tool for AV and broadcast systems. Draw block diagrams, rack elevations and cable runs, and Simple Wires keeps the equipment, cable and bill-of-materials data behind every drawing.
Build 26.09.18.1 · Manual updated September 18, 2026
New to Simple Wires? Start with Getting Started. In the app, press F1 to open help for the screen you are on.
Projects
- Projects Dashboard: create, open, copy, archive and delete projects.
- Sharing Projects: invite people and set what they can do.
- Drawings and the Start Page: create, rename, copy, move and recover drawings.
- Drawing Revisions: go back to an earlier version of a drawing.
Drawing
- The Drawing Editor: menus, panes, canvas and tools.
- Functional Blocks and Ports: add equipment and its connections.
- Master Library: place equipment with its ports already named.
- Warehouses: keep your own items, and share them with the project.
- Racks and Rack Panels: build rack elevations.
- Drawing Cables: connect ports and number cables.
- Off Sheet Pointers: carry cables between drawings.
- Shapes, Text and Images: annotate drawings.
- Page Setup and Drawing Settings: page size, margins and defaults.
- Printing and Exporting: PDF, DWG, PNG, SVG and Excel.
Project data
- Project Data Grids: equipment, cables and bill of materials.
- Signal Types: cable colors and numbering.
Account
- Teams: members, roles and team projects.
- Billing and Plans: plans, add-ons, payment and invoices.
- Your Account: profile, password and personal data.
- Themes and Appearance: choose how Simple Wires looks.