Who can help me develop graphics for an electrical engineering book and how much would it cost?

I'm working on a book of calculations, measurements, rules, etc., for electrical engineers that I'd like to publish. I need help with creating the images for this book. More specifically, I need images for different electrical wiring systems, conduits, conductor sizings, etc. These may or may not be available online. I am aware of sites such as istockphoto.com, corbis.com, sxc.hu, but they don't offer everything I need.

Would the best solution be for me to draw it out on paper and have a freelancer pretty it up? Is there a site that offers eletrical engineering graphics that I may use? Are there any software applications that I may use (not talking Photoshop, but engineering related apps) to generate these images myself?

Thanks.

Answer:
Autosketch is a drawing program with a library that includes electrical schematic symbols. The list price appears to be $150, but it should be available for less. There also other drawing programs that offer vector graphics rather than pixel drawing or painting. I have published material that include illustrations that I did with Autosketch.

You may be able to find a freelancer that can pretty up pencil sketches. If you can find a person with some understanding of the material, it may be easier to explain what you want.
Try buying soem software like PSpice. I am not sure if u would be able to find everything u need though.
There are a couple of interesting programs I've experimented with. One is an electronic design lab where you take various components (resistors, IC's, etc) and place them on a board and build a working circuit. It uses schematic symbols. I don't have it anymore since my HD crashed a while ago but it wouldn't be hard to find again. Another really neat program is Sketchup. It's a 3-D design program that is ridiculously easy to use and has a wide variety of applications.

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