Em Seg 12 Dez 2005 14:12, Larry Doolittle escreveu: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 09:27:22AM -0200, Xtian Xultz wrote: > > Em S?b 10 Dez 2005 17:09, Larry Doolittle escreveu: > > > Here's an Encapsulated PostScript file to demo the > > > "visual quality of output" I get with Xcircuit. > > > > Its a very nice picture. I dont understand why the refdes appears here in > > Helvetica, and the values in Times. Strange. > > User choice. From your perspective, maybe "operator error" is > a better description. The font choice is made in the symbol, so > changing it would take three steps (inductor, resistor, capacitor).
I dont know if standards about electric symbols dictate something about that, anyway I dont think this must be a user choice, it must be a stabdard choice. My opinion, of course. I have never seen a schematic in the industry with a font that was not Helvetica ou Arial... > > The refdes and value are > > disaligned with the center of the part, and thats a problem too. > > The value is centered, which forces the refdes off center. > Symmetry is restored when there is an additional modifier > added, such as "NPO" for C103 (and I now see I wasn't super > careful with its alignment). Is there a better way to > arrange this text? My particular symbols only have refdes and value. Other attributes are all hidden. I think in the draw only the most important informations must be there. The type of the component, like NPO, IMHO, must be in the BOM or TOC. So, my symbols for discrete components have only refdes above and value below, centered with the center of the symbol, and on the right. My dream is to have on my hands a real standard for electric symbols to draw gEDA symbols thats agree with the norm and share them, but I never founded something like that...
