Re: gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
Rick Collins wrote: Why do you need to use any standard sizes on a computer? Using Orcad, I start with a size that I have chosen as my standard and if I end up needing a bit more room for a given page, I just bump up the dimensions a nudge while keeping the same aspect ratio. In gschem you are not even bound to nudges. My default title block is deliberately just that -- a title block with no fixed frame. http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/kai_martin_knaak/symbols/titleblock/title-block.sym If I want a frame for printing, I just draw a rectangle that fits the schematic. BTW, this title block features predefined attributes for the whole schematic. These can be changed from within the GUI like any other attribute. but I don't think I've printed a schematic on paper in two years. I find printed copies indispensable when working with other people. Nothing beats the flexibility of good old pencil sketches. Can't TinyCAD work with arbitrary page sizes? TinyCAD? ---)kaimartin(--- PS: Does this mail render fine with your mail client? -- Kai-Martin Knaak tel: +49-511-762-2895 Universität Hannover, Inst. für Quantenoptik fax: +49-511-762-2211 Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de GPG key:http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak+kmkop=get ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
At 03:07 PM 8/23/2010, you wrote: Rick Collins wrote: Why do you need to use any standard sizes on a computer? Using Orcad, I start with a size that I have chosen as my standard and if I end up needing a bit more room for a given page, I just bump up the dimensions a nudge while keeping the same aspect ratio. In gschem you are not even bound to nudges. My default title block is deliberately just that -- a title block with no fixed frame. http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/kai_martin_knaak/symbols/titleblock/title-block.sym If I want a frame for printing, I just draw a rectangle that fits the schematic. BTW, this title block features predefined attributes for the whole schematic. These can be changed from within the GUI like any other attribute. but I don't think I've printed a schematic on paper in two years. I find printed copies indispensable when working with other people. Nothing beats the flexibility of good old pencil sketches. Can't TinyCAD work with arbitrary page sizes? TinyCAD? ---)kaimartin(--- PS: Does this mail render fine with your mail client? -- Kai-Martin Knaak tel: +49-511-762-2895 Universität Hannover, Inst. für Quantenoptik fax: +49-511-762-2211Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak+kmkop=get ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user TinyCAD... I guess I forgot which list I was on. I use FreePCB and Orcad and am planning to switch to a different schematic package sometime... maybe. So I am looking at TinyCAD as well as some others. I'm actually here because I am using Gerbv. It has some display issues, but in some draw modes they aren't apparent so I can switch to see what are design issues and what are viewer issues. Gerbv is such an easier to use tool than GCpreview there is no comparison. But I have to use both to be sure of what I am seeing sometimes. BTW, to whoever took the time to port Gerbv to Windows, thanks a lot! We non-developer types appreciate it. No, as you can see above, your reply is all run together. I also have this problem with one poster in the ZPU mail list. He says it is Eudora, but I only have the problem with two or three posters. Go figure! Do computers EVER just WORK??? Rick ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
Hi, On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 15:19 -0400, Rick Collins wrote: No, as you can see above, your reply is all run together. I also have this problem with one poster in the ZPU mail list. He says it is Eudora, but I only have the problem with two or three posters. Go figure! Do computers EVER just WORK??? I suspect this is due to Kai-Martin's emails being base64 encoded. Viewing the message source in evolution shows everyone's emails in plain text except for his, which have the header Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64. I don't know if you've already seen this message[1] but it seems you're not the only one experiencing this problem. Richard [1] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows/browse_thread/thread/7a4e64bb565870c9 ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
On 8/23/10 3:19 PM, Rick Collins wrote: Do computers EVER just WORK??? Windows users tend to ask this a lot. -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
In gschem you are not even bound to nudges. My default title block is deliberately just that -- a title block with no fixed frame. http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/kai_martin_knaak/symbols/titleblock/title-block.sym If I want a frame for printing, I just draw a rectangle that fits the schematic. Thanks-- that's an awesome tip! (Should go in an FAQ, somewhere.) ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
At 03:34 PM 8/23/2010, you wrote: On 8/23/10 3:19 PM, Rick Collins wrote: Do computers EVER just WORK??? Windows users tend to ask this a lot. -Dave :) LOL! ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
Windell H. Oskay wrote: Thanks-- that's an awesome tip! (Should go in an FAQ, somewhere.) done. :-) ---)kaimartin(--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x6C0B9F53 ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
The grid units are arbitrary. Use a bigger title frame, and when you print to A4, everything will shrink. - Thats the advantage of ISO over English sheet sizes. You can't do that with A,B,C,D and E sized sheets John Eaton ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
Why do you need to use any standard sizes on a computer? Using Orcad, I start with a size that I have chosen as my standard and if I end up needing a bit more room for a given page, I just bump up the dimensions a nudge while keeping the same aspect ratio. It all prints on the same A size paper if I need to, but I don't think I've printed a schematic on paper in two years. I print to PDF and it all fits my screen just fine. Can't TinyCAD work with arbitrary page sizes? I will say the ISO sizes have a larger aspect ratio which fits a wide display a bit better in landscape mode. Rick At 01:05 PM 8/22/2010, you wrote: The grid units are arbitrary. Use a bigger title frame, and when you print to A4, everything will shrink. - Thats the advantage of ISO over English sheet sizes. You can't do that with A,B,C,D and E sized sheets John Eaton ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
On 8/22/10 1:05 PM, Ouabache Designworks wrote: The grid units are arbitrary. Use a bigger title frame, and when you print to A4, everything will shrink. - Thats the advantage of ISO over English sheet sizes. You can't do that with A,B,C,D and E sized sheets You can't? Why not? -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
At 01:09 PM 8/22/2010, you wrote: On 8/22/10 1:05 PM, Ouabache Designworks wrote: The grid units are arbitrary. Use a bigger title frame, and when you print to A4, everything will shrink. - Thats the advantage of ISO over English sheet sizes. You can't do that with A,B,C,D and E sized sheets You can't? Why not? He means that they don't fit the paper the same way. A, C and E are compatible, B and D are compatible, but the two groups don't have the same aspect ratio. But there is no real need to use standard sizes on a computer. Not a big deal either way. Rick ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Honey, I shrunk the schematic
On Aug 22, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Dave McGuire wrote: On 8/22/10 1:05 PM, Ouabache Designworks wrote: The grid units are arbitrary. Use a bigger title frame, and when you print to A4, everything will shrink. - Thats the advantage of ISO over English sheet sizes. You can't do that with A,B,C,D and E sized sheets You can't? Why not? He thinks you can't because the don't *exactly* fit when scaled. Hardly worth losing sleep over. -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ j...@noqsi.com ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
