Re: [gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-03-03 Thread Stroller
On 2 Mar 2008, at 21:20, maxim wexler wrote: The best format for line drawings is a vector format like svg. With a vector format the image can be scaled to any size and still stay sharp. Can it be viewed by someone who only has Explorer? Depends on what software they have installed. If

Re: [gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-03-03 Thread maxim wexler
Been working with xcircuit. It saves in PS but can be made into a jpeg which looked just as sharp as the original. If you zoom into that jpeg fat enough you will see pixillation. I don't think this will be the case with the postscript file, which is indeed a vector (or

Re: [gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-03-02 Thread maxim wexler
The best format for line drawings is a vector format like svg. With a vector format the image can be scaled to any size and still stay sharp. Can it be viewed by someone who only has Explorer? A bitmap with lossless compression like png is tolerable. Please don't use jpeg. It uses

Re: [gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-03-02 Thread Willie Wong
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 01:20:27PM -0800, Penguin Lover maxim wexler squawked: Been working with xcircuit. It saves in PS but can be made into a jpeg which looked just as sharp as the original. I found this command online: gs -dBATCH -sOutputFile=4804SR-output.jpg -sDEVICE=jpeg

Re: [gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-03-01 Thread don
On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 10:17:27AM +0900, Mike Mazur wrote: Your sketches can be saved as .png or .jpg so anyone should be able to view them. The best format for line drawings is a vector format like svg. With a vector format the image can be scaled to any size and still stay sharp. A bitmap

[gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-02-29 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, I need to post some drawings of a circuit I'm working on to an electronics group. Nothing too elaborate, just sketches really, but with the proper symbology. There's 30 some odd possibilities under /usr/portage/sci-electronics. What sorts of experiences has the group had? Oh, and

Re: [gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-02-29 Thread Mike Mazur
Hi, On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 9:15 AM, maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to post some drawings of a circuit I'm working on to an electronics group. Nothing too elaborate, just sketches really, but with the proper symbology. You could try app-office/dia[1][2]. It has some circuit

Re: [gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-02-29 Thread Ted Ozolins
maxim wexler wrote: Hi group, I need to post some drawings of a circuit I'm working on to an electronics group. Nothing too elaborate, just sketches really, but with the proper symbology. There's 30 some odd possibilities under /usr/portage/sci-electronics. What sorts of experiences has the

Re: [gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-02-29 Thread David Grant
Try geda On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 4:15 PM, maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to post some drawings of a circuit I'm working on to an electronics group.