[LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread Fons Adriaensen
Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ? Absolute requirements are: - Lines, arrows, boxes, circles, etc. - Linewidths and styles, colors, filling. - Text - PDF or PS export. - PNG and JPEG import (no bitmap editing required). - Accuracy. I've been using TGIF for years, but I'm mor

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread Paul Davis
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 15:05 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ? > > Absolute requirements are: > > - Lines, arrows, boxes, circles, etc. > - Linewidths and styles, colors, filling. > - Text > - PDF or PS export. > - PNG and JPEG import (no bitma

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread Dave Phillips
Fons Adriaensen wrote: > Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ? > > Absolute requirements are: > > - Lines, arrows, boxes, circles, etc. > - Linewidths and styles, colors, filling. > - Text > - PDF or PS export. > - PNG and JPEG import (no bitmap editing required). > - Accuracy. > >

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread MarcOChapeau
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:57:03 -0400, Paul Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 15:05 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote: >> Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ? >> >> Absolute requirements are: >> >> - Lines, arrows, boxes, circles, etc. >> - Linewidths and styles,

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread Adrien DANIEL
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Fons Adriaensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ? > > Absolute requirements are: > > - Lines, arrows, boxes, circles, etc. > - Linewidths and styles, colors, filling. > - Text > - PDF or PS export. > - PNG and JPEG i

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread Ray Rashif
I don't know what happened to this one: http://www.xaraxtreme.org/ Because this one doesn't exist: http://www.xaraxtreme.org/download/ ___ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linu

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread Denis Sbragion
On Tue, July 29, 2008 15:05, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ? OpenOffice.org Draw? -- Denis Sbragion InfoTecna Tel: +39 0362 805396, Fax: +39 0362 805404 URL: http://www.infotecna.it

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread Pau Arumí
On dt, 2008-07-29 at 16:16 +0200, MarcOChapeau wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:57:03 -0400, Paul Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 15:05 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > >> Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ? > >> > >> Absolute requirements are: > >

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread Kjetil S. Matheussen
Fons Adriaensen: > > Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ? > > Absolute requirements are: > > - Lines, arrows, boxes, circles, etc. > - Linewidths and styles, colors, filling. > - Text > - PDF or PS export. > - PNG and JPEG import (no bitmap editing required). > - Accuracy. > > I'

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread Dennis Schulmeister
Hi Fons, On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 15:05 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ? I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Gnome Dia yet. It's a fine program and I'm using it for all my vector diagrams since years. In my opinion there are only a few things real

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread Thomas Vecchione
I'll be honest in that I personally find QCad to be invaluable for 2D drafting. I am not sure exactly how you are planning on using the vector drawing program is part of the problem. In the past I have also used Inkscape for web design, and OpenOffice Draw for some things as well. I, like others

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-29 Thread MarcOChapeau
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:15:52 +0200, Pau Arumí <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On dt, 2008-07-29 at 16:16 +0200, MarcOChapeau wrote: >> I'd say PDF/PS export is not there yet. PNG has always been there but > not >> JPEG. > > Yes it's there (I'm using version 0.46 - Apr 2008) > I actually use it as the

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-30 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 01:43:00PM -0600, Thomas Vecchione wrote: > I'll be honest in that I personally find QCad to be invaluable for 2D > drafting. I am not sure exactly how you are planning on using the vector > drawing program is part of the problem. In the past I have also used > Inkscape f

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-30 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Fons Adriaensen wrote: > * Inkscape. After two hours of trying I still can't draw a simple > rectangle. It gets filled (in blue) and all attempts to change > that have failed. Draw the rectangle (it will be blue), then go to the Object menu and choose Fill and Stroke. In the Fill pane, wind t

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-30 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:00:28PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > > * Inkscape. After two hours of trying I still can't draw a simple > > rectangle. It gets filled (in blue) and all attempts to change > > that have failed. > > Draw the rectangle (it will be blu

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-30 Thread Adrien DANIEL
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Fons Adriaensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Xfig crashed within five minutes. Wow ! I used to work with Xfig for longtime (now I use Inkscape), and I am surprised that it offered you a crash (particularly so rapidly) ! Anyway, my advise would be to take the tim

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-30 Thread Thomas Vecchione
Ok that explains things a bit at least, thank you Fons. You are correct in that there are no connections(I think are what you are looking for rather than paths which I think of from Gimp/Photoshop/Inkscape as a bit different in QCad. I actually used to think that was a problem, but after doing se

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-30 Thread Kjetil S. Matheussen
Fons Adriaensen: > > Inkscape lookd more and more as some GUI interface > to Cairo. ATM I can write the Cairo code a lot > faster than using the GUI... > I was just about to suggest writing Cairo code. :-) pgf/tikz is probably faster than programming cairo though. But what would be really nice w

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-30 Thread Pau Arumí
On dc, 2008-07-30 at 15:25 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:00:28PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > > Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > > > > * Inkscape. After two hours of trying I still can't draw a simple > > > rectangle. It gets filled (in blue) and all attempts to cha

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-30 Thread Joshua Boyd
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:00:28PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > > * Inkscape. After two hours of trying I still can't draw a simple > > rectangle. It gets filled (in blue) and all attempts to change > > that have failed. > > Draw the rectangle (it will be blu

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-07-30 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:37:48PM +0200, Pau Arumí wrote: > It works flawlessly here. My latex compile script does this > > $ inkscape --without-gui --export-eps= > $ epstopdf -o= > And it generates a pdf that perfectly fits the drawn area. Nice trick. It's probably a nice program for mor

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-07 Thread nescivi
On Tuesday 29 July 2008 09:05:46 Fons Adriaensen wrote: > Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ? > > Absolute requirements are: > > - Lines, arrows, boxes, circles, etc. > - Linewidths and styles, colors, filling. > - Text > - PDF or PS export. > - PNG and JPEG import (no bitmap edi

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-07 Thread Justin Smith
On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 5:42 PM, nescivi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 29 July 2008 09:05:46 Fons Adriaensen wrote: >> Anyone knows a good vector drawing program for Linux ? >> >> Absolute requirements are: >> >> - Lines, arrows, boxes, circles, etc. >> - Linewidths and styles, colors, fil

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-07 Thread nescivi
On Thursday 07 August 2008 13:58:33 Justin Smith wrote: > > Actually, I am looking for some 3D software for drawing 3D structures. > > Eventual output format needed is STL... > > > > sincerely, > > Marije > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~cwant/blender/stl.py is a plugin to export STL > from blender, whi

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-07 Thread Justin Smith
On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 6:03 PM, nescivi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 07 August 2008 13:58:33 Justin Smith wrote: >> > Actually, I am looking for some 3D software for drawing 3D structures. >> > Eventual output format needed is STL... >> > >> > sincerely, >> > Marije >> >> http://www.ual

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-07 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 14:03 -0400, nescivi wrote: > At first sight it seems more geared to 3D modelling for animation graphics, > rather than for making realworld objects. > I need to model some things in order to "print" them on a rapid prototyping > machine... > Is Blender a suitable candidate

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-07 Thread nescivi
Hiho, On Thursday 07 August 2008 14:18:39 Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 14:03 -0400, nescivi wrote: > > At first sight it seems more geared to 3D modelling for animation > > graphics, rather than for making realworld objects. > > I need to model some things in order to "print" them

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-07 Thread Thomas Vecchione
3D Cad tools unfortuanatly I haven't found any I particularly like among the open source projects. Personally I am using QCad for 2D and Sketchup for 3D. I use Blender for organic modleing and rendering though. Seablade On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 6:17 PM, nescivi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-08 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 20:17 -0400, nescivi wrote: > Do you know any decent open source CAD tools? > I haven't yet found one I am completely content with Nope. There's http://brlcad.org/, which looks like much-is-possible, but-everything-is-damn-hard. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design fo

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-08 Thread Emanuel Rumpf
2008/8/7 Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > However, for precise geometrical shapes, Blender is the wrong tool. It > can be done to some degree, but it is just painful compared to a decent > CAD tool. > Here's a comunity, that tries to extend Blender for these requirements. (Some Scripts are av

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-08 Thread Bengt Gördén
Den Friday 08 August 2008 03.52.47 skrev Thomas Vecchione: > 3D Cad tools unfortuanatly I haven't found any I particularly like among > the open source projects. Personally I am using QCad for 2D and Sketchup > for 3D. I use Blender for organic modleing and rendering though. I'm one of those Lin

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 08 August 2008, Bengt Gördén wrote: >Den Friday 08 August 2008 03.52.47 skrev Thomas Vecchione: >> 3D Cad tools unfortuanatly I haven't found any I particularly like among >> the open source projects. Personally I am using QCad for 2D and Sketchup >> for 3D. I use Blender for organic mo

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 08 August 2008, Emanuel Rumpf wrote: >2008/8/7 Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> However, for precise geometrical shapes, Blender is the wrong tool. It >> can be done to some degree, but it is just painful compared to a decent >> CAD tool. > >Here's a comunity, that tries to extend B

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-08 Thread Thomas Vecchione
Sadly no native Linux version yet, but many people do run it in Wine is my understanding. Seablade On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Bengt Gördén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Den Friday 08 August 2008 03.52.47 skrev Thomas Vecchione: > > 3D Cad tools unfortuanatly I haven't found any I p

Re: [LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

2008-08-15 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hi *, Am 2008-08-08 09:37:39, schrieb Emanuel Rumpf: > 2008/8/7 Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > However, for precise geometrical shapes, Blender is the wrong tool. It > > can be done to some degree, but it is just painful compared to a decent > > CAD tool. > > > > Here's a comunity, that