Dave, I use GIMP, it is an incredible program, but it is way to much trouble for diagramming. Seriously - try out Dia for down and dirty. I hate to think of you doing that with GIMP.
I use a combination of GIMP, Inkscape, and Dia for all sorts of stuff, all very nice. GiMP is a photoshop substitute, Inkscape is vector graphics, and Dia supplants Visio (both of these do line banding when attached to a symbol). On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 11:28 PM, EVDL Administrator <[email protected]>wrote: > A couple of times when I've wanted to create a small, simple schematic, and > didn't want to learn (or buy) a new program just for that, I've used GIMP > and some canned symbols I found on the web. Once you get the hang of > drawing lines and dots, it goes decently fast. > > The only problem is that it's hard to change things later unless you make > every connection a new layer in your drawing. That's not too bad for small > diagrams, but for a moderately complex circuit, I think that keeping the > layers straight would be nigh onto impossible. > > I also found a truetype font with electronic symbols > > > http://radiomagonline.com/tutorials_tips/engineers_notebook/radio_electronic_ > symbols_true/<http://radiomagonline.com/tutorials_tips/engineers_notebook/radio_electronic_symbols_true/> > > That seemed like a good idea, but I couldn't figure out how to draw lines > in > my word processor. :-( So I tried using use the TT font symbols in GIMP. > That sort of worked, IIRC, but didn't seem any easier than using the canned > graphics-file symbols. > > In the end, I found it easiest and fastest to just haul out my old drawing > board and T square, and then scan the finished drawing. > > David Roden > EVDL Administrator > http://www.evdl.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140421/57426909/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
