I have been a very sold gEDA user for the last 10 years. I used to use multisim and before that workbench. I switched because of the pricetag and I felt the vendor lockin that Lee was referring too.
I export everything to postscript or PDF and an image format PNG or JPEG. I figure anything that is a common format on the web will be readable in the next few decades. If you want it to last longer than that you must return to paper printouts on acid free not done on an inkjet. On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Peter Eckhoff <[email protected]> wrote: > I use a 2D graphing program called Grapher by Golden Software. I used it > professionally on a number of occassions for creating flow charts, diagrams, > etc. I bought my own copy and use it part to maintain my EV wiring > schematic and controller board layout. This is commercial software package > but it has some advantages: > > 1) I can group wires and components into functions such as head lights, > electronic motor (ICE) control wiring, horn, smart stick functions, brakes, > etc. > > 2) I can instantly turn off and on those various functions to see if any of > the wires should belong (not be cut or pulled) with respect to other > functions. > > 3) From the black and white shop manual, I have color coded wires based on > the shop manual labels so I don't go batty trying to trace out black lines. > For instance, I have yellow wires with a white stripe and white wires with a > yellow stripe. Not easy to see on white paper or a white monitor back > ground. In order to see them, I lay down a wide black base. Then a white > or yellow main color followed by a narrower black base followed by a yellow > or white stripe. > > 4) The program allows me to add mid points, move points, delete points, > change wire widths so that green with a yellow stripe doesn't blur into > blue, etc. > > 5) I can block select areas, then pick and choose an item to edit. > > 6) I had a 2' x 3' diagram printed at a nearby office supply store that > turned out well. > > 7) I created a separate to scale layout of my controller board and all the > major pieces such as contactors, controller, pot box, Anderson connectors, > relays, wires, terminals, DC/DC converter, etc. I assembled the pieces as > separate lines and curves and then combined them with labels. I cut the > pieces out and moved them around by hand. It helped to create what I > consider to be a well laid out controller board. > > To me, the downside is that it is commercial $$oftware and I would love to > convert it to Open Source. I have not found a format converter yet nor a 2D > program to take its place but have not looked lately. I plan on following > up on suggestions here. > > I have not posted either diagram publicly. If interested in a PDF, please > email me off line. Suggestions for posting would be appreciated. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/ _______________________________________________ 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)
