On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Patrice Poly <p.pol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Does anyone have any examples of using metapost to draw instrument graphics >> (arcs, ticks, etc.) Or are there other free tools that have >> good primitives for drawing instrument/gauge graphics? I have a little side >> personal project here and I'd like to play around with it a bit. >> > I personally use Inkscape with much satisfaction. Drawing arcs, marks > and numbers is very easy with the vectorial capacities of Inkscape. > > At the end of the job, I export as a bitmap ( png is default in Inkscape > ) , then I import the result in GIMP to add shadows or other fancy eye > candy.
Same process for me. Inkscape has worked out great for my instrumentation. -Gary aka Buckaroo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
