Hi, I have used Dia and Xfig. I find dia easy to use and xfig is slightly different in terms of usage. However, Xfig is much better especially if you want to start including equations or any latex code. Besides .fig is a fairly well supported format, you can convert eps files (vector graphics) to fig and then edit them using xfig.
It might take a little getting used to, but I feel xfig is much better than dia and well worth the slightly steeper learning curve. Unless you want to enter only text and boxes and lines and stuff for the rest of your life. :-) Aravind. On 3/13/07, Don Schmadel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I use the openoffice suite for drawings for presentations. It's similar to Microsoft products. For mechanical drawings I use Varicad. It, however, cost $100 academic. -Don Nick Cummings wrote: > I need to make a few drawings for a paper I'm working on. The drawings > I'm talking about will just be lines, arrows, and numbers, essentially. > Can anyone suggest some good Linux software for this task? > > My criteria for goodness are basically that it be free (as in beer), > easy to learn to use (at least at a basic level) and featureful/stable > enough to be used for my modest purposes. > > I've used Adobe Illustrator for these purposes once or twice before, but > it seems like overkill, and I can't use it at home on my Linux machine. > I looked around and saw some promising sounding candidates, like Sketch > and Inkscape. And maybe you can do everything I want with the Gimp > easily enough. I figured that someone else probably has experience with > this. > > Thanks, > > Nick
