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Message started by Marc Murphy on Feb 1^st, 2006, 7:56pm

Title: What tool do you use to make graphics for docs?
Post by Marc Murphy on Feb 1^st, 2006, 7:56pm

Hi, I am writing some papers for school. So far, I use either a screen capture tool to grab a schematic and edit with Gimp. If I really need to, I will draw from scratch with Adobe Illustrator. I'm wondering if there are any tools you folks would recommend for generating circuit schematics for school & IEEE papers?

Thanks in advance,
Marc

Title: Re: What tool do you use to make graphics for docs
Post by bernd on Feb 2^nd, 2006, 1:03am

You can also print your schematic to a *.ps *.eps file and
import it in your document publishing program,
if it has an ps eps graphic import filter.

For schematics for publishing IEEE papers we use
Microsoft Visio, but there might be other good vector
drawing programs as well.

Bernd

Title: Re: What tool do you use to make graphics for docs
Post by Marc Murphy on Feb 2^nd, 2006, 7:14am

bernd wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2006, 1:03am:

Bernd, thanks!

I find that the graphic ends up looking bad once I save it to EPS. It comes out much crisper if it's a BMP screencap.

I had a version of Visio before but it didn't seem to include the symbols one often sees in IEEE papers. I did a search and found that someone was selling a pack of symbols.

What version of Visio do you have and did you need to purchase any additional symbols to make your schematics?

Cheers,
Marc