[net.wanted.sources] 2-D drawing package wanted

leon@nlgvax.UUCP (Leon Driessen) (10/03/85)

WANTED:

A simple to learn and simple to use 2-D drawing programme (package) running
under UNIX Berkeley 4.2 on a DEC VAX 11/780:
 * a picture at least contains points, straight line segments connecting
   points, symbols or pictograms, and text strings anywhere; any item can
   have its own colour.
 * (part of) a drawing can be entered (in layers) via one or more files
   with prescribed formats, but also interactively with the keyboard and/or
   a mouse or a tablet.
 * a drawing can be modified by editing the file(s) describing the picture
   in a (normal) text edit session, but also interactively with the
   keyboard and/or a mouse or a tablet.
 * a drawing, a new one or an update, is saved automatically in one or more
   files; it is also possible to put it on paper with a plotter or via a
   hardcopy device.
 * symbols, pointsizes, line structures, etcetera can be (pre)defined and
   put into a library.
 * zooming, rotating, and automatic scaling of (part of) the picture are
   possible.

Please let me know wether such a drawing programme package does exist, and
how it can be obtained. Except for the UNIX VAX, the hardware devices may
depend on the drawing programme.

Thanks in advance,


Leon Driessen
Philips Research Laboratories
Willem Alexanderlaan 7B
5664 AN Geldrop
Netherlands

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