vail@tegra.COM (Johnathan Vail) (12/06/90)
In article <9943@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> rspangle@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Froot Loop) writes: %%to posting. Some have layouts while others are just track-board. I think %%I can generate HPGL and Postscript and can generate Pict (for a mac), TIFF %%and GIFF (wot!! you haven't got a GIFF viewer given the traffic on a.s.p) %%and may be able to generate other formats. I could also do ASCII for the I think GIF would be better in almost all cases. (Even for the really simple circuits) I don't think the size of the GIF file will be a problem, even for huge (1280x1024) GIF images, as long as they are B/W only (1 bit per pixel). I've seen a number of Anime GIFs (network.ucsd.edu, if you must know) that are B/W drawings of that size, that are around 16-40 KB long. Postscript is the best way to go for these reasons: * It is device independant, across hardware and OSs * Files can be generated any number of ways including draw packages, CAD packages and especially schematic capture programs like ORCAD. * The files are ASCII and need no uuencoding * File sizes are manageable, and can be compressed * The printed output is (usually) easily scalable (from A to D sizes) and the output is crisper and cleaner than bit maps. I distribute shcematics this way to people and it works great. I have recieved schematics this way as well (the BOSS RS-232 schematic posted in alt.sources for example). "Gravity pulls the trousers down Morality pulls the trousers up" -- Bedful of Metaphysicians _____ | | Johnathan Vail | n1dxg@tegra.com |Tegra| (508) 663-7435 | N1DXG@448.625-(WorldNet) ----- jv@n1dxg.ampr.org {...sun!sunne ..uunet}!tegra!vail