derek@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl (derek) (03/22/91)
eedraw is a really nice package, except for the printout. I have an Apex80 from Epson, and with the Epson driver I get drawings that seem to be twice the size they should be. That is I see only the bottom half of the drawing and the width also seems to be too wide, although the aspect ratio seems OK. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way round this? Is there a different package for printing I could use? If I can get this sorted out, I think I shall register - this will be the first for a graphics package - I haven't found one worth registering yet I make do with Dr. Genius which came with my scanner. I main usage is for flowcharts and HIPO diagrams, and black-box connexions (such as a video editing set up) Perhaps you have some interesting suggestions for me? Best Regards, Derek Carr DEREK@DTS.INE.PHILIPS.NL Philips I&E TQV-5 Eindhoven, The Netherlands Standard Disclaimers apply.
gershon@cs.utah.edu (Gershon Elber) (03/23/91)
In article <697@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl> derek@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl (derek) writes: >eedraw is a really nice package, except for the printout. I have an Apex80 >from Epson, and with the Epson driver I get drawings that seem to be twice >the size they should be. That is I see only the bottom half of the drawing >and the width also seems to be too wide, although the aspect ratio seems OK. > I have seen several queries about the ability to print output of eedraw to other printers. The story is simple - since I do not have any access to any other printer at the moment, you will have you do it. I am willing to give the sources of eedraw to anyone who is interested in porting the drivers to a different system. You will obviously need to know C (ansi C to be more exact) and have access to a C compiler. Note that although compiled with TC++, the sources (of the printer drivers only) uses faily generic C only and unlike eedraw itself should compile on other compiler with now major problem. One request though. Please ask for the sources iff you really intend to do something usefull with them and willing to share your modifications with us. I had bad experience when eedraw1.0 was released - several people requested and got the sources, but I never heard from them since. As a result no new driver was released in eedraw2.0. The same is unfortunatelly true for libraries. If new libraries were developed for eedraw, they were not shared with the rest of the world (I have seen one message sugguesting such a library will be posted to cbip) and so the libraries in eedraw2.0 are basically the same as eedraw1.0. > >Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way round this? Is there a different >package for printing I could use? > Probably not. The only alternative (without hacking C code) is to generate a GIF image (using -g flag of eedepson) and print the GIF images using any program that print them correctly on your printer. > >If I can get this sorted out, I think I shall register - this will be the >first for a graphics package - I haven't found one worth registering yet >I make do with Dr. Genius which came with my scanner. > Register!? I released this package for FREE. Why would you want to register? I guess eedraw should be defined as a freeware (but copywrited to me). Gershon Elber Gershon gershon@cs.utah.edu 918 University village Salt Lake City 84108-1180 Tel: (801) 582-1807 (Home) Utah Tel: (801) 581-7888 (Work)
wood@drift.dec.com (John F. Wood) (03/24/91)
Is there any way to get a netlist capability from eedraw?
I like the program (thanks for distributing it), but I want to minimize the
possibility of errors when building the actual device. A netlist gives me
a list of wires to wrap and will help (all I have to do is hit the right
pins with the wire-wrap gun, which is no small task). It will also be
useful for input to an autorouter when it comes time to make a PC board.
I didn't see anything that described the internal file format (although I
could have missed it).
Any ideas?
Thanks,
John
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