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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:06:56 -0800
From: Girvin Herr <girvin DOT herr AT sbcglobal DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Ellipses in gschem?
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On 02/27/2015 03:04 AM, Matt Rhys-Roberts wrote:
> Many thanks Girvin, very interesting approach.
>
> I hadn't ever thought of using gschem for so much purely graphical 
> work before!
>
> Matt
>
Matt,
I use (or misuse, if you like) gschem for creating mechanical drawings 
of my projects. I do so, because I have not yet found a good open source 
Linux 2D mechanical drawing application to use in place of gschem.  I am 
still keeping an eye on the available open source Linux drawing 
packages, but most are focusing on 3D now and are not actively 
supporting the 2D mode of their applications.  This even includes 2D 
bug-fixes.  I don't need 3D for my work.  But I do need a reliable, 
productive 2D drawing package that goes up to at least D-size (22x34").  
I found the best gschem drawing tools I created to be 1:1 and 2:1 ruler 
symbols, which I load in and move around as I draw lines depicting my 
hardware designs.  That sure beats calculating the XY points from the 
coordinate window.   I created a lot of graphics-only symbols in my 
symbol library which I use for non-schematic drawings.

Most of my professional experience has been with Mil-D-100 drawings, so 
my library symbols and drawing formats conform to that standard as close 
as I can make them.
Girvin Herr
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