Drawing circuit diagrams

[NoOp]

On 12/21/2010 07:28 AM, Chris G wrote:
> I want to put some simple circuit diagrams on web pages (or at least
> accessible from web pages) so I'm looking for a drawing program that is
> either easy to add circuit symbols to or has them already.
> 
> I was going to use dia but whenever I try to actually use it I don't
> find it's as easy as it should be, I've Google'd a bit and found
> xcircuit which is quite a nice program but the mouse/keyboard usage is   
> so non-standard it would take me ages to get used to it.
> 
> Does anyone have any alternative suggestions or ideas?
> 

Not sure what you find difficult about Dia - it's pretty much drag &
drop. You can get documentation here:
http://live.gnome.org/Dia
  http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Documentation
and additional shapes here:
http://dia-installer.de/shapes.html
You can look at any of the additional shapes by clicking on the "more"
link next to the shape info.

hint: download:
diashapes_0.2.2-1_i386.deb
or
diashapes_0.2.2-1_amd64.deb
from the links here:
http://dia-installer.de/diashapes/index.html.en
install & then: Applications|Graphics|Diashapes
that will add the additional shapes for you.

You can also create rather complex circuit diagrams in OpenOffice.org
Draw, and then export the page to html. You'll have to hunt around a
little for templates/gallery items, but there are plenty around. Here
are a few for starters:
<http://csserver.evansville.edu/~richardson/projects/openoffice/html/electronic_template_usage.html>
<http://csserver.evansville.edu/~richardson/projects/openoffice/>
<http://dsciences.free.fr/>
(use google translator)
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/
(search on 'electronic' or 'circuit')
<http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=10160>
(old, but a good start - check the forum for other similar)