Drawing circuit diagrams

[Chris G]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:03:19AM -0800, NoOp wrote:
> 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.
> 
I've installed all the additional shapes but the range of things
available in dia still isn't particularly good. In particular there are
virtually no integrated circuit shapes.  I also can find no way to make
the line default to having no arrow on the end.

So dia's OK but it feels as if there should be something better.


> 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)
> 
> 
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