[Lowfer] Schematics

[Steve McDonald]

John...like you, I have been using Paint which does a nice job...as long as
the schematic is not huge. I am wondering if you could use 2 paint drawings
to show  larger schematics and just put them side-by-side, in line with each
other (no borders)? Have you ever tried that approach?

Steve / VE7SL


> For what it's worth, I use both Lyle's approaches and Peter's idea,
> depending on the complexity of the drawing.
>
> I created my own collection of symbols for Paint and keep them in a
> read-only file, so I can copy and paste into my diagram.  This collection
of
> symbols was once on the Longwave BBS, and if there is any interest, it
could
> end up in the LWCA File Library on the Web too.  I like the look of a
> drawing done this way, but it becomes tedious if the drawing is overly
> large.  That's when a CAD program, or else scanning a physical drawing,
> becomes more practical.
>
> One suggestion I would offer:  If a drawing can be saved as a good 2-color
> (B&W) graphic without loss of information, it's probably best to use GIF
> (not JPG) as the file format wherever possible.  Line drawings often
produce
> larger files in JPEG encoding than they do in GIF, and the resulting JPEG
> images also tend to include grainy artifacts that can obscure small
details.
>
> I have spent many a tiresome hour cleaning up artifacts in JPEG scans,
pixel
> by pixel, to make them acceptable for publication or inclusion in reports.
> :-)
>
> 73,
> John Davis
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