Illustration/Design Software

[Josh Rowe]

Y'ello All!

I'm on the very long and slow road of doing this diy stuff and am giving
consideration to getting some software to help design a front panel layout
(for use with silk screening panel markings) since I have the opportunity
to get some software at an academic discount.

My illustration software choices are Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw.
I've tried a demo of Illustrator but didn't make much headway with it
(maybe I just didn't spend enough time with it).  It just didn't seem very
useful for drawing circles , crosshairs, pot ticks, or lines.

I could also try and go with something like Autocad LT (or maybe it's
TurboCad LT). But I've never used an actual cad program before.

As far as the illustration programs go, I definitely like the idea of
vector drawings, so I can zoom the hell out of anything if need be.

Of course, if anyone knows something that is just perfect for this sort of
thing, I'd love to know.

Any info greatly appreciated. :)
Happy noisemaking to those that actually have the time!


Josh Rowe
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jitter at fortwayne.infi.net
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