[sdiy] panel design software? (repost)

[fmg]

Paul,

For Linux I suggest you to try Xfig. I used to make (among other things)
panels with it. Its a handy tool, it helped me once to make the neck
of a diy guitar.
I modified a little bit the sources to work in mil units and made pcbs.
Now I'm using it only for schematics. Sources at:

http://www.xfig.org

For schematics you probably need an electronic library, try this nice one ;-)

http://www.geocities.com/eqys/simple/simple.html

Fabio

Paul Higgins wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Kudos to René for the tips on Corel Draw.  I guess you can tell I'm
> still a beginner at this--I grew up using that horrible Letraset stuff,
> and the move to the computer has been a big adjustment.
> 
> Does anyone else use the Corel graphics suite, Illustrator, or any
> other kind of design tools?  (CAD stuff?).  I'm just starting to learn
> Yellow Dog Linux (Red Hat on the Mac PPC chip), so I'd be especially
> interested to hear about the Linux world.  I know that The Gimp is very
> popular for some design things, but I thought that was more of a
> Photoshop clone.
> 
> Thanks,
> -PRH
> 
> On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 12:50 PM, René Schmitz wrote:
> 
> > Hi Paul et al,
> >
> > Paul Higgins wrote:
> >
> >> I was just wondering what types of software (if any) DIYers use to
> >> create panel designs.  I have used a few different things, the Corel
> >> Draw graphics suite in particular, but I can't figure out a very
> >> elegant way to make dial graduations (e.g. subdivide the 270 degree
> >> rotation of a pot into a 0-10 scale).  Has anyone figured out how to
> >> do this in a way that is repeatable and quick without having to set
> >> up the pattern manually (very time-consuming) and then cut-and-paste
> >> it for all the pots?
> >
> > In Corel it is very easy to do that. Create a piece of line, as long
> > as your graduation shall be. A line has a rotation center, modify that
> > so that it sits in the middle of your hole.  (I.e. the center is now
> > away from the line, and we can rotate that piece arround that point.
> > But don't rotate using the mouse, rather using the rotation scaling
> > dialog instead. (Alt F8) Now enter the wanted angle (i.e. 270 divided
> > by how many graduations-1), click apply to duplicate until the 270
> > degrees are full. Then group that object, and cut and paste happily
> > ever after. The end.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >  René
> >
> > --
> > uzs159 at uni-bonn.de
> > http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzs159
> 
> Paul R. Higgins
> email: higg0008 at tc.umn.edu