Si-list: Jon Powell's just released sidraw version 1.4 code has been uploaded to the si-list.org website and is available for download. Go to http://www.si-list.org and click on the "Downloadable Files" selection from the top of the page link area. Then select "Tools". Or you can go directly to the download area using the following URL: http://www.si-list.org/files/tools/ Get the sidrawv1.4.zip file ( a whopping 21 kBytes including examples and a README file). You may also want to visit the www.scriptics.com web site to get you a copy of TCL if you don't have it already as TCL is required for the sidraw tool to run. -Ray steve weir wrote: >Si_listers, > >Jon Powell has knocked out a really nice tool for making simple schematics >that we can share as text. > >Consider trying to draw a simple series terminated driver, tx line, load >capacitance and receiver in ASCII: > >|>-^v^v^v---------------|> > | > --- > --- > | > V > >Now, with Jon's tool we can do the same thing as: > >LINE: blue 65.0 190.0 105.0 220.0 65.0 250.0 65.0 190.0 >LINE: blue 105.0 220.0 115.0 220.0 120.0 210.0 125.0 230.0 130.0 210.0 >135.0 230.0 140.0 210.0 145.0 220.0 155.0 220.0 >LINE: blue 230.0 190.0 270.0 220.0 230.0 250.0 230.0 190.0 >GROUP: 0 >LINE: blue 155.0 220.0 230.0 220.0 >LINE: blue 200.0 220.0 200.0 230.0 210.0 230.0 190.0 230.0 >PRIMITIVE: 0 >LINE: blue 210.0 240.0 190.0 240.0 200.0 240.0 200.0 250.0 >PRIMITIVE: 0 >LINE: blue 180.0 270.0 220.0 270.0 200.0 290.0 180.0 270.0 >PRIMITIVE: 2 >LINE: blue 200.0 270.0 200.0 250.0 >PRIMITIVE: 2 > >Just clip the text into a file and open it with the sidraw.tcl script, >available from the si-list web site ( or soon to be courtesy of Ray ). > >Regards, > > >Steve. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu