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From: flaig@cit-vlsi.Caltech.Edu (Charles M. Flaig)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Posting schematics...
Keywords: schematics
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Date: 8 Mar 88 23:49:22 GMT
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In article <1059@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> phd@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU (Paul Dietz) writes:
>A recurring problem in this news group is the need to post readable
>schematics. ASCII circuit representations are just too painfull to
>create, and are quite inflexible.
>
>WE NEED A STANDARD FOR EXCHANGE OF SCHEMATICS!!!!!!!!!!!

For my $0.02 worth, how about using the TeX picture format (whatever it's
called, I'm a novice)?  I know I used a simple CAD program to draw a lot of
circuits and convert them to this format for inclusion in my Master's thesis.
Many graphics machines (such as the SUNs I use) have a preview program to
display TeX output on the screen, and you can get high quality hard copy on
your local graphics (laser) printer.

Alternatively, maybe we could use a generic CAD language including lines,
object definitions, rotations, and labels.  Different scripts could then be
made available to translate these into whichever CAD program the user has
access to.

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