[BLUG] OCT Meeting Topic

[ben lipkowitz]

I do a fair amount of stuff with inkscape.. I could probably give a 
presentation on it. Autotrace is built into inkscape and is pretty easy 
to use, provided that your starting material isnt too messy. Scribus, 
qcad, and gimp also have their uses.

Here's something I just drew today in inkscape:
http://fenn.dyndns.org/pub/sketches/emc-splash/mazak.png

here's another one i really like:
http://fenn.dyndns.org/pub/sketches/emc-splash/fanuc-illust.png

I also need to mess around with vector formats for making printed circuit 
boards. HPGL, RS-274X, postscript, dxf.

Postscript is fun to play with too, for highly algorithmic stuff. i.e:
http://fenn.dyndns.org/pub/irc/encoder-panelized.ps

I would probably need someone else to provide a computer for the 
presentation, as my laptop is too slow for this stuff.

   -fenn

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, adam wrote:
> 
> I could stand to hear a few hours about vector images,
> format(s) and editors if anyone here feels like
> talking.
> Specifically tracing raster images and manipulating
> them.  Also freehand drawing with vectors.
> -adam nuwer