Re: gEDA-user: Size of symbols

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 29, 2008, at 5:33 PM, John Doty wrote:
>>>> Should I adjust the size of the symbols or the size of title-B.sym?
>>>> What is the correct way and how do I do that?
>>>
>>> I would adjust the size of the symbols. The standard symbols seem a
>>> bit too big
>>> for me as well.
>>
> That's not the paradigm. The way gEDA works is that you keep the
> symbol size constant in gEDA's arbitrary units, and make the extent
> of your page what you want to shrink them to the size you want.
>
> I personally find title-B about right for letter or A4 paper with the
> existing symbols. I like modules I can comprehend, not spaghetti
> going all over the place. I also don't want to give the bifocals too
> much of a workout ;-)
>
> Note that you don't have to use a titleblock at all. Some of my
> collaborators just put in cvstitleblock-1.sym with no frame, so the
> schematic just fills whatever page it's printed on.

   I rather despise the new-fangled "plop a component down and attach  
netnames to each of the pins, with no lines going anywhere"  
methodology, if that's what you meant by your spaghetti reference. ;)

   What I like to do is have large schematics with small symbols,  
with a title block, and I print them usually at 11"x17".  Would it be  
reasonable to simply use a LARGE title block (say, E size) and scale  
it to fit the page on the way out to the printer?

            -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL




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