Looking for a "Draw" program

[Dennis Marks]

The Macintosh, from its inception, has contained a Paint and a Draw program
(2 separate programs). Paint is the same as the PC Paint program. Draw is a
program that treats each line, curve, circle, etc. as a separate object.
This allow you to move or resize any part of a drawing without erasing and
repainting. Does such a program come with the XP operating system. Is there
a free one available?

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

www.google.com is your friend.

| The Macintosh, from its inception, has contained a Paint and a Draw
program
| (2 separate programs). Paint is the same as the PC Paint program. Draw is
a
| program that treats each line, curve, circle, etc. as a separate object.
| This allow you to move or resize any part of a drawing without erasing and
| repainting. Does such a program come with the XP operating system. Is
there
| a free one available?
|
| --
| Dennis
|
|

 

[GO]

You might want to look at GIMP. It might also be more than you are looking
for...
http://www.gimp.org/

 

[H. S.]

The Macintosh, from its inception, has contained a Paint and a Draw program
(2 separate programs). Paint is the same as the PC Paint program. Draw is a
program that treats each line, curve, circle, etc. as a separate object.
This allow you to move or resize any part of a drawing without erasing and
repainting. Does such a program come with the XP operating system. Is there
a free one available?

Xfig(http://www.xfig.org/) is very powerful, quite versatile and
absolutely free (GPL IIRC). But installing and using Xfig is not for the
faint of heart!
http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/wew036/latex/xfig.html

Once you get used to it, you will never want to use anything else.

->HS

 

[Malke]

Xfig(http://www.xfig.org/) is very powerful, quite versatile and
absolutely free (GPL IIRC). But installing and using Xfig is not for
the faint of heart!
http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/wew036/latex/xfig.html

Once you get used to it, you will never want to use anything else.

The OpenOffice suite (www.openoffice.org) has a drawing component.
Google for "vector drawing program" for others.

Malke