Re: Customizable drawing program?

From: Arjen Markus (arjen.markus_at_wldelft.nl)
Date: 12/02/03

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    Mike Collins wrote:
    >
    > Arjen Markus <arjen.markus@wldelft.nl> wrote in message news:<3FCAF5A9.FA5BFE6F@wldelft.nl>...
    > > Mike Collins wrote:
    > > >
    > > > Has anybody written a drawing program where you can define your own
    > > > elements to be used in the drawing program.
    > > > I guess a Tcl/TK based drawing engine.
    > >
    > > Well, depending on what you want to do with it:
    > >
    > > - Tkpaint is a very useful program (you can draw complicated diagrams
    > > with it). I do not know much about its extensibility though.
    > > See: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/tkpaint>
    > >
    > > - On the Wiki I have a page, called Geometrical constructions,
    > > <http://wiki.tcl.tk/6112>, that may be useful (at least to give
    > > you ideas ...)
    > >
    > > Regards,
    > >
    > > Arjen
    >
    > Hi Arjen. That second link on the wiki sight comes up with a strange
    > page and no information about a drawing program.
    >
    > What I'm working on doing is writing a graphical network simulaion
    > program. And I want to be able to define my own icons (well images of
    > computers, hubs-switches, routers) that will have little some sub
    > elements (display leds) that I can change back and forth. I've already
    > done this somewhat extracting some icons from the MS dll's and what
    > not. Then i just used mspaint and added a bit of some weird color that
    > I change when I define the image in Tcl/Tk. i then capture that/those
    > bit position(s), and keep track of them in an array, pretty simple
    > stuff.
    >
    > And for the lines that I will actually draw I want to be able to draw
    > mulicolored lines (like some of the old network lines MS includes in
    > there icons about network connectivity). The one i captured originally
    > I change the colors some. The definition for one of my line elements
    > is 1x3 pixels. Then i just string them together and it makes the line.
    >
    > I would like to be able to at least draw the lines with a drag and
    > drop mechanism, but I'd like to be able to also change what the
    > definition of the basic element that creates the line, and even add
    > new styles.
    >
    > and I want all the basic design type functions (save design, load a
    > saved design, blah blah blah).
    >
    > That's what I'm playing with anyway.
    > Thanks for listening.

    That sounds like a lot of functionality :)

    I know of no program that will do all of this, though it should all
    be possible with the standard canvas widget ...

    Regards,

    Arjen

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