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Programs on Origami
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Q1: What programs exist for drawing diagrams?
There are several programs available to draw Origami diagrams on the
computer. Except ORIDRAW, OriToPs and PictureThis they are NOT available via
these archives. Among these programs are (systems in alphabetical sequence):
Adobe Illustrator Apple MacIntosh
Aldus Freehand Apple MacIntosh
Canvas Apple MacIntosh
AutoCAD MSDOS-PC
Draft Choice MSDOS-PC (Shareware)
Generic CAD MSDOS-PC
VersCAD MSDOS-PC
ORIDRAW * MSDOS-PC (Maarten van Gelder)
OriToPs * General PostScript generator in Pascal
PictureThis * MSDOS-PC (Shareware, but free from the archives)
topdraw Windows (PC) (Shareware; max 60 days)
CorelDRAW! Windows (PC)
Harvard Draw Windows (PC)
Micrografx Designer Windows (PC)
Micrografx Draw Windows (PC)
Microsoft Draw Windows (PC)
VISIO Windows (PC)
xfig X-windows (UN*X)
xpaint X-windows (UN*X)
The programs marked with an asterisk (*) are available via the archives.
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Q2: What programs exist to show Origami folding?
There is a set of Basic programs available on the archives. They are
written by George Furiya.
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Q3: How do I print PostScript files?
If you have a PostScript printer (or a printer emulating PostScript) just
copy the file to PRN (or LPT1).
If your printer doesn't understand PostScript you may use GhostScript to
convert the PostScript file to your printer. GhostScript is available via
the archives. After you have gotten the files and have expanded them you
will find the information telling how to set GS up in the file use.doc.
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Q4: What is PostScript and EPS?
PostScript is a printer language. Print files generated in this way are in
ASCII code and so can be sent by Email without problems.
PostScript files come in two kinds. Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files
are completely self contained. But you may also find PostScript files
that are missing a head and tail. On the Apple MacIntosh and some other
computers these are added automatically when printing.
You may send both kinds of PostScript files to
M.J.van.Gelder@kvi.nl
I (Maarten) will put them in the archives.
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I1: Information on program topdraw
Available at ftp.cica.indiana.edu in /pub/pc/win3/desktop.
Files topdr10a.zip and topdr10b.zip.
This is a pretty nifty program, and there are a couple of features that
make it ideal for origami:
- you can rotate polygons to any angle
- you can create a palette of shapes
- you can break polygons & rejoin them
Unfortunately, its shareware & runs out after 60 days.
I think this prog actually disables itself after this time (!) and its
about $40 to register. Worth trying anyway.
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I2: Information on program xpaint
XPaint is a color image editing tool under UNIX systems with X-windows
which features most standard paint program options. It allows for the
editing of multiple images simultaneously and supports various formats,
including PPM, XBM, TIFF, etc.
The functionality of XPaint is divided into a toolbox area for selecting
the current paint operation and paint windows for modifying/creating
images. Each paint window has access to its own color palette and set of
patterns, although the paint operation in use is globally selected for all
windows.
XPaint runs on a variety of displays. Saving images will adapt them to the
current display type (i.e. a color image loaded on a greyscale screen will
be saved as a grey image).
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Last update: 09 March 2000
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