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    [serious] Free Vector-Based drawing prog?

    Does anyone know of any free vector-based drawing programs? (for windows)


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    Re: [serious] Free Vector-Based drawing prog?

    Apart from the one I'm writing you mean? No. Thats kind of why I'm writing one.

    Also works on linux.
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    Re: [serious] Free Vector-Based drawing prog?

    How about swish? They have a free trial version too.

    http://www.swishzone.com/index.php
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    Re: [serious] Free Vector-Based drawing prog?

    Quote Originally Posted by RobDog888
    How about swish? They have a free trial version too.

    http://www.swishzone.com/index.php
    $99.95 - that's a funny looking free, rob

    Quote Originally Posted by wossname
    Apart from the one I'm writing you mean? No. Thats kind of why I'm writing one.
    i wait with baited breath (no sarcasm intended)

    ah well, in that case i guess i'll have to find some nice cheap OEM stuff

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    Re: [serious] Free Vector-Based drawing prog?

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    Re: [serious] Free Vector-Based drawing prog?

    Quote Originally Posted by RobDog888
    I was looking for something more permanent

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    Re: [serious] Free Vector-Based drawing prog?

    Well I'm sure you could get creative
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    Re: [serious] Free Vector-Based drawing prog?

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    Re: [serious] Free Vector-Based drawing prog?

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    i obviously slapped in the wrong keywords

    Cheers iPrank, Inkscape looks great

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    Re: [serious] Free Vector-Based drawing prog?

    VB Code:
    1. -- vector.ads
    2. -- (c) Yrywddfa, 2006
    3. -- Specification of the vector package
    4.  
    5. with Ada.Numerics.Generic_Elementary_Functions;
    6.  
    7. package Vector is
    8.    type Vector is array (Integer range <>) of Float;
    9.    function "+" (Left,Right:Vector) return Vector;
    10.    function "-" (Left,Right:Vector) return Vector;
    11.    function Inner (u,v:Vector) return Float;
    12.    function Length (u: Vector) return Float;
    13.    function Theta (u,v:Vector) return Float;
    14.    function Projection (u,v:Vector) return Float;
    15. end Vector;
    16.  
    17. package body Vector is
    18.  
    19.  
    20.  
    21.    -- Adds the two vectors together
    22.    function "+" (Left,Right:Vector) return Vector is
    23.       Result    :Vector (Left'Range);
    24.    begin
    25.       for i in Left'Range loop
    26.          Result(i):=Result(i)+(Left(i)+Right(i));
    27.       end loop;
    28.       return Result;
    29.    end "+";
    30.  
    31.    -- Subtracts the two vectors
    32.    function "-" (Left,Right:Vector) return Vector is
    33.       Result    :Vector (Left'Range);
    34.    begin
    35.       for i in Left'Range loop
    36.          Result(i):=Result(i)+(Left(i)-Right(i));
    37.       end loop;
    38.       return Result;
    39.    end "-";
    40.  
    41.    -- Returns the inner product (dot-product) of the two vectors
    42.    function Inner (u,v:Vector) return Vector is
    43.       Result    :Vector (u'Range);
    44.    begin
    45.       for i in u'Range loop
    46.          Result(i):=Result(i)+(u(i)*v(i));
    47.       end loop;
    48.       return Result;
    49.    end Inner;
    50.  
    51.    -- Returns the Length (magnitude) of the vector
    52.    function Length (u:Vector) return Float is
    53.       Result    :Float:=0.0;
    54.    begin
    55.       for i in u'Range loop
    56.          Result:=Result+u(i)**2;
    57.       end loop;
    58.       return Result;
    59.    end Length;
    60.  
    61.    -- Returns the angle difference between the two vectors
    62.    function Theta(u,v:Vector) return Float is
    63.       use Ada.Numerics.Generic_Elementary_Functions;
    64.    begin
    65.       return ArcCos(Inner(u,v)/(Length(u)*Length(v)));
    66.    end Theta;
    67.  
    68.    -- Returns projection of u onto v
    69.    function Projection(u,v:Vector) return Float is
    70.    begin
    71.       return Inner(u,v)/Length(u);
    72.    end Projection;
    73.  
    74. end Vector;

    How's that to get you started?
    Last edited by yrwyddfa; Aug 25th, 2006 at 09:19 AM.
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