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Drawj2d - Draw to scale using a descriptive language.

Installation

• Drawj2d requires the Java Runtime Environment JRE (1.8 or above).
• Runs on Linux, Mac, Windows, ...

• No installation needed. Just extract the zip file.

• Any good editor with UTF-8 encoding support will do it. Have a look at jEdit. This mature text editor with its console plugin and syntax highlighting (drawj2d) is a convenient interface for Drawj2d.

Basic usage

drawj2d -T pdf drawing.hcl
drawj2d -T screen drawing.hcl
drawj2d -T pdf -W 150 -H 100 drawing.hcl
drawj2d -T svg -W 150 -H 100 drawing.hcl
drawj2d -t rmn drawing.hcl
drawj2d -t rmdoc drawing.hcl

Examples

• Introduction
• Gallery
• Statics

Drawj2d for reMarkable users

• Output to reMarkable paper tablet
• Examples
• Shape Libraries

News

Version 1.3 released - try it!