[Xcircuit-dev] More uses for XCircuit.

[Philip <sil...@us...>]

Okay, we all know how good XCircuit is for making schematic drawings.

And if we have browsed the website we also know it is good at music
typsetting/notation.

I use it _quite_ heavily for my non-dimentional (that is, not CAD)
drawing for audio/video system layout. Block diagram kind of things.

Well, the other day I found a new use

Some of the other family members were working on a cross-stitch project
and wanted to include the outline of a flower that didn't exist in the
pattern. Of course, they came to me for a clever solution! *grin*

First a bit of background. Cross-stitch is made using a needle and
thread on a grid-like material. The pattern is made of grid-line. The
tricky bit is that a cross-point on the pattern corresponds to a _hole_
on the material! Once I understood that the rest was easy.

I fired up XCircuit, set the grid quite coarse (1/3 inch, or so) and
proceded to connect gridpoints until I got a flower petal shape that the
artists approved. Copying, rotating, repositioning, coloring, etc the
petals until it looked like a flower was easy - and, I'll admit, a bit
fun.

I printed the final version, the project was finished, and now it's on
it's way to Grandma's!

Thank you Tim for such a _killer_ app!!

          Philip, "more sold-er than ever!"

   P.S. The cross-stitchers say "Thanks" too.