Ah, someone else who uses PostScript!
This little snippet generates a picture of copper-strip breadboard at 2:1 scale, and might have been my first attempt at "electronics CAD":
This little snippet generates a picture of copper-strip breadboard at 2:1 scale, and might have been my first attempt at "electronics CAD":
Code:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0% Draw copper-strip breadboard% First, define some sensible measuring units/mm { 72 mul 25.4 div } def/cm { 72 mul 2.54 div } def% Draw a single strip of track, vertically up the screen% Strip is 4 mm. wide, with 2 mm. holes at 5.08 mm. intervals/strip { gsave .75 setgray 0 277 mm rlineto 4 mm 0 rlineto 0 -277 mm rlineto -4 mm 0 rlineto closepath fill grestore 0 setgray 0 277 mm rlineto gsave stroke grestore 4 mm -277 mm rmoveto 0 277 mm rlineto stroke mm 2 mm add /midx exch def 20 5.08 277 { mm /midy exch def 1 setgray midx midy 1 mm 0 360 arc closepath fill 0 setgray midx midy 1 mm 0 360 arc closepath stroke } for} def% Work across the screen drawing strips.1 mm setlinewidth10 5.08 199 { dup mm 10 mm moveto strip} forshowpageStatistics: Posted by julie_m — Tue May 20, 2025 5:33 pm