Hi David;
Todd, I
looked at your pictures and the color sketch of your coolant system, a .jpg
file.
Did you do the sketch free hand and scan it? Or, did you use
some software product to draw/sketch it?
I've bought a new computer since then and I can't seem to find
that image. I must not have transferred that in my files. IIRC, that was just a
simple, quick freehand drawing that I scanned & saved as a
jpg.
- So, I'm looking
for a drawing tool other than Intellicad/Autocad that can be viewed by anyone
with Windows (and the typical viewers bundled with it).
One of the simplest drawing tools that
everybody has is "Paint". Relatively easy to use. It saves all drawings as BMP.
images by default, but you can chose which format to use. BMP files are
relatively large, but JPG is not and is also viewable by all viewers. Even most
versions of AutoCAD will give you other choices of file formats to save as. When
saving an image, click on "File" in the upper left corner, then on the drop down
menu, click on "Save As...", then on the window that opens at the bottom will be
"Save As Type:", click on this drop down menu and you will see all available
file formats.
When I want a quick file that isn't
going to be kept for future reference, it is still hard to beat a pen &
paper, then quickly scan it in as a small jpg. If I'm drawing something
more important, I try to use AutoCAD, though I still occasionally use
Paint.
If creating files to send onto lists
such as this, jpg. is IMO the best format as it is common to every system and
small file sizes, which is important to dial-up access users like me. It's
rather annoying to download a 1.5meg message only to find it contains a very
high quality image of something that doesn't pertain to me.
Hope this helps.
S. Todd Bartrim Turbo 13B
RV-9Endurance; C-FSTB http://www3.telus.net/haywire/RV-9/C-FSTB.htm
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