Mark,

A point I forgot to mention before.  You can import VISIO
drawings into MS Word and even edit them without leaving
Word.  This is very handy when writing up documentation for
your project or product.  Good luck.

Regards,

Jim


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>Try VISIO TECHNICAL.  It's a very good drawing package.  The only caveat here

>is the cost.  Around $150.00 - $200.00 I believe.
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>Regards,
>
>Jim
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>>Dear piclisters,
>>
>>What do you use to design and manufacture "face plates" for electronic
>>equipment.
>>I have tried different CAD programs, but they always had some limitiation.

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>>For example I need TrueType fonts to be placed and sized on an exact
>>(metric) location.
>>And also the possibility to easily draw and adjust lines and curves.
>>
>>As we just had the discussion about shareware cad programs, does anyone had

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>>any
>>experience with face plate designs and what software do you recommend?
>>
>>Friendly Regards,
>>Mark Langezaal
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