For quick 'Idea Capture'  I use TinyCad  (free download from 'net )
Windows based, intuitive (no steep learning curve) and comes with part
libraries.

Can be used to draw anything, but does not support a touch screen ((which I
personally dislike anyway, still preferring a 10.1" PC to any type of
'Tablet' thingy)


On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:03 AM, Sergey Dryga <sergey@dryga.us> wrote:

> Dwayne Reid <dwayner <at> planet.eon.net> writes:
>
> >
> > Good day to all.
> >
> > I'm a long-time paper scribbler of quick ideas, notes, sketches,
> > schematics, etc.  These collect on my desk and eventually get shoved
> > into a file folder or box somewhere, whereupon it is effectively
> > lost.  I occasionally go back into those old notes and its neat what
> > I often find <grin>.
> >
> > I'd like to start doing some of that stuff electronically, so that I
> > might be able to more easily find it when I go searching for that
> > elusive idea that I had years ago.
>
> Dwayne,
>
> I tried several electronic options for this, including
> graphics/powerpoint/pcb/sketch software on desktop, laptop and tablet
> computers.  Desktops and laptops with graphics software are too cumbersom=
e
> for my taste.
> Handhelds or tablets are too small to be usefull.
>
> I ended up using paper (engineer's notepad, to be exact) for drawing.  Th=
en
> I scan it to have an electronic copy, or take a picture with a tablet.
>  This
> might be an old-fashioned solution, but it works for me.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Sergey
>
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>
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