Cenon - Graphics Software with Style

Cenon is a graphical tool of a special kind. Build upon a modular graphical core, Cenon offers a wide variety of possibilities and applications. The feature-rich Cenon core is free software, available with full source codes, and at home on many computer platforms.

Cenon is being developed with love. The clean user interface on Apple, Linux and other systems (using GNUstep) creates a pleasant user experience.

Cenon Features

Import

    * Import of DXF, HPGL, PostScript (PS and EPS), Adobe Illustrator 3, Gerber, PDF, Sieb&Meyer, Wessel, Excellon
    * Import of images (TIFF, GIF, JPG etc.)
    * Import of Type-1 Fonts
    * option: automatic distribution of colors to layers
    * option: automatic joining of paths
    * Import of text lists in ASCII format for mass production

Graphic- and Editing functions

    * Lines, Arcs, Rectangles, Bezier curves, etc.
    * complex paths
    * object manipulations like join, punch etc.
    * Rich Text (vector fonts, tabulators, rotation, ...)
    * Text along paths
    * Graphic Inspector
    * comfortable layer (page) management
    * alignment of graphic objects
    * multiple Undo and Redo

DTP

    * Exposing of images (Clipping)
    * Color shading (Graduate, Radial, Axial)
    * Thumbnail images
    * Color separation

Output

    * Export of DXF, HPGL, PostScript (EPS + PS), Gerber, etc.

Special features

    * Vectorisation of images
    * creating the contour of graphic objects
    * Mix function
    * Batch production
    * Serial numbers

Cenon System Requirements
  
2010-06-21

These are the system requirements for the different computer platforms and architectures.
  
Apple

The easiest way to go.

    * Apple with Power-PC or Intel CPU, Cenon is Universal Binary
    * Mac-OS X, version 10.4 (Tiger) or higher

Linux

The easiest way is to start from one of the available Linux distributions. There are no special requirements for hardware, mostly any modern Computer will do the job.

The GNUstep backend of choice is the Art-Backend because it allows text scaling and text rotation.

      Linux based on a standard distribution:

          o SuSE (vhf offers GNUstep packages)
          o Red Hat
          o Debian
          o Gentoo (Source-Distribution)

      GNUstep Library
          o GNUstep RPMs for SuSE Linux (packages provided by vhf)
          o Debian (GNUstep packages for Debian Linux)

Unix in general

Systems like Sun Solaris, Free BSD, Net BSD need to be compiled from source code.

    * Cenon Source Codes
    * GNUstep Core Libraries (Make, Base, GUI)

OpenStep

Still own a version of OpenStep 4.2? On any modern PCs this is a rocket with a slick user experience, the world has not seen again since then. Nowadays not a true option any more without USB support...

    * Intel compatible PC (x86)
    * OpenStep 4.2

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