I have been using powerpoint for drawing the process steps of semiconductor device fabrication, for devices like MOSFET or even MEMS devices. It appears to be very cumbersome and crude. They cannot be drawn to scale and there are asymmetries. Which software would you recommend to be used for this purpose? I especially want to use the figures drawn in my presentations. Can the same figure be used in research publications? I am talking in terms of 2D i.e. either the front view or the top view of device fabrication steps. I am not so proficient with Latex and Linux.
Microsoft Visio is very flexible for this purpose, and I use it for (simple) device architectures. See for example the insets of Figure 1a and 2 in http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4768718, though these are very simple.
I also prefer Ms Visio for simple 2D drawings from side, top and cross sectional view. Alternatively, i also utilize embedded layout editor in Coventor by capturing the screen. Canvas14 also recommended by many of my colleagues, but never had a chance to try it so far.
Thank you Dr. Gammon and Dr. Yaacob. I am exploring ms visio for the same.
I would recommend Adobe Illustrator. It's very powerful but might take some time to learn how to use it. An open source alternative would be inkscape ( http://inkscape.org/ ) it's less powerful, but available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
I would recomend also Google Sketchup (it is free). You can draw in 2D and 3D. It is very user friendly and there are many tutorial on the web. It is tough to skecth in 3D but works perfectly also in 2D. Maybe, at the beginning you can find it a bit complicated but with few days of experience and advices you can draw many things. I am using this one to make all the sketches in 2D and 3D for the thesis. It is available for windows and mac. I would say also that Sketchup is just for "sketches" and is not appropriate for professional 3D models.
For simple things powerpoint is probably OK, but if you want to illustrate more complicated things or show a bit more flair then something like Inkscape is probably more suited to your needs.
Try Corel Graphics Suite. CorelDRAW. As it generates EPS files. From years I use CorelDRAW. Doesn't matter how much you enlarge your figures/line graphs, the quality remains intact i.e., doesn't pixelate like JPG's or PNG's.
Inkscape and Blender are free and open source tools to create 2-d and 3-d sketches.
I like to use Visio on a Windows machine and OmniGraffle on the Mac. You can work pretty well between the two programs if needed as OmniGraffle can open and edit Visio documents. I have a PC at work and a Mac laptop for home, so creating process flow diagrams is easy with one or both of these programs. Visio is also a good choice as many companies produce custom stencils to import and use in Visio as a way to support their products (Cisco does this for example).
Inkscape for 2D and Blender for 3D pictures.
Blender for animations
For instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RasemoYzsFA
Mr. Harnois has provided a very good info for your need.
inkscape as well as blender is great, free and light weight alternatives and available for both windows and linux
Hi, this reply to your question would be outdated but hope this helps you in your future research.
In my case, i've been using powerpoint to create the 2D and 3D structures. What you need is patience to do it.
try CorelDraw, it generates high quality images which can be used by enlarging or further processing. Power point is good if very simples images are to be made.
I strongly agree with Chin Seng Fatt.
Power point is very simple and few tricks are required to draw 2D and 3D images . I am use to draw both 2D and 3D images.
I hope other answers are helpful to make understanding for future research.
I prefer to use the graphic results generated by Athena software of Silvaco or TSUPREM of Synopsys.
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