Why can't I use .eps or .fm made from AutoCad Lt 2002 in FM7?

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From: Horace Smith
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 14:34

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My manuals need engineering drawings. I take these, run them through AutoCad Lt 2002 to get rid of extra colors, etc., then try to plot them as .eps or .fm using the Acrobat Distiller that's listed as an AutoCad output device.

The program makes the file, but FM7 (under W2000) won't take them. I get the filter encountered error message.

If I run a .eps through Illustrator 9, and save it as .eps, then FM7 can take it.

Does anyone else have this problem? Or do I have to wait until FM can read .dwg files (having been born in 1931, I probably won't live that long)?

I don't want to buy another program, unless I absolutely have to.

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