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Article #2455Re: AUTOCAD -> PostScript
From: Joakim Sernbrant
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 1990 20:40
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 1990 20:40
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In article <90Jul4.151140edt.19579@me.utoronto.ca> sun@me.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun Anu-guest) writes: >In article <9735@discus.technion.ac.il> dario%techunix.bitnet@jade.berkeley.edu (Dario Ringach) writes: >>Does anyone know of a software to get PostScript out of AUTOCAD output? >>Thanks in advance! >>-- >>Dario > >AutoCAD Release 9.0 or above comes with a PostScript driver for generating >PostScript outputs. If you do not have an updated version, it's about time >to upgrade. If you have the new version, the PostScript is in "plotter" >options, not "printer" options. Although it is a laser "printer", it is >under "plotter". So beware of that. > >Andy Another quirk with the driver is that it doesn't handle different line widths at all. I have written a program that converts AutoCad ADI plotfiles to either PostScript or Calcomp PCL language; and it handles different linewidths. This allows our users to just make the plot (to a file); and only later decide if they want it on A4 paper or A1 film. It also saves them from exiting AutoCad to reconfigure it each time they select a new device. Since I have written this program at work, I'm not sure if I can distribute it here. If there is enough interest I can investigate the matter. (btw it's in TurboPascal 5.x). Jocke -- Joakim Sernbrant, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden -- Internet: d87-jse@nada.kth.se --
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!sunybcs!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!kodak!uupsi!sunic!kth.se!news From: d87-jse@garbo.bion.kth.se (Joakim Sernbrant) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: AUTOCAD -> PostScript Message-ID: <1990Jul5.204032.7793@kth.se> Date: 5 Jul 90 20:40:32 GMT References: <9735@discus.technion.ac.il> <90Jul4.151140edt.19579@me.utoronto.ca> Reply-To: d87-jse@kth.se (Joakim Sernbrant) Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 31