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From: tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: mCAD & printers
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Date: 13 Jun 89 16:42:29 GMT
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jwhitman@st-louis-emh2.army.mil (Jerry Whitman) writes:
>
>Does any one know of a way to translate mCAD files into printer compatable
>output?  I realize there is little, if any, relationship between plotter
>files and printer graphics files, but seems there aughta be a way.
>
Just last week there was a posting here in comp.sys.amiga from 
jvmiller@plato.rdrc.rpi.edu.  He and a friend(?) are working on a
utility that will take HP-GL command files and print them to a
graphics (dot-matrix) printer.  They are apparently about ready
to release it to beta testing.  I don't know if they have any
commercial aspirations or are planning to release it to the
public domain or what.  I believe it also puts plots on the screen,
but I'm not sure about that one.

Also, I just downloaded PLANS from a local BBS.  It was written by a
fellow in Eugene, OR.; I don't recall the name.  It looks pretty good.
It's a 2-D drafting program that's pretty capable and fast.  I _think_
it has raster - dot-matrix output in addition to plotter.  The author
is asking $50 for shareware contribution from non-commercial users.

Hope this helps.

Tom Bruhns
tomb%hplsla@hplabs.hp.com