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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
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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

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