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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Generating DXF from the Mac
Message-ID: <91066.232757JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 91 04:27:57 GMT
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>Discussion on DXF; what it is, what to do with it....

As stated by the Autodesk rep., DXF is a CAD file format that was
invented by Autodesk.  So if you have a DXF file and want to plot
it, you should not be seeking a plotter driver that supports DXF.
You should be seeking a program that can read DXF and can subsequently
plot the file.  This program can be AutoCAD itself, MicroStation 4.0
(hint, hint; it's on the way for Mac!), or any of the other Mac
applications that now have the capacity to read DXF format files.
The output these applications generate to plot the file will not
be a DXF file, but a plotter language, depending on what plotter
you send the output to; could be HPGL, HPGL2, etc.  Might even
be PostScript if your application supports that.  :-)

Hope this helps!

                                                            Kurt
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