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From: cem@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.text.desktop,comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Graphics Conversion Tool for the PC
Summary: I would doubt it!
Keywords: TIFF to DFX file format converter
Message-ID: <8050@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 24 Mar 89 07:25:33 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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HELP!

> Need to know if anyone knows of a product (yup for the PC) that
> will convert TIFF to DCX file format for a CAD package that a
> friend of mine is using.  Is there a software package that can
> do this?? If so, is it commercial or public domain? And where/how
> can I get a copy?? Any help would sure be appreciated.

Since a TIF file is paint format (bitmapped) and DCX is draw format,
I would doubt very much that it would be possible to convert
automatically.  I suppose that it would possible with a package like
Adobe Illustrator, if you use the TIF file as a template and then
re-draw the drawing and then save it in a draw format.  You could then
use the file in Auto-Cadd.  The only reason that I use Illustrator in
the example, is that it has an auto-trace tool.  You could also use
Micrografx Designer or Arts & Letters Graphic Composer.  (I have and
use all three.)  But then why use Auto-Cadd at all, just stay with the
draw package.

Clancy Malloy
AT&T Bell Labs
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