Re: [EVDL] It is time to raise the bar, to more Sophisticated Conversions !
Two options that I can think of is pdf format... these are quite versatile
and readable by a variety of computers with free programs in order to print
them (either native for Mac, or free downloads for PC).
A little more versatile would be .dwg format from autocad, which you can
download a variety of free readers (which do not allow modifying of the
files, but you can view them) for mac or PC. Not too hard, and doesn't
require buying the several $ cad program unless you want to modify it (if
you allow people to do that anyway...). Most of the other CAD programs out
there (visio, omnigraffle, etc) do allow importing dwg files from autocad,
though with varying degrees of corruption of the drawing while doing it.....
Z
> Maybe this is a good time to ask. What do people think would be the
> "best" way to provide plans? Printed on paper like R.Q. Riley? In some
> cheap toy CAD package that no one uses? In some popular commercial CAD
> package that you have to buy? I don't want to just give everything away;
> we have to somehow keep control of the design, or all I've done is waste
> all our time and money.
>
> -
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Two options that I can think of is pdf format... these are quite versatile
and readable by a variety of computers with free programs in order to print
them (either native for Mac, or free downloads for PC).
A little more versatile would be .dwg format from autocad, which you can
download a variety of free readers (which do not allow modifying of the
files, but you can view them) for mac or PC. Not too hard, and doesn't
require buying the several $ cad program unless you want to modify it (if
you allow people to do that anyway...). Most of the other CAD programs out
there (visio, omnigraffle, etc) do allow importing dwg files from autocad,
though with varying degrees of corruption of the drawing while doing it.....
Z
> Maybe this is a good time to ask. What do people think would be the
> "best" way to provide plans? Printed on paper like R.Q. Riley? In some
> cheap toy CAD package that no one uses? In some popular commercial CAD
> package that you have to buy? I don't want to just give everything away;
> we have to somehow keep control of the design, or all I've done is waste
> all our time and money.
>
> -
>
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