[comp.text.desktop] MacDraw II -> Interleaf

louis@aerospace.aero.org (Louis M. McDonald) (03/20/90)

Does anyone know of a MacDraw II format to Interleaf translator?
We have a request to take a macdraw II file into Interleaf and then
make changes to it, or clean it up. This helps keep the document all
together


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derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) (03/21/90)

louis@aerospace.aero.org (Louis M. McDonald) writes:

>Does anyone know of a MacDraw II format to Interleaf translator?

I assume that you are talking about Interleaf on some other computer
than on the Macintosh.  Interleaf on the Mac is currently version
3.5 and can open most Mac documents directly.  It is a decidely
non-Macintosh interfaced program, but most ports are.  It does 
have LOTS of capabilities but needs 8megs to run.  I personally 
use Interleaf on a Sun workstation as V4.0,
but it is also available on Apollo, etc.

On the sun there are filters available from Interleaf for conversion
of MacWrite, RTF (MS Word), PICT (MacDraw) and MacPaint formats.  They
are called "macwrfilt", "rtffilt", "macdrfilt" and "macptfilt",
respectively.

Here's the catch, you can only use certain versions of these Macintosh
programs to generate the files, MacWrite 4.5, MacPaint 1.5 and MacDraw
1.9 and 1.9.5.  It appears the any rft document will work.  

I have been sucessful in transfering MacDrawII documents by
cutting and pasting the graphics into MacDraw 1.9.5, saving them in pict
format and then transferring them to the Sun for filtering.
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bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case) (03/28/90)

Appologies for putting this here, but I think it's my
best shot at getting the right audience.

Interleaf Publisher(tm) for the Mac (latest
version, 3.5) for sale.  $500.

Brian Case
bcase@cup.portal.com
415-255-0159