cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (11/24/88)
In article <18218@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU., dberry@lanai.cs.ucla.edu writes:
. One of the people here has Autocad and wants to know if there is
. software that generates a PostScript rendition of its pictures?
. alternatively, Autocad can generate output for any of the following
. printers:
. DataCopy model 90
. Epson
. HP Laser Jet
. Okidata
. Printronix plotter/printer 4160
. Omni graphics
.
. Do translators to PostScript exist for any of these (in plot mode)
.
. Thanks
. Dan
Current releases of Autocad have PostScript support -- though it isn't
as efficient as it could be.
If you *really* need Epson to PostScript translation, get in touch with
me -- I have a product that does the job.
--
Clayton E. Cramer
..!ames!pyramid!kontron!optilin!cramersears@sun.uucp (Daniel Sears) (11/28/88)
The current release of AutoCAD generates PostScript. The chief problem
with it is that AutoCAD treats the PostScript device like a plotter.
Therefore instead of using even the built-in PostScript fonts AutoCAD
generates primitive stick fonts. This is both inefficient and ugly.
Our production department had to resort to manually pasting text over
the callouts in AutoCAD drawings before going to print.
Fortunately, we found an AutoCAD add-on product from Preco Industries
called AutoScript.
Product: AutoScript
Contact: Evelyn Miller
Phone: 916.541.0066
Company: Preco Industries
Address: 9501 Dice Lane
Lenexa, Kansas
66215
Price: ~ $800
The original version of AutoScript was written in AutoLisp and it is
*slow*, much like AutoCAD itself. It generates PostScript that uses
the built-in fonts and also downloadable fonts. Recently, they have
rewritten AutoScript in C and it should be much faster. When I was
looking at AutoScript, the C version was only available for MS-DOS.
They may have since ported it to SunOS.
--
Daniel Sears Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Technical Publications MS 5-42
(415) 336-7435 2550 Garcia Avenue
sears@sun.com Mountain View, CA 94043