langford@reed.UUCP (Chris Langford) (01/26/89)
I have tried to display Illustrator and Illustrator88 files (from mac)
using Yap. Has anyone had success with this? I can't seem to get
any thing on the screen. The window tells how long it took to calculate
everything, but there is nothing in the window. Is there some part of the
header I need to remove? Please respond by mail, and I will post a
summary if the responses warrant it. Thanks in advance.
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In article <11609@reed.UUCP> langford@reed.UUCP (Chris Langford) writes: >I have tried to display Illustrator and Illustrator88 files (from mac) >using Yap. Has anyone had success with this? I can't seem to get >any thing on the screen. The window tells how long it took to calculate >everything, but there is nothing in the window. Is there some part of the >header I need to remove? Please respond by mail, and I will post a >summary if the responses warrant it. Thanks in advance. The most likely reason for this is the location of the origin in the Illustrator file. By default, the "rulers" in Illustrator are set up with the 0,0 origin in the upper left-hand corner, for compatibility with the Mac coordinate system. You can easily change this. To determine if that is actually the problem, add this line at the beginning of one of your Illustrator files, in the Yap editor: 0 792 translate And try running it. If it shows up as expected, then you should get in the habit of setting the origin where you want it when you are creating artwork with Illustrator. To do this, first turn on the "rulers" feature. Then, grab the place on the window border where the rulers intersect (not on the drawing itself), and drag it out onto the drawing surface. Crosshairs should appear. Wherever you let go becomes the "PostScript origin," as well as your ruler origin. I hope this helps. Glenn Reid Adobe Systems