stevenr@cs.hw.ac.uk (A Psychotic Killer) (02/06/91)
This is perhaps a shot in the dark, but here goes..... Does anyone know a way of converting drawings produced on AutoCAD to some format that Latex recognises? A bit like the `transfig' command that can convert FIG drawings (among others) to Latex macros. If it is any help, AutoCAD can produce DXF representations of it's drawings. Steve Roberts (stevenr@uk.ac.hw.cs)
krab@iesd.auc.dk (Kresten Krab Thorup) (02/07/91)
As you might know, AutoCAD can also produce HPGL (plottter-format), by choosing `file' as plotterdevice. A such file can quite easyly be converted into for example P*stScript (lots of utilities are available to do this), which then again can be used with LaTeX.... So far I dont know of any styles/utilities for LaTeX that allows inclusion of plotter files directly. /Kresten
iisakkil@niksula.hut.fi (Mika R Iisakkila) (02/07/91)
krab@iesd.auc.dk (Kresten Krab Thorup) writes: > A such file can quite easyly be > converted into for example P*stScript (lots of utilities are available > to do this), which then again can be used with LaTeX.... AutoCAD can directly plot in PostScript. The only commands an AutoCAD-produced PS file contains (except for the few scaling commands and line width definitions) are lineto and moveto (AutoCAD v10, no shading etc). It would be almost trivial to write a filter program to convert this kind of PS into LaTeX commands. You would need a DVI driver capable of drawing lines in arbitrary angles, though (like the drivers in emTeX). emTeX drivers actually have lineto and moveto commands implemented as \special's.
hf@marvin.e17.Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Hannes Faestermann) (02/07/91)
krab@iesd.auc.dk (Kresten Krab Thorup) writes: >As you might know, AutoCAD can also produce HPGL (plottter-format), by >choosing `file' as plotterdevice. A such file can quite easyly be >converted into for example P*stScript (lots of utilities are available >to do this), which then again can be used with LaTeX.... 1. FAQ: Where can a working converting program (hpgl->ps) be found ? I found one from 1988 at some ftp-site (I forgot which site) but this didn't work well. 2. Another possibility to include AutoCAD is to produce postscript files directly from AutoCAD (this should be possible as far as I know) and to include them. This depends a bit on your dvi->ps driver. >So far I dont know of any styles/utilities for LaTeX that allows >inclusion of plotter files directly. I agree. Hannes Hannes Faestermann | Internet: Physik-Department E17 | H.Faestermann@marvin.e17.physik.tu-muenchen.de TU Muenchen, | or: hf@marvin[.e17.physik.tu-muenchen.de] 8046 Garching, West Germany | BitNET : HF@DGABLG5P