Harley wrote:

Paul...

Preferably we would like a CAD program that output bit maps such

as gif's, jpg's or bmp's.<<

As far as Windows goes, that's pretty easy...use the print screen key after
a "zoom all" call (or whatever is used in your Cad program to display the
entire drawing on the screen), then open it in a graphics editing program.
Crop the Windows menu and status bars and save it.

Then save the cropped drawing as jpeg or gif...probably have to reduce the
drawing size anyway to get the file size to about 40K or less at 72 or 96
dpi.

What Cadd programs do I have? ..I have Dos based Generic Cadd (yes, I'm THAT
old!).  The latest version I have of that is 6.0...but I do still have
Version 1 around here somewhere!

I also have Visual Cadd, version 3.0, Cadvance version 6.5B (the freebie
download that someone mentioned a couple of months ago), Cadkey Version 6
(also Dos based), a demo version of the 3D Cadd program, Solid Works, that
is a fully functional 2D cadd program, a demo version of Thinkdesign where
you can't save files, but you can display them and use screenprint to save
them in the clipboard and a demo dwg/dxf viewer I found at
http://www.guthcad.com.au/dlviewer.htm. I just ran that, and was able to
view that troublesome dxf file.

Also, Corel draw can import some dxf and dwg files, and export them directly
as raster graphics gif and jpeg files.  I have version 4.0 of that.

Harley

Great news Harley Can you get a gif out of it  for us?

Paul Lamar

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