At 20:35 Uhr -0500 18.01.2000, ATiburon@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 1/18/00 5:42:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>johnp@jppattern.com writes:
>
><< I use Corel 8 to convert bitmaps to dxf output. >>
>Then of course you need another program to convert the dxf into IGES since
>many high end CAD programs don't import dxf and of the ones that do, well you
>will find that there are many flavors of DXF. The problem is that if you zoom
>into the converted file you will see most likely an unusable zig zag pattern
>where the bit maps go around a curve for example. Then you will just pick
>some of the points and reconstruct the geometry using lines, arcs, splines
>etc. that are available on your CAD system. And wondering if it was worth all
>the bother. That at least is my experience so far.
You might want to have a look for Adobe Streamworks. The tests with
the Demo I did produced quite usuable results.
Best,
Markus Hitter
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