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Subject: 
Whoops! Correction re: image conversion?
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Date: 
Tue, 7 Jan 2003 01:51:03 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.publish, Shaun Sullivan writes:
> > 
> > Does anyone, *anyone* out there know how to make a .dwf file into something
> > useful, like a .jpg or a .gif?  I've got a pair of fantastic .dwf files that I
> > can view in a viewer here at work - they're two side views of a train that I'd
> > like to include on a poster - but I can't for the life of me get them saved in
> > any useful format.  I've scanned the web for utilities, but none of them have
> > worked satisfactorily yet.  One or two are functional, but they lose so much
> > resolution that it's not worth it.
> > 
> > Anybody out there using AutoCAD, who might be willing to load two .dwf files,
> > convert them into .dwg's or something similiarly useful, and save some high-res
> > pictures?
> 
> Need a conversion tool?  Take a look here:
> 
> http://www.grime.net/gistools/
> 
> This one in particular claims to do what you need, and has a 30-day trial:
> 
> http://www.xdsoft.com/explorer/

   Actually, I read ".dxf" and somehow misread it as a dwf.  But
   VoloView will get you as far as a .dxf or an .xml, and maybe
   you can take it from there:

   http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/section/0,,837637-123112,00.html

   Again, it's a freebie.  Yay!  (TurboCad will apparently take
   your conversion the full 100 yards.)

   best

   LFB



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  Re: Whoops! Correction re: image conversion?
 
(...) Lindsay, you're a lifesaver! I tried voloview, but it wasn't performing as advertised ... but then I went to Turbocad! Free 15 day trial! And more functionality than I could possibly hope to comprehend! It took me a while to wend my way (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)

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  Re: image conversion?
 
(...) Need a conversion tool? Take a look here: (URL) one in particular claims to do what you need, and has a 30-day trial: (URL) one of those will do. all best LFB (24 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)

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