And generating PDFs is quite expensive ($130 or so according to
shopper.com).
Perhaps this is a free method of creating PS files. Print to a virtual PS
printer and redirect to file. Are there cross-platform viewers for these
files?
Sander
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Spencer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "ERPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [ERPS] CAD programs
> On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Julie Porter wrote:
> > >If I were sending around a drawing for comment, I would consider using
> > >PostScript instead...
> >
> > I knew this thread was going to catch me sooner or later. May I suggest
> > PDF. PDF is postscript, the diffrence is that postscrip has loops and
> > control logic...
>
> The other difference is that PDF is (for all practical purposes) an Adobe
> proprietary format -- poorly documented, constantly changing, with the
> free implementations often one or two steps behind and unable to cope with
> the newest features. (I have three free PDF readers, and usually *one* of
> them can cope with any particular PDF document, but it's not always the
> same one.) I've had far less trouble with PostScript.
>
>
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