Yes, I do realise I can do a direct copy/paste, but the method described has the following advantages:
* it gets rather tedious when I have 27 sheets in the schematic; this way I get 27 files that I can import directly into word without having to buggerise around with flitting back and forth between protel and word; * I can customise the resolution to make the filesize smaller; * I get to choose the format of the file (with gs - tiff, bmp, png, whatever - to make the filesize smaller or whatever) * This method is very scriptable; you can extract the images for (eg) web page publishing, and manipulate them with imagemagick (for resolution, making a thumbnail index, whatever). Cheers, Matthew van de Werken Electronics Engineer CSIRO Exploration & Mining - Gravity Group 1 Technology Court - Pullenvale - Qld - 4069 ph: (07) 3327 4685 fax: (07) 3327 4455 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas [mailto:tom@;pwrcom.com.au] > Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2002 1:13 PM > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Subject: Re: [PEDA] HOWTO Import Schematic documents into Word (NOT a > ques tion)... > > > You do realise that you can copy/paste directly from > schematic to word, > don't you? There is even an option in Preferences to include > the template. > > Select all items on the schematic, then edit/copy, left click > a reference > point, then edit/paste in Word. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Matt.VanDeWerken@;csiro.au] > > Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2002 13:58 > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > Subject: [PEDA] HOWTO Import Schematic documents into Word (NOT a > > question)... > > > > > > Hi all: > > > > I have been asked to import all my schematic docs into word, > > which I know > > sounds like a fun job, but in fact isn't. To make my life > > easier, I have > > devised the following procedure, which you may all use for > > the same purpose > > (and/or adapt for use with pcb's, which I will be doing later...): > > > > 1. You will need the following installed on your computer to > > follow these > > instructions: > > > > a. Protel (of course) > > b. A postcript printer driver that prints to a file; I use > the HP 4500 > > driver so I can print in colour. > > b. Cygwin > > c. Ghostscript (the windows version is OK, as long as it's in > > your $PATH - > > not sure of URL to d/l this) > > d. Imagemagick (the windows version is OK, just use the > > default install and > > it works - get it from http://www.imagemagick.org or one of > > the mirrors > > listed) > > e. MS Word (of course) > > > > 2. Print your schematic to a PS file - if you install a > > colour printer (eg > > HP laserjet 4500), you will get a colour file. > > > > 3. Using ghostscript, convert the postscript file into a > > series of png's. > > (You can actually use any file format here that word will > > understand, but > > png's are quite small. > > The command line for doing the following is as follows: > > > > # gs -sDEVICE=png256 -sOutputFile=`basename $f .ps`%02d.png > -dNOPAUSE > > -dBATCH -r300 $f > > > > Where $f is of course the postscript file you printed > > earlier. If you have > > more than 100 sheets in your schematic document, you might > > want to change > > the %02d to %03d. The -r300 line sets the resolution - 300dpi gives > > reasonable output at manageable file sizes. > > > > 4. Now, you may rotate the images, so that they come out > properly on a > > landscape-formatted word page (don't ask *me* why, this is > > just what I was > > asked to do by my boss). > > > > Use the following cygwin command lines for this: > > > > for g in *.png ; do > > echo $g > > mogrify -rotate 90 $g > > done > > > > 5. Now, import the png files into Word, using the > > Insert->Picture->From File > > menu item (or add it to the toolbar). I'm sure someone could > > write a VB > > macro to do all the png files in a directory, but I can't be > > bothered doing > > this... > > > > 6. You can of course put it all into a script, as I have done: > > > > ======8><----------------------------------------------------------- > > #!/bin/bash > > > > # Script to create a set of nice png images from a postscript file, > > # generally generated from Protel. > > > > # usage: makepng <file.ps> > > # > > # If you omit <file.ps>, it barfs > > # > > > > for f in $@ ; do > > gs -sDEVICE=png256 -sOutputFile=`basename $f .ps`%02d.png > -dNOPAUSE > > -dBATCH -r300 $f > > done > > > > for g in *.png ; do > > echo $g > > mogrify -rotate 90 $g > > done > > ======8><----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Excuse the long line (starting with 'gs'), if it's wrapped > > you'll have to > > fix the wrapping manually - the windows version of gs doesn't > > seem to like > > lines broken with the standard '\' line-joins. > > > > Note this method will also work for solidworks drawings, or > > anything else > > that can be printed. > > > > Enjoy! > > > > Cheers, > > Matthew van de Werken > > Electronics Engineer > > CSIRO Exploration & Mining - Gravity Group > > 1 Technology Court - Pullenvale - Qld - 4069 > > ph: (07) 3327 4685 fax: (07) 3327 4455 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:proteledaforum@;techservinc.com * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:ForumAdministrator@;TechServInc.com * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@;techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
