Ok that was just a test so don’t bother renaming any of those yet. I need to experiment and re-do the batch with auto-crop to remove some white space.
Actually, rather than renaming the file directly, just look at them and email me a list with descriptive names like 07-terminal strip 08-rivet 09-large knob Etc. and I’ll append that to file names and use it for the index listing. If you like, include any additional info/notes that I can add to the index. Or maybe Gary’s DFL file will provide titles? Once I get all the preliminary files on line, we can split up the work of naming to whoever volunteers. Then I can easily rename them all, declare victory and move on. Nick England K4NYW www.navy-radio.com On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 3:18 PM Jacques Fortin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nick, I looked at some and the results are OK. > > I volunteer to upload and re-name those files one by one if needed, but I > do not want to do it in double with someone else or prevent anyone having > fun doing it. > > So we need to co-ordinate, I guess… > > > > *73, Jacques, VE2JFE in Montreal* > > > > *De :* Nick England <[email protected]> > *Envoyé :* 15 août 2024 13:21 > *À :* [email protected] > *Cc :* Jacques Fortin <[email protected]>; Tom M. <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > *Objet :* Re: [R-390] Knob Drawings PDF's here > > > > FWIW - I did a quick test of batch conversion to pdf - I set it to > downsize 50% and rotate. > > A random sampling looks OK. I'll look at adding titles and cropping later > > My OCR sometimes will extract the title and drawing number from te pdf but > I need to look at the index program to see how that will help. > > Just a test - Here are 100 files Tom classified as "small parts, knobs" > > https://www.navy-radio.com/rcvrs/r390a/drawings/test/ > > > > Nick England K4NYW > www.navy-radio.com > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 7:40 AM Nick England <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have gotten all the files from Tom and will convert them all to pdf. > I’ll post on my web site with an index in html so anyone can access or > download them. > > If I am duplicating work someone has already done, please let me know. > Cheers > > Nick England K4NYW > www.navy-radio.com > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 11:41 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > I should have noted that, once you have the Index.DLF file with the titles > added in, IndexR will allow you to search it for keywords in the title. > See > the attached screenshot for a search of the word "clamp" along with the > result. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 9:24 PM > To: 'Jacques Fortin' <[email protected]>; 'Tom M.' > <[email protected]>; '[email protected]' <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [R-390] Knob Drawings PDF's here > > It looks like the Index.DLF files with descriptions were stripped from the > message. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 9:00 PM > To: 'Jacques Fortin' <[email protected]>; 'Tom M.' > <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R-390] Knob Drawings PDF's here > > Jacques, > > You got them from me. > > If you want all of the drawings, first off, you need to get the CD - I was > offered the download by Carl Constanten some years ago. If needed, I > should > be able to provide a link to the CD on my Onedrive - I wonder if we > shouldn't just put the whole thing on R-390a.net with a searchable > database? > Unfortunately, I don't have the skills to do that but, I did have enough > skill to put on my Windows desktop. > > 1. As I think we have all discovered, the IndexR program on the CD > with > the diagrams only installs on Windows 95 but …. I found a more recent > version of the program from the Army that works on Windows Vista, 7 and 10 > and, I assume, 11. You can download from here - > https://g6msd.redstone.army.mil/msd_ref/IndexRSetup_V60031.exe Windows 10 > will tell you that it may harm the computer and you need to jump through a > few hoops to first download and then to run it to install. > > 2. Once you install the IndexR program and run it: > > a. click File – Open, Open a file of the selected type - Index file > > b. Navigate to where you have the documents from the CD filed and, > under folder 17310 or 22971, click on the Index.DLF file. So, that gets us > the index to all the drawings that particular directory and I figured out > how to get the files to open in the viewer program by double clicking. > > i. Under File | Configure, first click on the Directories Tab. > Under there, I put the following: > > Index File Path: C:\Users\garyb\OneDrive\R-390A\R-390A > Drawings [where I saved the drawings] > Drawing Header File Path: > C:\Users\garyb\OneDrive\R-390A\R-390A Drawings\17310 [You can also use > 22971 > if you want to open the drawings in that folder] > I left the next 2 directories as they were populated by the > program. > > 3. Rather than using an updated version of ImageR to open the image > files (that’s the program on the CD), I decided to use XnView Classic or > XnView MP. If either of those programs are installed, then when you select > the correct file in the IndexR program and it will open. You can then > print > to PDF in that program. You must ensure that .c4 files are associated with > the viewer program that you decide to use. > > I have added descriptions to the Index.DLF files under 17310 and 22971 and > they are attached to be used in place of the index.DLF files on the CD. > > To "convert" to PDF, in the XnView program, select Print and under the > printer select your favourite PDF printer - I use Microsoft Print to PDF > and > then save the output as a PDF. > > I spent some time one night editing some of the PDFs in Adobe Acrobat to > make them fill more of a page when printing. As an example, see the 2 > attached no. 86 under directory 13710/00/00, one original and one edited. > > Regards, > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Jacques Fortin > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 7:27 PM > To: 'Tom M.' <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R-390] Knob Drawings PDF's here > Importance: High > > Thank you for your effort, Tom, but I already have those two since March > and > April 2019. > I do not remember from where they came, however,,, I also have the four > .pdf > attached which I believe to came from the same dataset. > > Please let us know if more of those "old format" files can be successfully > converted... > > 73, Jacques, VE2JFE in Montreal > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : [email protected] <[email protected]> De la > part de Tom M. via R-390 Envoyé : 14 août 2024 14:35 À : > [email protected] Objet : [R-390] Knob Drawings PDF's here > > I spent a good bit of time trying to housebreak the R-390A drawing set > today.They are in C4 format.The original indexer and viewer would not work > on my PC as the apps are 25 years old. I found newer apps online but still > could not get the indexer to work so I was flying blind in the documents > (over 900) but eventually found the knob drawings. > I then converted them to PDF. See below. > ______________________________________________________________ > R-390 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ R-390 mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
