Post by thread:Protel to .GIF or .JPG or .PDF ?

Hi gals and guys, Sorry if this is rather off-topic (well ignore it if yah want). I use Protel software for schematics and PCBs, is there any utility to convert the binary .S?? or .PCB file to GIF/JPG/PDF - or a utility that can convert the HP-GL output of the Protel plot program to GIF/JPG/PDF ? I think this could be of use to other PICers if they use Protel and want to post GIFs etc to a web page or send via email attachments ? Rgds Mike spam_OUTerazmusTakeThisOuTwantree.com.au Perth, Western Australia If yah can't help - get a load of this ? [Unknown, 25 March] A terrible diet and room with no ventilation are being blamed for the death of a man who was killed by his own gas. There was no mark on his body but autopsy showed large amounts of methane gas in his system.His diet had consisted primarily of beans and cabbage (and a couple of other things). It was just the right combination of foods.It appears that the man died in his sleep from breathing from the poisonous cloud that was hanging over his bed. Had he been outside or had his windows been opened, it wouldn't have been fatal. But the man was shut up in his near airtight bedroom. He was ". . . a big man with a huge capacity for creating [this deadly gas]." Three of the rescuers got sick and one was hospitalized. Portable PIC methane gas detector perhaps for those Vegetarians over 100 Kg ?

At 02:19 PM 2/1/97 +0800, you wrote: >I use Protel software for schematics and PCBs, is there any utility to >convert the binary .S?? or .PCB file to GIF/JPG/PDF - or a utility >that can convert the HP-GL output of the Protel plot program to >GIF/JPG/PDF ? I have a lot of luck printing the file as a HPGL from the schematic/PCB program, importing it into Microsoft Word, and then printing as a PDF file. As for how to get it to a GIF, I am not sure. -Todd Peterson

Thus spake Mike (.....erazmusKILLspam@spam@WANTREE.COM.AU): > I use Protel software for schematics and PCBs, is there any utility to > convert the binary .S?? or .PCB file to GIF/JPG/PDF - or a utility IF you're using Protel for Windows, I suggest printing to a Postscript file (if you don't have Postscript printer already, just install the Laserwriter Pro 600 driver directed to FILE:) then using Ghostscript to convert to a bit-map format, or use Adobe Distiller to create a PDF file - I have a feeling there might be a Ghostscript add-on to create PDF files too, which would be cheaper than Distiller. The good thing about PDF is that the viewer is free. -- Clyde Smith-Stubbs | HI-TECH Software, | Voice: +61 7 3354 2411 clydeKILLspamhtsoft.com | P.O. Box 103, Alderley, | Fax: +61 7 3354 2422 http://www.htsoft.com | QLD, 4051, AUSTRALIA. | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Download a FREE beta version of our new ANSI C compiler for the PIC microcontroller! Point your WWW browser at http://www.htsoft.com/

Todd Peterson wrote: > > At 02:19 PM 2/1/97 +0800, you wrote: > > >I use Protel software for schematics and PCBs, is there any utility to > >convert the binary .S?? or .PCB file to GIF/JPG/PDF - or a utility > >that can convert the HP-GL output of the Protel plot program to > >GIF/JPG/PDF ? > > I have a lot of luck printing the file as a HPGL from the schematic/PCB > program, importing it into Microsoft Word, and then printing as a PDF file. > As for how to get it to a GIF, I am not sure. > > -Todd Peterson I think Hi-Jack Pro can do the conversion, it has a wide range of files for converting.

>>I use Protel software for schematics and PCBs, is there any utility to >>convert the binary .S?? or .PCB file to GIF/JPG/PDF - or a utility >>that can convert the HP-GL output of the Protel plot program to >>GIF/JPG/PDF ? >I have a lot of luck printing the file as a HPGL from the schematic/PCB >program, importing it into Microsoft Word, and then printing as a PDF file. >As for how to get it to a GIF, I am not sure. Thanks Todd, I'm using Protel for DOS (I know - the old one but) its faster than Protel for Windows (on my system) and I know the key-strokes like an old piano ! Re: Your comment: Do you mean that the HPGL file produced by Protel by 'printing' to a file can be imported into Microsoft Word (version 6.0) - I had no idea that Word could read an HPGL file - could you confirm this before I go to the trouble of getting Word 6.0 ? Thanks Todd, and Rgds Mike PS: Thanks to all the other comments I've received, I'll search for Hi-Jack :}

I don't know a sepparate utility, but you ca use Corel Draw 3,4,5,6 to import the HPGL file, fit it to page and export it to GIF/BMP/EPS format. Dorin --------------------------------- Dorin Dogaroiu Research Institute for Computers Bucarest, Romania Email : .....dogaroiudKILLspam.....pcnet.pcnet.ro EraseMEddorinspam_OUTTakeThisOuTkappa.ro --------------------------------- {Quote hidden}>Hi gals and guys, > >Sorry if this is rather off-topic (well ignore it if yah want). > >I use Protel software for schematics and PCBs, is there any utility to >convert the binary .S?? or .PCB file to GIF/JPG/PDF - or a utility >that can convert the HP-GL output of the Protel plot program to >GIF/JPG/PDF ? > >I think this could be of use to other PICers if they use Protel and want >to post GIFs etc to a web page or send via email attachments ? > >Rgds > > >Mike >erazmusspam_OUTwantree.com.au >Perth, Western Australia > >If yah can't help - get a load of this ? >

Mike, There is a shareware program called PrintGL that will output the *.PCK files that EasyPlot generates. It can output to the printer, file or screen. ( I generate *.PCX files and use Microsoft Paint to modify ). I have the web url somewhere for this program.. well.. I can't find it on my machine. I can email it to you if you want. Let me know if you want it. James

-> There is a shareware program called PrintGL that will output the -> *.PCK files that EasyPlot generates. <snip> I can email it to you if you -> want. -> Let me know if you want it. James, I'd like a copy of it also if you wouldn't mind. @spam@Scott.Horton1KILLspambridge.bst.bls.com Thanks very much! Scott

Scott Horton wrote: > > -> There is a shareware program called PrintGL that will output the > -> *.PCK files that EasyPlot generates. <snip> I can email it to you if > you > -> want. > -> Let me know if you want it. > > James, > > I'd like a copy of it also if you wouldn't mind. I would also thanks Peter -- Peter Cousens email: KILLspampeterKILLspamcousens.her.forthnet.gr snailmail: Peter Cousens, karteros, Heraklion, Crete, 75100, Greece, phone: + 3081 380534, +3081 324450 voice/fax After Bill Gates announced to the world that he was Microsoft, his wife was asked to comment. She said that as his wife, she had been the first to notice this problem