----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Elson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Exporting to pdf or Orcad or PSpice
> > > Trent Bates wrote: > > >I am trying to export one of my schematics to a customer. I am using Protel > >99SE SP6. > > > >The customer would like it in a pdf format or an Orcad format (.DSN file or > >something of the sort) or something they could read from PSpice. I tried > >saving one of my schematics as an Orcad .sch file but strange things > >happened and components went all over the place. What is the best way to > >export the schematic. Can Protel export to a pdf format? I think that > >would be the easiest. I can take screen shots but you end up loosing a lot > >of detail with screen shots. If I took a screen shot of the whole schematic > >it would look pretty fuzzy when you zoomed in once it was in pdf format. If > >I could export directly to pdf I could keep the detail. > > > > > My system, although cumbersome, works. I output to a PostScript file, > using a > driver for one of the common color printers from HP, but causing it to > be saved > to a file. I then pull the file over to Linux and run it through > ps2pdf, to convert to > pdf format. I'm sure Adobe has a program that will do this all in Windows. > (I run Win 2K as a "guest" OS under VMware, with Linux as the "host" OS.) I run Ghostscript/Ghostview under Windows to do the conversion. Leon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
