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Aaron,
Thanks for this great information. Since I
don’t have a copy of Illustrator, I don’t have a way to experiment
with scales and different input options. I think it probably solves the problem
until I have time to add SVG support.
Larry
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008
12:58 PM
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Subject: [compass-users] Re:
Compass to Illustrator - Redux
I tried this today with success:
1. Open plt file in viewer
2. Set desired scale (Action->Scale)
3. Set printer driver to Adobe PDF (File->Printer setup)
4. Set page size to cover entire area of interest (plot area)
5. Print to PDF
6. Start Adobe Illustrator and open PDF
7. Scale should be correct (at least it was on mine and printed true)
Notes:
A. By default Compass appears to make the vectors 1 pixel wide. This
can be problematic when printing from AI. Make the adjustments in
the File->Printer options->Settings tab or select all vectors and
increase stroke width in AI. BTW: 1 pixel = 0.06in
B. Of course you'll need a PDF print driver for this workflow. You
have this if you purchased AI or Adobe Acrobat Professional.
Other options would be to try one of the free PDF printer drivers or
to investigate printing to a postscript file and running that through
something like ghostscript.
Cheers-
Aaron
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