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From: lilley@v5.cgu.mcc.ac.uk (Chris Lilley)
Subject: Re: CorelDraw BITMAP to SCODAL (2)
Message-ID: <1993Apr27.144704.10072@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>
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Sender: lilley@umrcc.cgu.mcc.ac.uk (Chris Lilley)
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Organization: Computer Graphics Unit, MCC
References:  <1r4gmgINN8fm@zephyr.grace.cri.nz>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 14:47:04 GMT


In article <1r4gmgINN8fm@zephyr.grace.cri.nz>, srlnjal@grace.cri.nz writes:

>Yes I am aware CorelDraw exports in SCODAL.
>Version 2 did it quite well, apart from a
>few hassles with radial fills. Version 3 RevB
>is better but if you try to export in SCODAL
>with a bitmap image included in the drawing
>it will say something like "cannot export
>SCODAL with bitmap"- at least it does on my
>version.

Oh. OK then, sorry for misunderstanding.

> If anyone out there knows a way around this
>I am all ears.
> Temporal images make a product called Filmpak
>which converts Autocad plots to SCODAL, postscript
>to SCODAL and now GIF to SCODAL but it costs $650
>and I was just wondering if there was anything out
>there that just did the bitmap to SCODAL part a tad
>cheaper.

Maybee you should persuade your burea that for only $650 they can become much
more competitive, taking input from Autocad, PostScript andGif as well as
SCODL... 

Seriously, this sounds like something the bureau should have. Or find another
bureau. You should not be the one buting this software.

--
Chris Lilley
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