I'm hoping some of you Gaugers know of a computer program which can import Autosketch *.dxf or autcad *.dwg drawings and convert them to *.gif or *.jpg files such that they can be printed out actual size as gif's or jpg's.
I have Paint Shop Professional ver 7 which reads dxf files but always uses "antialias" (ie... puts a line of grey either side of the original lines) and they never seem to print out exactly the same size as the cad drawing. I have programs which can convert about 50 files to almost anything else but Autocad uses it's own filetypes.
I used to use Corel draw for this but the version I have won't run on my Windows '98 operating system (sad).
An alternative would be a drawing package which draws lines of known dimensions and can save-as bitmap files. Any help would be appreciated.
All this has come about as I am now into N scale cardboard scratchbuilding and most structures would fit on 11" x 8" paper.
Errol
I have Paint Shop Professional ver 7 which reads dxf files but always uses "antialias" (ie... puts a line of grey either side of the original lines) and they never seem to print out exactly the same size as the cad drawing. I have programs which can convert about 50 files to almost anything else but Autocad uses it's own filetypes.
I used to use Corel draw for this but the version I have won't run on my Windows '98 operating system (sad).
An alternative would be a drawing package which draws lines of known dimensions and can save-as bitmap files. Any help would be appreciated.
All this has come about as I am now into N scale cardboard scratchbuilding and most structures would fit on 11" x 8" paper.
Errol