[Virtualacorn-list] RiscOS-MS file conversion

Chris Newman cvjazz at waitrose.com
Wed May 24 13:00:18 BST 2017


In article <56411d7427dave at triffid.co.uk>,
   Dave Symes <dave at triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <3b9dfe56-e03e-6a34-fb39-c92a5b9848eb at druck.org.uk>, David J.
> Ruck <druck at druck.org.uk> wrote:
> > On 23/05/2017 21:36, x-x-x.x-x at ntlworld.com wrote:
> > > "David J. Ruck" wrote:
> > >> Don't use WMF [...]
> > > 
> > > There's also Clive Semmens' !XP1Dr2SVG
> > >    Converts drawfiles to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
> > >    format, for export to PCs or Macs.
> > > 
> > It's been a while since I looked, but SVG support on Window was dire 
> > outside of CAD software.

> > Cheers
> > ---David

> Have to agree with D.R in that PDF is probably the easiest way to go...

> That said, on the PC side, don't forget "Aspex Draw" which will take a
> native RISC OS Drawfile as is, and is still editable, and then can be
> saved out in a number of other formats.

> On the SVG front, don't forget "InkScape" which loads and edits SVG files,
> again able to export in a number of other graphic formats.

> As D.R also mentions, outside of CAD, SVG is rather wasted...

The free app DrawWorks exports Drawfiles to:-

Sprite, JPEG,  GIF, TIFF, PNG, Adobe Illustrator, SVG, PDF

See my previous post for link.

-- 
Chris




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