Okay...I guess I should have given more details
before.  The program I
currently use is Hiwire.  It is a DOS program, but
works without any
problems in win98.  I've tried using a screen
capture program but had
no success.  It does have the option of outputing
schematic
or board layout files in PCX or DXF formats.  We
know that the PCX
displays low resolution and would have to be
converted to compensate for
this.  I don't know enough about the DXF format at
this time...never had
to use it in the past.

I looked at Ravi Pailoor's BMP file which was done
with the RASTER.EXE
program.  Not bad at all !!!  I also just
downloaded the Eagle Light
program and installed it, but haven't tried it as
yet.

Needless to say, there is lots of informative
ideas here that warrant
further disscussion and evaluation if we, as a
group, are to reach a
common ground and start up a "project loading"
area.

Best regards,
Frank

Frank W. Hreczuch, C.E.T.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
frankh@escape.ca

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> At 11:07 02/03/99 -0600, Frank Hreczuch wrote:
> I think this would be a great idea as well !!  The only question I have,
> and maybe someone out there can answer this, is, what program can be
> used to generate schematic or board layout drawings in GIF format for
> inclusion in a document ??  This has been on my mind for some time now
> and haven't had much success in locating a cad program that will save in
> 'GIF' format or even export a file in 'GIF' format.  Hope someone out
> there has a solution.

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> if you're in windows, there are various possibilities. one of them is
> "print" the screen to the clipboard (the "print screen" key) and then paste
> in any pixel graphics program that can save gif (or jpeg, they are usually
> quite a bit smaller).
>
> Gerhard Fiedler

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> Better still is to use a Screen Capture program so you can immediately edit
> the captured image and directly save in jpg.gif/etc. I use Superclip 3.6
> (since I still use W3.11). D/L from DaveCentral.com. W95/98 version
> available. search under 'screen capture'.
>
> regards,  Peter

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> I use OrCAD 4.2 for all my schematics. I found a driver RAST200.DRV
> posted on the net which if used a printer driver will generate a RST
> file. Using RASTER.EXE you will have a PCX file. I convert it to BMP and
> do the necessary cropping. From here I can import to WORD or convert to
> other formats. Do not use PCX format as the clarity is not good.
>
> Ravi Pailoor

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> CadSoft's Eagle can process CAM jobs directly to TIFF files, which can
> be easily converted to GIF.
>
> Madis Kaal

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