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| 228.1 | More info needed | DSSDEV::ALDEN | Ken Alden | Thu Dec 04 1986 17:58 | 9 |
| What (minimum) type of hardware are you planning to use?
When you say SEND sketches, do you mean MAIL them, or just copy
them?
There are all sorts of sketching programs running on the VWS but
most of them you can't mail the resultant file.
-Ken
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| 228.2 | Simple! | DSTAR::STEVENSON | Steve Stevenson | Fri Dec 05 1986 09:09 | 2 |
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If they are JUST sketches.......ever hear of FAX???
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| 228.3 | goal = avoid hardcopy | EUCLID::PAULHUS | Chris @ MLO 8-3/T13 DTN 223-6871 | Fri Dec 05 1986 10:56 | 9 |
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To expand: I'd like to generate a sketch here at my VT 125 and
send/mail/electronically move it to a terminal in a remote location.
I do not want to mess with hard copies, FAX, etc. We are heading
in the direction of the paperless office - we need this as an element
of that progression. [FAX makes me laugh: having to turn a file
into a hard copy on a plotter, then bring it to a device that turns
it into an electronic signal, which transfers it to a device that
turns it back into hard copy. Yeech!] - Chris
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| 228.4 | | COVERT::COVERT | John Covert | Fri Dec 05 1986 11:17 | 14 |
| "We are heading in the direction of the paperless office."
HAH!
We are converting much of our formal engineering specification writing process
from tools such as Runoff, whose output can be viewed on terminals, to new
tools such as LaTex, whose output cannot be *properly* viewed on any currently
available display. (At least 300 pixels/inch is required for reasonable
resolution.)
Thus these documents, though we can move them around easily on the network,
must be converted to paper to be read.
/john
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| 228.5 | can't we already do that? | EXODUS::SEGER | this space intentionally left blank | Fri Dec 05 1986 12:51 | 9 |
| maybe we need a little more of a definition of a sketch. are you
talking about the kind of real fancy stuff one can do with MacPaint?
I thought I had heard that there was something that ran on VAXstations
that did similar things. Couldn't you simply draw it on a workstation
and copy the file over to a remote workstation?
have I missed something?
-mark
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| 228.6 | brief digression... | RHEA::JOHNSSON | | Sun Dec 07 1986 20:17 | 4 |
| Re: .4
There is a 300 pixel per inch display available from Megascan in
a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA. They're not cheap.
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| 228.7 | PRO/SIGHT | GOBLIN::MCVAY | Pete McVay, VRO (Telecomm) | Mon Dec 08 1986 10:54 | 3 |
| Wioth a bitpad, this product is fairly easy to use--and is a darn
sight lot easier than DECslide/DECgraph! The files are printable
and covertable. The resolution is only medium, though.
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| 228.8 | need a workstation ? | EUCLID::PAULHUS | Chris @ MLO 8-3/T13 DTN 223-6871 | Mon Dec 08 1986 11:24 | 6 |
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Do I gather correctly that you need a workstation (VAXStation) to
be able to use these products? In other conversations, I hear that
certain groups are switching to workstations en mass. If I had access
to a workstation, could I send the sketch to someone with a standard
terminal (VT 125, 220, 240)? - Chris
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| 228.9 | Might work, though... | JOET::JOET | | Thu Dec 11 1986 15:11 | 5 |
| Asking for help on RENDER, the program which formats the UIS files
produced by SIGHT and GRED for viewing on various devices, I find
VT240 and VT241 listed as valid output types. No mention of VT125.
-joet
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| 228.10 | Sight or Autocad.. | JAWS::DAVIS | Gil Davis @UPO1-4 DTN 296-4559 | Mon Dec 15 1986 15:55 | 17 |
| Pro sight is probably the best bet. We have found it to be excellent
for creating pictures (accepts bit-pad or mouse) printing them
(la50, lvp16,lcp01) making slides of them (polariod palette --
at your desk yet!) and sending them over the network (.gid files).
Needs a pro at each end for both to be able to manipulate the drawing.
Not high resolution, but much easier to use than the Vax-based
vt241 products (OK...I'm biased). And last I heard, there is a
Vaxstation version available...)
*Not* exactly what you want for engineering drawings. I would
suggest Autocad on a VAXmate. (for low cost)
Cheers,
Gil
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