TO LOAD ANY DXF FILE PROPERLY YOU MUST FIRST CREATE A DRAWING WITH THE
EXACT SAME HEADER AS YOUR DXF FILE
(UNLESS YOU STORED THE BLANK.DWG)
- WHICH IS EASY IF YOU KNOW AUTOLISP.
- ONE WAY IS TO REPLACE '$' WITH ') {13}{10}(SET $' USING QEDIT.EXE;
AND {} MEANS ALT NUMBER PAD'S 2/3 DIGIT NUMBER.
TO MAKE COMPLEX DRAWINGS: DESIGN YOUR FORMULA IN QBASIC.EXE;
WRITE IT TO A DXF FILE WITH COMPLETE AUTOLISP COMMANDS;
(SEE QBASIC'S PIPE.SCR ABOVE AS AN EXAMPLE)
IMPORT DXF FILE INTO KEYCAD.EXE OR AUTOCAD.EXE;
EXPORT A MICROSOFT PCX FILE FOR PBRUSH.EXE WINDOWS3.1 OR BETTER;
EDIT DRAWINGS;
IMPORT INTO WRITE.EXE OR WORDPAD.EXE;
PRINT OUT ON A COLOR PRINTER!
- VIOLA! - SEE EXAMPLE BELOW.
NOTE - Simply press 'Print Scrn' to get a BMP image
that pastes in most art editors.