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Circlip24/04/2010 13:02:33
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And don't forget double efilump and aunty quarian Terry
 
   Regards  Ian.
Terryd24/04/2010 13:11:18
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Posted by mgj on 23/04/2010 23:15:44:
With the greatest of respect, if you think I am going to be arsed to annotate a drawing, scan it, import it into Photoshop, convert it to vector graphics and then post it up on the internet - just so you can enlarge it so some fantastic size without it pixellating!
 
 
 
When I see such assertions I know that they mean exactly the opposite. In the same way that when I see IMHO I know that is exactly what is NOT meant. By the way I wasn't suggesting that YOU should be arsed to do anything, merely making a suggestion to those less experienced who struggle to enlarge the small web sources we are often offered. 
 
I also find your tone when saying -"just so you can enlarge it without pixellation" quiet offensive.  You are suggesting that I am making these recommendations for a trivial reason.  You are quite wrong.  If I was not clear enough in my original posts about my reasons for my suggestions I apologise.  I may disagree with you and your viewpoint but will always try to respond politely.
 
I hope that you noticed that I also have a caps key!  Just because I don't normally use it doesn't mean I don't have one, I just thought I'd prove it!
 
 
mgj24/04/2010 19:39:47
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But Terry - we with such printers and scanners are the exception. Most are not working in that realm.
 
I can also accept that for full sized drawings (originals) are best generated as vector graphicsa, because size for size they are more compact.
 
As for detail - one can argue as one wishes, however a drawing tends to be one thing, and a photo tends to be another. I was comparing one with the other, and htere can be exceptions both ways.
 
We are not talking of storing originals. We are talking of a library of errors corrections and mods, generated, in the main not by draughtsmen with specialised systems, but by the average person with average programs and average equipment. Importantly the object is not to pass information about a whole system but in general a cnage to a small part of it.
 
So, one ought to be looking at what is needed to achieve that aim, and what most people are most likely to do  - not what a trained draughtsman with an interest in drawing is likely to do. So I reiterate, as a user of drawings, about the best you will get out of me, and I suspect the majority of others, will be an A41:1 scan annotated , probably by hand.  If you personally want that converted to vector graphics, by all means, and post it as such too. However such a conversion, in terms of function, will make not the slightest difference to the vast majority of users.
 
As for my attitude - that I am afraid is one of life's little tragedies that you will have to live with, because I for one have absolutely no intention of finding, downloading, setting up and learning to use special or new and unfamiliar graphics platforms, which are, other than on the rarest occasion, going to be of not the slightest use to me.   For the ordinary modeler they would be no more than additional claggage on  an already fragmented hard drive.
 
All that approach would do is drive people away from the library - because plainly they are not going to be able to use it. 
 
In short, may I suggest you stop thinking like an expert  draughtsman, and start thinking like the majority of the "clientele" with whom you wish to communicate - some of whom, if you go back though the threads, can't visualise a part from a plain 3 view.
 
That being so, its probably best if you communicate in a language with which they, not you, are familiar.
 
I'm glad by the way that you have found your find your caps key. That must be a great comfort.
 
 

 

 
 
 

Dave Harris24/04/2010 22:27:05
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Keith,
 
         Just to say thanks for your explanation for allowing drawings to be sized for printing, I have now got A4 copies of the drawings I wanted
 
Dave
Keith Long24/04/2010 22:46:27
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Hi Dave

Glad I was able to help - it is quite surprising what handy utilities are hidden in the most unlikely bits of software - bit like if the front door won't work try popping round the back! You might find "Irfanview" a handy bit of software - totally free and able to open most graphics files as well as allowing some manipulation. I tend to use it all the time for viewing "pictures", and only resort to Paint-shop-pro if there is something serious I want to do.

Keith

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