Re: Draw to DXF utility

In article <4d91325febdfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Dave Symes <dfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <4d9129f59bjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> John Cartmell <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In article <4d9125c62bdfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Symes <dfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > I can't speak for others, but some of mine have just a few dozen
> > > elements and they won't load into Draw, and neither will those with
> > > hundreds or thousands of elements.

> > Is there a way of modifying the files to make them work?

> Erm! Think about that one John.

> How do you modify a complex Vector graphic file so that it will load into
> Draw, but without losing the essence of what it is?

I did think about it. If complex structures that cannot be translated can be
described by a set of simpler structures that can be translated then it is
merely*(!!) a matter of running a program to find and substitute. That's what
computers are about, isn't it?
Now I appreciate that it might be too much like hard work (eg too many
different complex structures) but I was merely asking if the approach was
possible.

*merely = throw the problem at a programmer with sufficient money to buy
coffee for x thousand years. ;-)

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