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Re: offsets to corel 8.0
By:Simon Baillie
Date: 4/23/2001, 9:58 pm
In Response To: Re: offsets to corel 8.0 (Richard Boyle)

If you have already entered all the numbers into excel, why not make a graph with smooth lines in excel. It may take a while fussing with the margins to print out proper scaled graphs. Once you have proper scale, a standard size to fit your printer capability such as 7 by 10 for standard paper can be repeated a couple of times for each form. All you have to do is change the axis min and max values. If you have access to a large printer, most forms can be printed out on a couple of sheets.

: Here are the steps I used to create drawings from the offsets: 1. Make a copy
: in Excel or any other spreadsheet of the offset tables in the book.
: 2. Using copy and paste, create a coordinate list of the format Pno Y X Z
: Code from the offset tables. This coordinate list was saved as a space
: delimited text file type .prn for use by Convert(C O N V E R T v1.2 by
: Mate Software, a shareware program that creates a dxf file of points from
: a text file, Convert comes with sample files so you can see what they
: should look like).
: 3. Create a dxf point file of using Convert. The code becomes the layer in
: AutoCAD, I used a different code for each form (station, bow, stern, and
: cockpit/recess). Convert has one glitch, it doesn’t like 0 as a
: coordinate, so replace 0 with a small number like 0.00001.
: 4. Import the dxf file into AutoCAD or IntelliCAD, which is freeware,
: available from www.cadopia.com
: 5. Draw forms as poly lines from point to point, use pedit to “fit” a curve.
: Some points need to be ignored to make a fair curve. Also, the end form
: offsets are not quite right, but I ignored this as it is slight and I am
: not sure if it is the station or the end form numbers that are off.
: The dxf file could also be imported into Corel, but if you don't know how to
: use Corel, I think you would be better off downloading Intellicad for free
: and learning to use it instead. There is a very good free manual for
: Intellicad that you can download at the same time. I don't have an web
: address for Convert.
: Richard

Messages In This Thread

offsets to corel 8.0
dean -- 4/21/2001, 5:07 pm
Re: offsets to corel 8.0
Richard Boyle -- 4/23/2001, 2:03 am
Re: offsets to corel 8.0
Simon Baillie -- 4/23/2001, 9:58 pm
Re: Be a CAD
Geo. Cushing -- 4/22/2001, 2:24 pm
Re: Be a CAD
Pete Rudie -- 4/22/2001, 7:19 pm
Re: intellicad
daren neufeld -- 4/23/2001, 12:23 am
Re: corel 7
daren neufeld -- 4/22/2001, 9:32 am
Re: offsets to corel 8.0
Jody -- 4/21/2001, 10:49 pm
Re: offsets to corel 8.0
Ron Hagedorn -- 4/21/2001, 9:48 pm