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Re: Tools: Printing Form outlines *Pic*
By:Eric
Date: 2/9/2002, 10:42 am
In Response To: Tools: Printing Form outlines (David J. Bonany)

: I've read a number of posts here of people who have mentioned that they print
: off the forms outlines on their computer. I'm curious how it is that
: people do this. I've tried imputting the vectors into Excel 2000 and
: ploting a scatter graph, but I can't seem to get it to print to 1:1 scale.
: I've also tried some CAD programs, but most of them are not very user
: friendly. Can anyone direct me to the answer for this? What software are
: people using to develope their outlines?

I entered the numbers in Excel to sort them the way it's explained in Nick's book. With Microsoft Visio I ploted each point with the ellipse tool. You just make a circle anywhere on the sheet and you enter the numbers in the position box. I made each circle .05" dia.

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Printing Form outlines
David J. Bonany -- 2/8/2002, 10:24 am
Re: Tools: Printing Form outlines *Pic*
Eric -- 2/9/2002, 10:42 am
Re: Tools: Printing Form outlines
David Bonany -- 2/11/2002, 7:30 pm
Re: Tools: Printing Form outlines
John Monfoe -- 2/9/2002, 6:00 am
Re: Tools: Printing Form outlines
David Bonany -- 2/11/2002, 7:33 pm
Re: Tools: Printing Form outlines *Pic*
Walter -- 2/9/2002, 1:42 am
Re: Tools: Printing Form outlines
Ross Sieber -- 2/8/2002, 3:13 pm