[GRASSLIST:454] RE: Getting a file from Adobe Illustrator to GRASS

[ecollage]

I think the problem is having both enclosed polygons and lines in the
same file. Even if you did break the hill top contour (scissors/break or
pen/break), you could always re-snap the line using v.digit/v.support
-s.

[grasslist:451] suggests a cheaper option - using the MapPublisher
plugin to export directly to .shp or .e00 files.

Sujoy


-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Springs [mailto:ferret_bard at mac.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:18 PM
To: ecollage
Subject: Re: [GRASSLIST:429] Getting a file from Adobe Illustrator to
GRASS

Sujoy,

That is an interesting observation.  I checked the contours in
illustrator
and I do have at least one enclosed polygon.  Unfortunately, it is a
hill
top.  What would be the best way to handle it.  Scissor tool and make a
break maybe?

Thanks

Kurt

on 6/19/03 11:19 PM, ecollage at ecollage at vsnl.net wrote:

> Kurt
> 
> When using AI for digitizing contours, I noticed that the .dxf export
> file could not be read in GRASS if the contours were represented as
> complete polygons (or closed lines). Now I just make sure that every
> entity in the AI .dxf is a (open) line feature and the import seem to
> work fine.
> 
> Sujoy Chaudhuri
> Ecollage
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-GRASSLIST at baylor.edu [mailto:owner-GRASSLIST at baylor.edu]
On
> Behalf Of Kurt Springs
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:27 PM
> To: GRASSLIST at baylor.edu
> Subject: [GRASSLIST:429] Getting a file from Adobe Illustrator to
GRASS
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> BTW, thanks for those who helped with my last problem.  I couldn't
> remember
> the file name.
> 
> New challenge, and some of you will remember trying to help me with
this
> some months ago.  I put it aside then because I had other things to
do.
> No
> I am back.  I have contour lines I've drawn in Adobe Illustrator.  I
> want to
> move them into GRASS as vectors so I can label the elevations and
start
> using them.  This seems to elude me.
> 
> I tried converting them into .dxf files, but GRASS can't seem to see
it.
> I've tried using Textwrangler to change the line breaks to UNIX.  I've
> even
> used the program Linebreak for this purpose.  I also tried using
> Textwrangler to do a hexdump and converted the file to ascii.
> 
> One thing I am considering is printing out the contours and trying to
> use
> v.digit to trace them.  Can I do this with out a digitizing tablet
using
> an
> optical mouse?  I may have to get some transparent film and make a
> target to
> tape on it.
> 
> Can anyone thing of an easier way of doing it.
> 
> Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Kurt
> 
>