Front Panel Designer  to CAD Conversion

Design Concepts
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Hi

Does anybody know if there is any way of converting *.fpd to *.dxf?

Thanks

Dimitris

2

Hey…

I tend to print to a PDF (keep everthing vectorised) then open in ie, Illustrator retrace quickly (smart guides ;p) then export to dxf or whatever…

Best

3

Thanks d2k!!

Very fast reply - I thought the conversion  was not possible without the schaefer plug-in.  

I should also say congratulations  on your projects - I am currently building a 4xSID CS synth (1 core + 1 sid ready as of today - what a sound!!).

Best regards

Dimitris

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I thought the conversion  was not possible without the schaefer plug-in

mebbe so but I have acrobat - so can file>print to PDF instead of a regular printer :wink:

I think there are free/shareware distillers about that do  this too…if not just send me the .fpd and i’ll pdf it.

I should also say congratulations  on your projects - I am currently building a 4xSID CS synth (1 core + 1 sid ready as of today - what a sound!!).

thanks :wink: and ye the SIDs are tasty indeed!

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Thanks again!!

I happen to have acrobat too, so things have become easy for me  :D- although I am not sure yet if I must have my panel made somewhere or if I should make the drilling myself. I would definitely do it if the problem wasn’ t the square hole for the 2x20 lcd. Also another question is how many more holes compare th the initial TK’s design (in *.fpd) should be included in the panel :-/, since I saw that chriss’ 4xSID has some more buttons (selection for non- linear envelopes and sync - probably the addition that were made in MIDIBOX SID 1.6 (I am posting another message for that in the design section)

All the best :slight_smile: