Colman Stephenson Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 I frequently have problems exporting image files. This post is specifically about EPS. I often get unexpected lines and shapes which are totally different from the vectorworks drawing. Interestingly the EPS preview comes out correctly, although the eps is wrong, which can be verified by printing it or MacGSView A sample set of files can be found at: www.colman.stephenson.org/vwepsproblem.zip This includes the VW 8.5.2 file, the eps and a tif from the VW file. Set-up: VW 8.5.2 on OS 9.1 on a range of G4s and iMacs Can anyone help? ------------------ Colman Stephenson Julian Harrap Architects, UK Quote Link to comment
jnr Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 I have tried to export eps files (on a pc) from Vectorworks, to use in photoshop or quark. I get the same error message: "The file can't be parsed and will not open". Typically what you see in other applications may be the tiff preview which rides along with the eps file. As best I can tell vectorworks uses an eps format that is anitquated. Not all eps formats are the same. Software vendors use variations of the format; adobe happens to use a format which works well between its applications. For that matter Quark has no problem (that I have found) reading Photoshop generated eps files. I find myself resigned to using tiffs to export my vectorworks drawings, despite the better quality of an eps for line work with color. I realize this doesn't help much, but at least you know you're not alone. Quote Link to comment
Michael Gilbert Posted October 19, 2001 Share Posted October 19, 2001 If your having problems exporting suggest you reopen exported file in Illustrator 9 and resave choosing the eps format you require. Had a real problem and Illustrator worked fine. i appreciate that we shouldn't have to do this and it means buying another prog but if it is essential it can save a lot of hassle. Regards Michael Quote Link to comment
Colman Stephenson Posted October 19, 2001 Author Share Posted October 19, 2001 Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't have Illustrator (maybe I should) C Quote Link to comment
Matthew Giampapa Posted October 19, 2001 Share Posted October 19, 2001 There is an alternate way of exporting EPS files on the Mac which I find to be helpful in some situations. Go into the Chooser and select the Apple LaserWriter driver (Even if you do not have one). Then go back and use the print command from VectorWorks. In the LaserWriter print dialog, change your destination to "File" and use the settings menu to go to "Save as File". Here you can change the format from PostScript Job to "EPS No Preview". Click on the save button and name your eps file. Matthew Giampapa Technical Support quote: Originally posted by Colman Stephenson: Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't have Illustrator (maybe I should) C Quote Link to comment
Colman Stephenson Posted October 21, 2001 Author Share Posted October 21, 2001 Thanks for that suggestion Matthew C Quote Link to comment
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