Re: export import eps | illustrator | pstoedit
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- Subject: [mg59592] Re: [mg59574] export import eps | illustrator | pstoedit
- From: Pratik Desai <pdesai1 at umbc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 03:26:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Chris Chiasson wrote: >Hello MathGroup, >I am trying to Import some 2D vector graphics from a PDF. I have taken >the graphics and put them in an Adobe Illustrator file. I have tried >all manner of export methods. > >PS >EPS >DXF >SVG > >In all cases Mathematica either can't read the files or reads them >incorrectly in a way that makes it impossible to obtain the data I >need. Also, using ghostview/pstoedit on the ps and eps output of >Illustrator has been ineffective. > >So, I decided I would start small: > >NotebookDirectory= > DirectoryName[ > ToFileName["FileName"/.NotebookInformation[EvaluationNotebook[]]]]; >Export[ToFileName[NotebookDirectory,"\\Engine Map\\temp2.eps"], > Plot[x^2,{x,0,3},Epilog->{Hue[0],Line[{{1,0},{1,9}}]},ImageSize->600]] >Show@Import[ToFileName[NotebookDirectory, "\\Engine Map\\temp2.eps"]] > >The result of these commands is a Graphics object that has misaligned >text on the axes, but is otherwise acceptable. > >Now: >I open Illustrator, open the temp2.eps file, save it as an eps >(varying the version of the EPS has had no effect), close Illustrator >and then issue the following command again: > >Show@Import[ToFileName[NotebookDirectory, "\\Engine Map\\temp2.eps"]] > >The output is now: >DeleteFile::privv: Privilege violation during DeleteFile[C:\DOCUME~ > 1\Chris\LOCALS~1\Temp\.00009a03480]. >Import::fmterr: Invalid EPS format. >Show::gtype: Symbol is not a type of graphics. > > I usually get this error when I try to export a graphic and it is not defined lets say plot1=Plot[..........] SetDirectory["C://"] Export["plot1.png", plot, "PNG"] when plot and plot1 do not match it gives you the gtype error I hope this helps Pratik Desai >Show[$Failed] > >What is going on? How do I fix this problem? If I can import this >basic graphic with your help, I may be able to tackle the other one. > >Versions: >Win XP SP2 >Mathematica 5.2 Student >Adobe Illustrator CS 2 Tryout > > -- Pratik Desai Graduate Student UMBC Department of Mechanical Engineering Phone: 410 455 8134
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