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Posted by JD on August 14, 2007, 12:55 pm
Thanks guys. I haven't tried all the recommendations yet but it figures that
the Piranha would have an answer.
I'm running two monitors as well. One is the laptop and the other a 20"
1680x1050.
I moved the browser to the large monitor, printscreen, paste to word, crop,
print to pdf and drag to my drawing.
I should have mentioned that I'm currently using AcadLT and I've noticed
that inserting objects is one of the frustrations vs. Acad or ADT. (the
others are not being able to select multiple layouts for printing and the
crappy design center)
It's much better but I'll keep searching.
> JD wrote:
>> Not to bitch, but what the hell happened to this group?
>>
>> Anyway, what are you guys using for vicinity maps? The big 3 (mapquest,
>> google, yahoo) suck all of a sudden... hmmm, forgot to try mapsonus.
>>
>> The resolution when I insert into ACAD is so bad you can't read street
>> names.
>>
>> In these times, it would be ridiculous to have to draw maps and I sure
>> don't want to pay for them.
>
> My monitors are at 1680x1050, with a dual monitor setup. Usually, I use
> Google (just habit), maximize the browser to full window, then do a
> CTRL-PRINTSCREEN, open Photochop, past, crop, grayscale, and insert.
>
> Usually, the vicinity map is small enough that I get at least 1600 pixels
> across, and at 150 dpi*, that translates to just over 11" wide, more than
> enough.
>
> This trick works on every search engine. Just have to be a little smarter
> than the search engine.
>
> Tried Google Earth for image output?
>
>
> * We did some extensive research regarding image resolution vs. print
> resolution. After lots of plots and lots of people looking at the images,
> we decided that with most modern inkjet printers, you can scale down to
> about 100 dpi print resolution without a discernible difference at about 3
> feet. Images printed at 100 dpi, 150 dpi, 200 dpi on the same printer
> were more than close enough to not waste the time with larger file sizes.
>
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