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Joe, If i remember it correctly, the CDE is actually in the Cadkey install directory. This is an ms-dos command file (independent from the Cadkey application) with no graphical user interface. With
If you're just trying to print out a photo-realistic 3d rendering of your model, your best option is to use the 'render' feature/command vs printing directly to your plotter. You can then use graphics
Dan, I don't think you'll be able to do a direct coversion from the PRT files to PDF. However, you can convert PRT to DXF thru Cadkey's CDE Execute. Acrobat should then be able to open these DXF files
Bryan, yes you'll be able to import the file in Visio. The only caveat is that you can only import autocad dwg versions 2002 & older. Any drawings created earlier than that, visio will not recognize.
Druidia, in my experience drawing a screw (w/ full detail) is useless. If you're just trying to incorporate this into your design/assembly, i would just create a simple block representation of the screw
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