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Re: OK, good responses on parts lists, now how about foldouts?
Subject:Re: OK, good responses on parts lists, now how about foldouts? From:Dick Margulis <ampersandvirgule -at- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 13 May 1998 21:19:11 -0400
Metzger, Lucinda wrote:
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> I'll be interested to hear how others are doing this, and how they've
> overcome the problems of legibility when shrinking a D-size drawing
> down.
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In this situation I treat the paper 11 x 17 drawing as a useless piece
of tree that is included because the contract says it has to be, and I
strongly urge the use of PDF files on CD or online as the _real_
documentation. The zoom tool brings that bad boy up to the level where
it meets accessibility guidelines for the visually impaired.
