Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:10:34 -0600
Reply-To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject: Re: VERY IMPORTANT: Bentley Publishers donates 100% of web
In-Reply-To: <BE083836.7043%camper@tactical-bus.info>
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Jimt,
Why would (or how would may be the term) a company go to the trouble to
develop their own proprietary graphics format? I don't have one to look
at, but even the richest publishing houses use some standard like GIF,
TIF, JPEG or EPS.
It it's EPS, which would make it quite large and more suitable to
vector artwork (made with real lines, not a picture of a drawing) then
maybe. But it seems unlikely that they've developed their own graphics
format and viewer client. Now, I'm not claiming to know this, but it
seems unlikely.
Maybe they've just made them difficult to get to, or else you need some
omnivorous viewer app like photoshop to see them?
Jim
On Jan 10, 2005, at 2:48 PM, jimt wrote:
> For bentley I use the book and not the software. I use the ETKA for
> parts
> breakouts and a better idea and pictures of how some stuff is actually
> put
> together or in some cases to find if the part I need is actually a
> superceded part.
>
> The two are totally different types of sourcing.
>
> The bently disk does not have the pics in pdf format. They are in
> some kind
> of proprietary format that the autobahn software uses.
>
> jimt
>
>
> On 1/10/05 9:23 AM, "David Devere" <vwpub@ONWORDBOUNDBOOKS.COM> wrote:
>
>> jimt,
>> So do you use the ETKA? I had thought the ETKA was an acronym for
>> some
>> obscure German word. But are saying it's Bentley's formatting
>> software?
>> What if it were in PDF's? Also how is the information on the ETKA
>> better
>> than what's in the Bentley guide? Does it supply you with schematics
>> and
>> part numbers?
>>
>> Thanks -Dave
>> 87 Synrco Westy.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "jimt" <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: VERY IMPORTANT: Bentley Publishers donates 100% of web
>> revenue
>> to tsunami relief through Jan 10!!!
>>
>>
>> Negative .. I have the cd in a junk pile. It is clumsy to use takes
>> forever
>> t load anything and you cannot access any graphic outside of their
>> program.
>> And yes it is windows only. Fortunately I got mine cheap at a
>> disposal
>> sale. You also have to go through a screwball registration and if
>> you have
>> a problem and need to reinstall it is a real mess.
>> jimt
>>
>> On 1/9/05 10:28 AM, "Bostig Eng." <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM> wrote:
>>
>>> Bentley generally uses an XML/Java based web application "eBahn"
>>> (which is
>>> localized to the CD, so not delivered via web) on CD to deliver
>>> information. The microfiche scans should be gifs, and accessed via a
>>> modified web browesr which serves as the front end for their
>>> application
>> on
>>> the CD.
>>>
>>>
>>> At 12:07 PM 1/9/2005, Gnarlodious wrote:
>>>> Cool.
>>>> But on this page it says Windows only:
>>>> http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=vft3
>>>>
>>>> What's the format? ETKA? PDF?
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know?
>>>>
>>>> -- Gnarlie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Entity Agent99 spoke thus:
>>>>
>>>>> VERY IMPORTANT!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Buy those Bentley service manuals and CD's before midnight Monday,
>>>>> January 10, 2005.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just saw this on www.bentleypublishers.com:
>>>>>
>>>>> Tsunami Relief Effort
>>>>> "In solidarity with those affected by the tsunamis in South Asia,
>>>>> BentleyPublishers.com will be transferring 100% of its retail web
>>>>> revenue (revenue rather than earnings) collected from Midnight
>>>>> December
>>>>> 31, 2004 through Midnight January 10, 2005, to the U.S. branch of
>>>>> Doctors Without Borders/Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF)
>>>>> <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org>. Funds will be earmarked for
>>>>> victims of the tsunami. We have chosen this organization because of
>>>>> their quick mobilization and their effectiveness in delivering a
>>>>> high
>>>>> percentage of funds received as direct care."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ed McLean
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ........................................
>> jimt
>> Planned insanity is best.
>> Remember that sanity is optional.
>> http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info)
>> http://www.westydriver.com
>>
>>
>
>
> jimt
> Planned insanity is best.
> Remember that sanity is optional.
> http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info)
> http://www.westydriver.com
>
