On 10/31/2014 06:31 PM, Gary Roach wrote:
On 10/30/2014 05:47 PM, Gary Roach wrote:
Hi all,

This is part of a medium sized, low budget archiving project that will process 
serveral thousand documents, all done by low tech volunteers. So I really need 
methods that are straight forward or can be automated to the idiot level. A 
method that will split the vector graphics and text files apart, allow editing 
of the text file and reassembling of the file is needed. I am having trouble 
believing that there isn't software out there that will do this but I have not 
been able to find it.

Your comments so far have pointed me in several different directions but I 
still haven't found an efficient (or even viable) editing method.

Your help is really appreciated.

Gary R.


Inkscape uses vector graphics. Can you open the file in Inkscape? Don't know 
what it might do with two layers.

I mentioned a drafting program earlier--DraftSight or AutoCAD LT. If you have 
one of these (DraftSight is free to non-commercial users)
maybe you can cut and paste the two-layer file from whatever opened it into the 
cad program, and then separate the layers, since the cad
program natively uses layers in its layout program, so as, for example, to show 
two sides of a circuit board, or whatever. It is designed
to let you look at one layer or the other, or both together. The trick, 
obviously, is to separate the layers, and I don't have any idea
if D/S will do that for you. Maybe you could convert the file from whatever 
type it is into a .dwg file, which would be native to the
cad programs. Or a .dxf file. AutoCad and DraftSight should be able to read 
either format. (The native format is .dwg, but you can import
a .dxf file. It's designed to do that.


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