Comments on: Christmas Fun

by: Chris

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:52:55 +0000

Just a quick thanks for doing the work in converting these files to SVG

This makes the process soooo much simpler for the work that I do instead of going through the frankly poo software they supply.

I can now convert straight to svg and if necessary to pdf

Thankyou thankyou thankyou - if you had a donation button i would use it (it wouldn’t be much money but any is better than none)

Cheers

Chris

by: Thelonious

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:23:36 +0000

Hey Ron,

You’ll need to install ActiveState Perl. After that’s running you should be able to open a command-prompt and run “DigiMemo_SVG.pl ” from there.

Kevin

by: Ron

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:41:35 +0000

Total newbie, got my DigiMemo 692 today. i down loaded your zip file, where and what should i extract ? i am running WinXP. Thanks for your time. Ron

by: Alex Souza

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:02:37 +0000

Thanks for your return. I’m a Director developer and I’m reading your sample DHW file but I’m having “hard times” trying to find in what byte there is a pen state data in order to check the coordinates.

My idea is to reproduce the Digimemo document in the Director stage (I’m not if you are familiar to Director’s environment).

In sum, do you have a list of every byte in your file (ex. byte 1 = 65 (A)..byte 45 = 128 (X1), etc)?

I know it is pretty difficult to mount it and I won’t be mad if you say no but, I’d appreciate a lot to understand the logistics to create a converter file (even generating a text file with the coordinates. with that I can read the text file in Director and reproduce the code) like you did to SVG.

Well, if you think you can help in some way (I’m not familiar with binary files reading), please reply here or via email.

Thanks a lot,
Alex

by: Thelonious

Wed, 31 May 2006 04:54:49 +0000

Hi Alex,

I’m not familiar with the OneNote file format, so I’m not sure what would be involved there. There are tools for rasterizing SVG files to various file formats, so that could be an option for you.

by: Alex Souza

Mon, 29 May 2006 22:08:06 +0000

As I am a newbie in development, any chance to convert DigiMemo files to Microsoft OneNote (or any other image format) using your code? If not, do you have at least an idea on how to do that?
thanks a lot,
Alex

by: Thelonious

Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:39:06 +0000

Hi Tilman,

I’ve included ACECAD’s specification in the zip file link. You can download that zip file here:

http://www.kevlindev.com/blog/images/digimemo/DigiMemo.zip

by: Tilman Walther

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:14:28 +0000

I also thought about buying one these too but the Aiptek MyNote T01 (http://www.computeruniverse.net/products/e90166460.asp) seems to be more attryctive since it can be used with A4 paper. I looked out for some converter like yours for the Aiptek but all I foud was another one for the ACECAD (http://www.etes.de/opensource/digimemo_a501_converter_linux/en/).
I guess I’ll try to write a converter myself - maybe you could also share your knowledge about the file format? Probably the formats of these tablets have a close relationship…

by: Thelonious

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 15:57:45 +0000

Hi Roland,

All the “magic” comes from the pen and the device holding the paper, so you should be able to use anything that wouldn’t block the signal between those two.

There is a very definite coordinate system being used by the DigiMemo. It wouldn’t be difficult to transform their scale to the final units you need in your drawing.

As far as rain is concerned, the body is mostly one piece of plastic. There are panels for the batteries and the optional CF card. So, I don’t think you’d want to plunge it in a bucket of water, but it appears to be water resistant.

by: Roland Mitchell

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:43:21 +0000

HI: I read you blog. I am interested in the DigiMemo. I do
location survey’s for a land survey company. I go to homes
and measure the houses and building improvements on the
land and then draw them up for the client ( usually title company).
We take those notes and then use a cadd drawing to generate a
description of the lot to scale with the home and improvements
on the lot showing the front and side distances to the nearest property
line.
My question is:
Can I use regular paper, cut to size, containing a present sketch,
and just add the improvements. example a shed- 8×10 set off
the rear of the house to the right 3 feet from a fence and a garage
24×30 set 15 feet from house on the left side. Or any other item
drawn with distances and lenghts from the basic structure?

Also how would it work if as usual it started to rain?
I was hoping that this would cut down on paper work and transfer
of out field notes to the office.
Thanks