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Re: Computer/CAD Request
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 4/3/1999, 10:01 am
In Response To: Re: Computer/CAD Request (Shawn Baker)

> Part of getting cheap plans (the book containing offsets is only $20, the
> full plans are $80) is the inherent fact that more work is required. I'm
> not sure Nick would appreciate someone posting the offsets (you bought the
> book, but not everyone who would have access to those offsets would have).
> With Nick's blessing, I could send you .dxf files that can be imported
> into almost any CAD program and are then plotter-ready. Nick??

I don't really like the idea of digital copies of parts of the book floating around. The numbers in the offset tables are covered by the copyright of the book. Sending out digital copies could be tangling with this copyright.

Messages In This Thread

Computer/CAD Request
Byron Lawrence -- 4/2/1999, 11:19 am
Re: Computer/CAD Request
builder -- 4/3/1999, 7:51 am
Re: Copyright
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/3/1999, 9:52 am
Re: Computer/CAD Request
Shawn Baker -- 4/2/1999, 12:05 pm
Re: Computer/CAD Request
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/3/1999, 10:01 am
Learning to loft is half the fun :)
Brian T. Cunningham -- 4/3/1999, 3:53 pm
Re: Learning to loft is half the fun :)
Byron Lawrence -- 4/5/1999, 10:38 am
Re: Learning to loft is half the fun :)
garland reese -- 4/5/1999, 10:04 am
Re: Learning to loft is half the fun :)
Joe -- 4/6/1999, 12:43 am
Re: Learning to loft is half the fun :)
garland -- 4/6/1999, 9:56 am