I have some files from a FlexiSign Mac version that I need some help with. I have 18 files that need to be opened and then exported as Illustrator. Let me know if you can help and I'll e mail one file over to see if it works. We might need to test this as the files were saved in Roland's SignMate which as I understand was FlexiSign renamed under the Roland brand. Thanks
Posted by Gerald Barlow (Member # 3477) on :
I would be happy to help. I use 8.62 artworx@turlocksigns.com
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Thanks Gerald. I'll send a file to see if it works. If it does e mail me an invoice so I can send you a check for you time.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
If that doesn't work, email me a file at dmharding (at)gmail.com
I have the latest Flexi and recently had to open a 13 year old Flexi file and it did so without any issues.
On another, but related subject, opening Corel files of that vintage doesn't work. The newest Corel versions have limitations on how far back they can open their own files... which I think stinks!
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Gerald tried it and it worked perfectly. Illustrator opened his file conversion up and it was just what I needed. Thanks for the offer Dave.
Posted by Don Hulsey (Member # 128) on :
I use Gerber so I couldn't offer any help on this one, but I did want to add...
How cool is that!? A guy in Michigan has an issue, so he reaches out and gets help from a guy in California, and a guy in Texas.
If not for this site it's very probable that neither of you would have ever known that the other even existed.
Just sending a shout out for Steve and Barb Shortreed. Without them, this site would not be available to us.
[ May 16, 2017, 08:18 AM: Message edited by: Don Hulsey ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
AND TO BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE WOULD ACCEPT A DUMBASS from Pittsburgh who lives in penscola......as one of them)))))thanks don.....glad to have met ya. and the others
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
I don't think yer a dumbass Joe, after all you had enough sense to move from snow to sun!!!
Now, wiseass??? That's a different story.
Posted by Don Hulsey (Member # 128) on :
Glad I got to meet you to Joe, but I have to agree with Dave. I never thought of you as a dumbass, but quite often as a wiseass.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Don Hulsey, I was thinking the exact same thing as I was successfully opening a file I couldn't open the day before. Here's the full story. Back when I was making these tee signs for a golf course was when I had a new employee. I guess I forgot to double check her work this time. Anyway, the cut files for the sandblast rubber were all saved in Flexi, which I was using as a bridge program for cutting on my fairly new Power Mac (2002). Apparently when she we converted the files to cutting, we made some size changes and didn't save the changes in the Adobe format.
Recently, after seeing I was yet again going to have to paint the signs (this is at least the 4th or 5th time since they were new in 2002) I looked at the digital print of the Golf Course logo and noticed it still looked new after 5 years. After all, these signs are only outside 5 months out of the year. I never thought I'd see the day where a digital print will outlast One Shot paint. So I decided to keep painting the numbers and borders (no alternative) but have digital prints made for the hole maps which take the most time to paint. I tested the first course and it came out great. So I dig into the files of the second course and the hole maps saved in Illustrator do not match the size of the hole map on the actual signs. And they are not just scaled. The only files I have that I know will match the size are the cut files for the sandblast rubber, and they are only in the Flexi format.
My faithful 17 year old Power Mac finally gave it up last February. There is no way I can get a computer that will run the old Flexi software with it's dongle. The software will not run on any OS newer than Mac OS 9.1 and 9.1 won't run on anything beyond a Power Mac. So I pulled out a spare Windows machine and got SignCut Pro for a bridge program.
So my only alternative was to turn to Letterville. How right you were Don. Within the same day Gerald posted his e mail address here on Letterville and I sent him a file to test. In no time he send me an AI file and an EPS file to see if I could open it. There was my cut file, just what I needed. I sent him the other 17 files and I had what I needed before the day was over. I told him to send me an invoice for his time and he said he had relatives in Grand Rapids, MI so he said we'll call it a neighbor hood thing. Wow, are sign painters the best or what? I hope I have the opportunity to return the favor. So here is a before and after of the sign.
Original, all paint. Low quality as this picture was probably taken with my 3.1 mega pixel camera - high tech at the time.
Here is a sign from the same course with a digital print as the hole map.
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
Barlow is generous and cheerful and knowledgeable and trustworthy. I'm glad to know him as a friend. Glad he helped you.
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