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Title: Pole Position Sitdown Side Art - Found it, can't view it...
Post by: geecab on October 18, 2011, 03:50:06 pm

Please can someone help, I built a paper model of the starwars sitdown arcade machine (See here http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=115252.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=115252.0) ) and now I really fancy doing the same for Pole Position.

I've found the ideal piece of side art here:
http://arcadeartlibrary.com/arcade_art/details.php?image_id=964 (http://arcadeartlibrary.com/arcade_art/details.php?image_id=964)

Its an ai (adobe illustrator) file, but unlike most ai files that can be viewed with acrobat reader, I can not view this one because it was saved without the "Create PDF Compatible File" option turned on.

Doesn't anyone have a version of this file that I might be able to view, or know a place where I can get it from?

I've emailed person who uploaded the ai to arcadeartlibrary originally, but had no response, I think it might be an old/invalid email address.

Thanks if you can help  :)

Title: Re: Pole Position Sitdown Side Art - Found it, can't view it...
Post by: HaRuMaN on October 18, 2011, 04:18:32 pm

Tried opening it with inkscape (free program)?

Title: Re: Pole Position Sitdown Side Art - Found it, can't view it...
Post by: geecab on October 18, 2011, 05:26:45 pm

Thanks, I just installed it, looks like a really good program! But still no joy viewing that file. Everything I tried to load/import the "pole_position_sideart.ai" file gave me the same error:

"
This is an Adobe® Illustrator® file that was
saved without PDF content.
To place or open this file in other
applications, it should be re-saved from
Adobe Illustrator with the "Create PDF
Compatible File" option turned on. This
option is in the Illustrator Native Format
Options dialog box, which appears when
saving an Adobe Illustrator file using the
Save As command.
"

Title: Re: Pole Position Sitdown Side Art - Found it, can't view it...
Post by: zorg on October 19, 2011, 02:27:54 am

check the one in vectorlib, http://vectorlib.free.fr/PolePosition/ (http://vectorlib.free.fr/PolePosition/)

Title: Re: Pole Position Sitdown Side Art - Found it, can't view it...
Post by: geecab on October 19, 2011, 03:26:26 am

Quote from: zorg on October 19, 2011, 02:27:54 am

check the one in vectorlib, http://vectorlib.free.fr/PolePosition/ (http://vectorlib.free.fr/PolePosition/)

Bingo, that works! I can view it with both inkscape and acrobat reader! Thanks zorg!!

Title: Re: Pole Position Sitdown Side Art - Found it, can't view it...
Post by: rikitiki on October 19, 2011, 11:46:23 am

a word to the wise this file for anyone using it for a full size cockpit it dosnt fit
sure would like to know what the source was for that one.