Vector graphics output

[Daniel Huss]

Why EA is unable to save diagrams as vector graphics is a mystery to me. There is, however, a temporary workaround using a PDF printer. But since there is no auto-cropping when printing, changing the printing borders in the page setup menu is the only way to get acceptable images.

It's still a pain because changing the printing borders is a major procedure that involves opening the windows printer settings dialog then going back to EA and select a postscript printer-specific layout preset.

Is there an easier, more direct way to change the printing borders?

[mrf]

What vector format are you expecting? EA supports saving diagrams as EMF. If you are wanting SVG there are plenty of conversion utilities available.

[Daniel Huss]

Whoops.
I concluded that EMF wasn't a vector format when there was no scaling in IrfanView. Mea culpa!

Now, if I ever find a conversion utility that doesn't cost 50$ or more, I'll make sure to post it here. The only alternative so far seems to be the Apache Batik SVG library, which features a transcoder component.

In the meantime, I'll keep printing PDFs. There is a nice cropping utility (Govert's PDF Cropper) that removes the need for a proper page setup altogether.