Well then...
Small Nations Festival needed a quick solution!
The Problem: Some sketches were drawn from a site visit a month ago, these had since been copied into a digital format and now needed to be altered.
So, what we had was a .JPEG file & the original .XAR file
What they needed was a way to alter these documents!
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) program was needed also!
On the grounds that it is VERY expensive to purchase specialised design software like AUTOCAD, we looked at some of the various Open Source options available!! {Free as in Beer}
First we stumbled upon:
CADEMIA
a nice little German package available FREE to Download!!
Then we needed to find out what a .XAR file was and how to open it!!
It turns out it's XARA
...but they are COSTLY too!!
A bit of digging later and we found...
XARA XTREME - a redundant predecessor!
Now having gone to the 'dark-side' ;-) It now offers Linux / Win & Mac releases. (FREE/TRIAL)
This allows us to open the .XAR file!
Again, thinking of Ease of Access - a multi OS software package is DESIRABLE.
theARCproject works across all three standard OS types {although my personal preference is Sn0wL1nux} Ed.
Looking again at a CAD program that meets all the above requirements, we found:
DraftSight
So, we now have a way to open .XAR files and a CAD program that works in .DWG file format
- but how do we get from here to there??
Simple...J.F.G.I. (Just Fuckin' Google IT!)
We found a little prog. that allowed us to CONVERT .PDF files into .DWG format.
Lo and behold XTREME allows us to EXPORT as PDF!!!
Dedicated to Ms. Izzy Stevenson
'Because We Can!'
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Waste Industry Update March 2010
Semple Fraser - Waste Industry Update March 2010: "WRAP boosts AD output
Further promotion has been given for the increasingly popular use of anaerobic digestion (AD) as a treatment method for biowastes as SEPA reveals that digestate produced from this process will no longer be subject to regulatory waste controls, where it meets PAS 110 specification and is applied to land. AD produces both a biogas which can be used to produce renewable heat or power, and digestate, which can be used to return organic matter to soils.
SEPA’s decision comes with the launch of the UK-wide PAS110:2010 specification, produced by WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), Afor (Association for Organic Resources) and the British Standard Institute (BSI). The industry-led specification will support the development of markets for products source segregated from biodegradable materials. Producers can check that digestates are of consistent quality and fit for purpose against the specification.
As a result of SEPA’s regulatory position, digestate which meets the specification will no longer need to register for a waste management exemption with SEPA for the application of PAS110 certified digestates to land, saving significant costs to operators of AD plants.
SEPA’s Regulatory Position sets out the PAS standards for digestates that AD plant operators will need to meet. The standards underpin the twofold purpose of the PAS, which is to ensure that digested materials are made using suitable inputs in the AD process (there are a number of criteria here including that the waste input materials are derived from animal or plant origin and have been collected separately from other wastes and not combined with any other waste amongst other conditions) and to ensure that the process has been well managed and monitored so as to produce digested material that meets market needs and protects the environment.
The full SEPA Regulatory Position on PAS110 digestate is available at:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/WEEE_2009_amendments_factsheet_.pdf
http://www.sepa.org.uk/about_us/news/2010/waste_no_more_for_anaerobic_di.aspx
The full WRAP PAS110:2010 may be viewed at:
http://www.wrap.org.uk/downloads/PAS110_vis_10.308cbce2.8536.pdf
Meanwhile, the potential of AD continues to be explored, as news comes that Wales is to host a number of innovative trials designed by WRAP. Focus will be on the commercial potential of PAS100 compost and digestate within new landscape and brownfield regeneration projects.
Due to start later this month, the trials are geared towards developing end market use in the regeneration of quarries, open cast mines and landfill sites and will demonstrate to local authorities that the diversion of organic waste from landfill holds environmental and economic benefits. It is the first time that WRAP will trial the possibility of AD being used as a biofertiliser. Both green compost and food-derived compost produced to PAS100 specification and WRAP’s Quality Protocol will be tested together with the digestate.
Results from the trials are expected to be reported during 2010 and 2011.
More information on the PAS100 digestate trials in Wales may be read at:
http://www.wrap.org.uk/media_centre/press_releases/wales_to_host.html"
Further promotion has been given for the increasingly popular use of anaerobic digestion (AD) as a treatment method for biowastes as SEPA reveals that digestate produced from this process will no longer be subject to regulatory waste controls, where it meets PAS 110 specification and is applied to land. AD produces both a biogas which can be used to produce renewable heat or power, and digestate, which can be used to return organic matter to soils.
SEPA’s decision comes with the launch of the UK-wide PAS110:2010 specification, produced by WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), Afor (Association for Organic Resources) and the British Standard Institute (BSI). The industry-led specification will support the development of markets for products source segregated from biodegradable materials. Producers can check that digestates are of consistent quality and fit for purpose against the specification.
As a result of SEPA’s regulatory position, digestate which meets the specification will no longer need to register for a waste management exemption with SEPA for the application of PAS110 certified digestates to land, saving significant costs to operators of AD plants.
SEPA’s Regulatory Position sets out the PAS standards for digestates that AD plant operators will need to meet. The standards underpin the twofold purpose of the PAS, which is to ensure that digested materials are made using suitable inputs in the AD process (there are a number of criteria here including that the waste input materials are derived from animal or plant origin and have been collected separately from other wastes and not combined with any other waste amongst other conditions) and to ensure that the process has been well managed and monitored so as to produce digested material that meets market needs and protects the environment.
The full SEPA Regulatory Position on PAS110 digestate is available at:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/WEEE_2009_amendments_factsheet_.pdf
http://www.sepa.org.uk/about_us/news/2010/waste_no_more_for_anaerobic_di.aspx
The full WRAP PAS110:2010 may be viewed at:
http://www.wrap.org.uk/downloads/PAS110_vis_10.308cbce2.8536.pdf
Meanwhile, the potential of AD continues to be explored, as news comes that Wales is to host a number of innovative trials designed by WRAP. Focus will be on the commercial potential of PAS100 compost and digestate within new landscape and brownfield regeneration projects.
Due to start later this month, the trials are geared towards developing end market use in the regeneration of quarries, open cast mines and landfill sites and will demonstrate to local authorities that the diversion of organic waste from landfill holds environmental and economic benefits. It is the first time that WRAP will trial the possibility of AD being used as a biofertiliser. Both green compost and food-derived compost produced to PAS100 specification and WRAP’s Quality Protocol will be tested together with the digestate.
Results from the trials are expected to be reported during 2010 and 2011.
More information on the PAS100 digestate trials in Wales may be read at:
http://www.wrap.org.uk/media_centre/press_releases/wales_to_host.html"
Saturday, February 13, 2010
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