Importing images from a CAD system

[Shmuel Wolfson]

Ask them to save it as WMF or EMF. They retail the line quality.

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Shmuel Wolfson


Gagne, Bernard (Bolton) wrote:
> I am in the process of educating the engineers I work with over this issue.
> They are in the habit of giving me a JPEG image when I request a line
> drawing. JPEG was never intended for anything other than continuous tone
> images. When a line drawing gets exported to a JPEG, the line quality
> suffers horribly.
> I ask them to export to CGM, which I import into Adobe Illustrator and
> convert to either EPS or leave as a native AI file. The resulting file can
> then be imported into Frame just fine and I don't lose on the line quality
> or scalability.
>
> Berny Gagné
> Lead Technical Writer
> Husky Injection Molding Systems
> Bolton, Ontario, Canada 
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces+bgagne=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+bgagne=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
> Gillian Flato
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 2:06 PM
> To: b_downing at verizon.net; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Importing images from a CAD system
>
> Bill,
>
>
> The hardware tech writers at my company use Solidworks creations in their
> Frame docs. They told me that they don't use the DXF file because they are
> so large. Our engineers create them for 11 x 17 paper. They always convert
> the DXF file to a high-res JPEG and then import to Frame and scale it down.
> So yes, they lose the vector. 
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gillian Flato
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
> Behalf Of b_downing at verizon.net
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:15 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Importing images from a CAD system
>
> I have a project where I may need to import wireframe images (basically,
> perspective line drawings) from a Solidworks CAD system into a Frame 7.0
> document. Assuming that vector format will produce the best resolution, has
> anyone had any problems importing DXF images directly into Frame? Or is it
> better to convert to another format first? 
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Bill Downing
> b_downing at verizon.net
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