OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

[David Spreadbury]

Since you said that you have Illustrator available. Open the SolidWorks PDF
in Illustrator. Illustrator should recognize it as a vector image.

In Illustrator, select the objects you want and increase the line width to
the desired thickness.

Export it as JPEG and you should have what you are looking for.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:30 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing


I should have offered more information:

I want to create an outline to the actual object similar to the "box" in
this illustration: http://www.khulsey.com/3_point_perspective_fig10.jpeg

The illustration was created in SolidWorks, which I then received from the
engineer in PDF format. I converted the PDF to .jpg. 

I can select the outline using the Magic Wand tool in Corel Paintshop Pro,
but it doesn't give me a smooth outline to work with.

Nadine

--- On Wed, 5/6/09, Shmuel Wolfson <shmuelw1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Shmuel Wolfson <shmuelw1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing
> To: generic668 at yahoo.ca
> Received: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 10:12 AM
> What format are they in?
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Shmuel Wolfson
> Technical Writer
> 052-763-7133
> 
> ------------
> 
> Writer wrote:
> > I apologize for the OT nature of this question, but I
> wasn't sure where else to ask this question.
> >
> > I have some line drawings of our product to include in
> a small hardware guide. I want to outline the illustrations
> in a heavier line, but I don't know how to do it in a
> simple, efficient, competent way. Are there any tech
> illustrators here who are willing to let me in on their
> secret? I have access to Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop,
> and Corel Paintshop Pro.
> >
> > Thank you for your indulgence,
> >
> > Nadine
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