OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

[Writer]

I don't think the engineer saved it as a vectored drawing, because I can't seem to select individual parts of the illustration. I'll see if he can do that, and then I'll try it in Illustrator again.

Thanks, folks.

Nadine


--- On Wed, 5/6/09, David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing
> To: generic668 at yahoo.ca, framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Received: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 10:34 AM
> 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-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [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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