OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

[Art Campbell]

I'd open the supplied PDF in Illustrator, select the object (you may
need to select lines and create an object), then bump the line width.
Or Live trace may work. Then SaveAs to create a new PDF.

As Fred and others pointed out, avoid JPG at all costs. You're already
in one of the most correct formats for what you want to do, so don't
mess with that part of it.

As

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On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:49 AM, David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Because you are posting this question to frameusers, I assume you are using Framemaker as your authoring tool.
>
> You can do this in several ways:
> If the graphics don't require additional editting, in Frame you can open the Graphics tools, select the anchored frame, select the Pen Pattern in the Graphics icons and set it to whatever color you like. You can set the line width from the Graphics tools as well.
>
> If there is some additional work to be done to the graphics in Illustrator, Photoshop, or Corel, you can create a rectangle, larger than you graphic, and then position the graphic within the rectangle.
>
> --- On Wed, 5/6/09, Writer <generic668 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> From: Writer <generic668 at yahoo.ca>
> Subject: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 8:42 AM
>
> 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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