OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

[Writer]

The engineer provided me with dxf drawings, which I open in Illustrator. This has worked out well for me.

Thanks to all who offered suggestions and helped reach a workable solution.

Nadine


--- On Thu, 5/7/09, Tim Lewis <ltc.writer at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Tim Lewis <ltc.writer at comcast.net>
> Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing
> To: generic668 at yahoo.ca, framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Received: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 11:36 AM
> Nadine,
> 
> I do this frequently for some of my clients. As the
> engineer who gave you
> the SolidWorks drawing, to save the file as an .easm file,
> open the eDrawing
> in SolidWorks eDrawings (a free viewer from SolidWorks) and
> then print the
> drawing to PDF. Then open the PDF in Illustrator.
> 
> If you get the free eDrawings you can then just ask for the
> .easm file and
> turn the object around, position it any way you need it and
> even hide parts
> of the object. It gives you a lot of control of your
> illustrations.
> 
> Tim Lewis
> Lewis Technical Communications, Inc.
> ltc.writer at comcast.net
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Writer [mailto:generic668 at yahoo.ca]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:49 AM
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; David Spreadbury
> > Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a
> line drawing
> > 
> > 
> > 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.
> > >