Need A Autocad Guru
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Need A Autocad Guru
I have a planform of a 1946 Ford Chassis that I need on Autocad.
The palnform is two view from side and from top with some basic dim.
I am going to be converting this chassis to a speedster chassis and I need to be able to move things aroung.
TIA
Dick
The palnform is two view from side and from top with some basic dim.
I am going to be converting this chassis to a speedster chassis and I need to be able to move things aroung.
TIA
Dick
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I have a program that I use to convert pdf's, etc to dxf so I can import them into my Cad programs.
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If you do not know how to use Autocad why not use something easier and cheaper such as Visio?
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Putting a scan into dxf into autocad will likely just result in lots of little line segments. You can import the scan and then trace it with a polyline - then you can put some things in blocks to move them around.
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As loudfords said, converting pdf's or any other picture to a CAD drawing format is difficult
Coreldraw can do it but you will find it easier to import the picture as a background image then trace over it using the Autocad drawing tools
Coreldraw can do it but you will find it easier to import the picture as a background image then trace over it using the Autocad drawing tools
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Originally Posted by loudfords
Putting a scan into dxf into autocad will likely just result in lots of little line segments. You can import the scan and then trace it with a polyline - then you can put some things in blocks to move them around.
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> visio can't even compare to autcad
You get what you $ for :-)
I have not fooled around with CAD programs for a while, BUT, if you can find something that converts from a JPEG to .SVG or something it might work better then importing a graphc and drawing over it. Especially if it allows you to group segments to form objects.
What you have does not sound too tough to trace though.
I think OEMs should release vector graphics to the public so people can designed parts more easily or modify their vehicles. I know SEMA members probably have access to this stuff, just would be nice if everyone else did too.
You get what you $ for :-)
I have not fooled around with CAD programs for a while, BUT, if you can find something that converts from a JPEG to .SVG or something it might work better then importing a graphc and drawing over it. Especially if it allows you to group segments to form objects.
What you have does not sound too tough to trace though.
I think OEMs should release vector graphics to the public so people can designed parts more easily or modify their vehicles. I know SEMA members probably have access to this stuff, just would be nice if everyone else did too.
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While I was looking for an SVG converter I found this.
http://www.inkscape.org/
So far it looks and acts much easier then CAD
http://www.inkscape.org/
So far it looks and acts much easier then CAD
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I've had to use scanned files many times. I find that .jpg files work well if you import into AutoCAD as a raster image and scale it to the proper size (calculate by drawing a line the same size as one of the dimensions and figure out the scaling factor). Trace the lines of the scanned image on a seperate layer. and go from there. I've used some files that were vectorized from scans and found them to be quite large because the vector image is all small lines that eat up huge amounts of memory. Just recently I used a file that was vectorized from a scan. The original vectorized file was over 13 mb. I traced the lines with the plygon tool in AutoCAD and the new file ended up less than 1 mb. Let me know if you need any more help with AutoCAD. I've been using it for about 10 years (civil engineering mostly.) Good luck