Exporting CAD drawings for use in MS word

[Ritchie]

Hi guys&girlz.

For my thesis project I would like to use some CAD dwg's in my report written with MS word. What is the most convenient way to export dwg's in a way that they are printed nicely in a Word document? Is it possible to retain the hatches and the linewidth? What about the scale?

Any help will be most appreciated!

Thanx in advance

Richard.

[fuccaro]

The first thing you should try: set the background color to white, enable the line weight and make screen captures.
A better way: set up a raster plotter and plot to file in BMP format. You will have more control ower the line weight, hidden lines.
About the scale: after the insertion in the document, I am allmost sure that you will need to rescale "by eye".

[Mr T]

Hi guys&girlz.

For my thesis project I would like to use some CAD dwg's in my report written with MS word. What is the most convenient way to export dwg's in a way that they are printed nicely in a Word document? Is it possible to retain the hatches and the linewidth? What about the scale?

Rchard.

I export using WMF type EXPORT then look for *.wmf (windows metafile which is a VECTOR file type)

It retains everything, and is good for word and Corel.

Nick

[Ritchie]

Thanx dude!

So far I've exported as an EPS, then imported it in Photoshop to convert it into a JPEG. This works and it retains everything, but it's no longer a graphics image...

I'll try your tip!

Merci beaucoup!