abitare Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 i have many drawings in dwg but wish to upload onto my website.............how can I convert a dwg file and retain its detail so it can be the same on my web page...........hope this makes sense.............have converted dwg to jpeg tiff gifff etc but it loses detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Try jpegout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abitare Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 Stevie................thankyou...I tried your suggestion.........doing it this way I still get a pixelated image which loses all detail..............mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abitare Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 can a dwg cad file be copied to any format so it retains all its details? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abitare Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 I need to upload work onto my new website that are presently dwg files. can dwg files be uploaded to a web page? when I convert to jpeg bmap tiff etc the detail is lost and becomes pixelated............any help or advice ............thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 If you are looking to have your drawings uploaded to your website I would recommend that you upload them as a PDF file, this allows the user to visualise the drawing without the need to open AutoCAD or any other draughting software. PDF is viewable on all computers. I would then have an option to download the .dwg file if required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Here is a small example. They used to have PDF files with options to download cad materials, but now they have images an specifications instead. http://shop.q-railing.com/html/index.php?page_id=39&group_id=141 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeScott Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 You could also try the printscreen button on your keyboard, and paste it into a photoshop-type program. Just put it at the size you want to display it as, and then crop it down. That will eliminate distortion. If you want it bigger, stitch them together, or use PDF as stevsmith noted above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I have merged your two threads. Please don't start multiple threads asking the same question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I've had great success printing to *.pdf using Adobe Acrobat Pro. The resulting *.pdf can be saved to a *.jpg or many other image formats. Works very well. Below is a downsized image, downsized to post. Difficult to read due to the reduced image size but, again I emphasize this is only for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinprakoso Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Have you tried Autodesk Butterfly? You can upload your DWGs, share them to your colleagues, and even collaborate with them. You even can do drawings and modifications online! You need to register.. but it's free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 edwinprakoso, very nice post, informative! Thanks again, I'm takin' a serious look at Autodesk Butterfly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinprakoso Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I'm glad you like it, Tankman I'm not sure it will be free forever, however it's good to have it now. I like to use it for collaboration meeting, very cool Have you tried to invite more users? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Well you have to remember that all those formats are pixels and will never be as sharp as a vector image. Maybe have a jpeg as a thumbnail and then have it link to a PDF. i have many drawings in dwg but wish to upload onto my website.............how can I convert a dwg file and retain its detail so it can be the same on my web page...........hope this makes sense.............have converted dwg to jpeg tiff gifff etc but it loses detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Blake Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 You can post a dwg file to your wedpage. I just can't remember how it was done. It was many years ago, but it worked. I will think further on this and see if I can remember, but it definitely can be done, and it isn't that hard to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abitare Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 thankyou for your suggestions..........i've learnt how naive i've been with autocad............looks like its back to the drawing board .......literally.............thanks again cadtutor and the guys who've kindly responded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 You can post a dwg file to your wedpage. I just can't remember how it was done. It was many years ago, but it worked. I will think further on this and see if I can remember, but it definitely can be done, and it isn't that hard to do. You used to could embed the AutoDesk Whip! driver in html pages to display dwf files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 pirdik: JPGOUT was suggested in post #2 and tried by the OP who did not like how pixelated the image turned out. He then asked for further suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 pirdik: JPGOUT was suggested in post #2 and tried by the OP who did not like how pixelated the image turned out. He then asked for further suggestions. but that was 2 years ago. You know how things round off with age...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 "Dig Up an Old Post" week already? How did I miss that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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