MIKEMARE Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Hi can anyone tell me how I change a jpeg file into a dwg file that can be then be used in Autocad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 You will have to reference it in and trace it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Is it a jpeg of a flat drawing? If not, there will be perspective, scaling and measurement issues. The only way I know of to get even close to satisfactory results, is to IMAGEATTACH, and trace it. There are some software solutions, but not one of them leaves you with a drawing that does not need massive line correction work. EDIT: Although you can attach the photo to an autoCad drawing the way it is, and trace it, a jpg cannot be directly converted to a dwg file in itself. It has to be converted to a pdf or some other document first, then fed to one of several semi-satisfactory raster document to vector converters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I remember some guy over at TheSwamp.org was creating a program that could detect raster image pixels and create some type of linework. It worked really good actually, but I don't think he ever released it to the masses. So it's definitely possible, but got to scour Google to find something I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKEMARE Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Thankyou for the info much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKEMARE Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Thank you for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKEMARE Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Thank you for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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