Inserting company logo into title block

[steepcreeker]

How can I get the company logo onto my title block. The image I am trying to use is a .tif file. Is this the correct file type? The image is simple and shouln't be very big in size. Any suggestions will be helpful. I've tried using insert command. Also OLE but I don't quite understand that.

 

thanks in advance

[CADken]

check the similar threads below...

 

http://cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10979

[steepcreeker]

yup got it after a couple of trys from a different thread.

[Rhayes]

If it is a simple image. you may want to consider re-making it in AutoCAD. that way you do not have to attach the image every time you send out a drawing to someone else.

[CADken]

If it is a simple image. you may want to consider re-making it in AutoCAD. that way you do not have to attach the image every time you send out a drawing to someone else.

 

very true, it may take some time, but it'll save you from having to insert it in each drawing... our standard title block has our logo that I re-drew in AutoCAD by tracing the design and applying different hatching to achieve the correct shading...

 

if you'd like, post the image on the forum and perhaps someone here can redraw it for you.

[Rhayes]

Once you have your titleblock complete. Save it as a (dwt) Drawing Template File. Then all you have to do is use that as your starting point for your drawings.

[mcprescribed]

Would anyone care to help me out?

 

I realise this thread is old but I think the issue I have is very much related! We have a logo which I exported from Illustrator to CAD format and when I plot to PDF (using multiple plotters) we can see the lines making up the solid pattern (it looks poor and unprofessional).

 

I redrew the logo in CAD completely applied a new hatch (solid) to no avail, same issue. When I duplicate the hatch it distorts the text and looks very poor after plot, but the hatch is at least a solid colour.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

 

Thanks so much in advance, and although this is my 1st post I have been reading this forum for a long time, thanks to everyone involved, you keep me in the job!

[CyberAngel]

Welcome to the forum!

 

One possibility is your value for the system variable VIEWRES. If it is low (the default is 100), then curves will look choppy.

 

You also might check your PDF "plotter" for values like resolution. If the image looks OK in Illustrator, it should look OK when it goes to PDF.

 

As always, a picture is a big help in these situations. How exactly does AutoCAD "distort" your text?

[mcprescribed]

You know what I've had this issue for 3 weeks and as soon as I post on a forum, I work it out!

 

Basically, what I did was use some advice from another forum, which included plotting using DWG to PDF (research indicates this plot layout is only beneficial in 2009 onwards) and then also removing the layer information from the PDF because I didn't want anyone seeing that!

 

Cyberangel thanks very much for your response, FYI I had previously plotted with primo pdf, nitro, acrobat, cute pdf and adobe. I had adjusted the resolution settings and image quality in all of them.

 

What I meant by distorting the text was for example that an "A" would essentially not show the actual hole in the letter, because the lineweight would close the gap/combined with the PDF magnification level.

 

Thanks for your help, so glad I got that fixed

 

Kind Regards

Anthony

[cadvision]

depends on what your logo is like, but I tend to vectorise then into AutoCAD entities and is just one less xref to worry about. Since solid hatching it is so much easier to get a good batch & not be a huge file (my 2 cents worth)

[irneb]

What I meant by distorting the text was for example that an "A" would essentially not show the actual hole in the letter, because the lineweight would close the gap/combined with the PDF magnification level.

You mean you have the boundary polyline also plot? I generally either delete such, or set it to a non-plot layer. That way the hatch comes out crisp as its borders effectively has a 0 weight when using Solid hatches.

 

I'd also advise vectorizing the logo's as much as possible. If you do go with images, then I'd advise Overlaying the TB's fixed portions so those images don't go everywhere if you xref your drawing into another. The way we've got it is we have the TB's linework, logos & text drawn in model space in a "base" drawing. Then our template has that overlaid inside the TB block, in which the attributes are placed - this block is then inserted onto paper space. Starting the new drawing from such template works exactly like a normal block with attributes. If I then later xref that drawing into another, the images don't come with. And the major reason behind the xreffed TB is due to our projects having numerous changed throughout their life-cycle (adding new logos, project renaming, site changing, etc.) - now it's just a single change and all DWGs are updated.