deangelis Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 After cutting and pasting a line drawing into Autocad 2007, and after the mechanical tracing over the line drawing is complete, would someone please tell me the procedure for separating the tracing from the line drawing, or getting rid of the cut and pasted line drawing altogether? Thank you in advance, De Angelis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 The line drawing and the "tracing" should have both been on separate layers. That way you could isolate one from the other (Layer: off or Layer: freeze) and do whatever needed to be done like erase everything. Let me guess; everything is on one layer, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timms_KHP Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 don't forget layiso, layer isolate, assuming you've got seperate layers as said previously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I am a bit confused. If you imported lines, then why trace over them Or do we not have the full story as to what was imported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I wonder if the OP is using a raster image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deangelis Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 Thanks for your reply. The reason that I am tracing over then is that they were hand drawn and need to be corrected mechanically, with straight lines, arcs, etc. David De Angelis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deangelis Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 Thanks for the reply. I will have to learn to use layers. David De Angelis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 You're digitizing the hand drawings into AutoCAD or did you scan them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deangelis Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 It was a crudely drawn line drawing that I scanned and made into a jpg. I then opened it in a viewer to size it, ACDC, I think it was, and cut and pasted it from there to Autocad 2007. David De Angelis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Wouldn't it have been easier just to redraw in AutoCAD from scratch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggi_Thor Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 You can use qselect to select lines, then change to a frozen layer, the delete all (the pasted object). Probably you can also click on the edge of the pasted raster image to slect it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deangelis Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 Maybe if I were at a higher level...but as of now, the answer is no Sir. David De Angelis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deangelis Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 If I were at a higher level, it probably would have been, however I was introduced to Autocad less than a month ago, so it certainly would not have been easier for me. Before my introduction to Autocad I had been designing tooling on a drawing board with an Engineering instrument, for more than several years. I have to admit to preferring the computer. While I am on your nickel here, I would appreciate you shedding some light on the "layiso" command and it's use, if you have the time. Thank you, David De Angelis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 The Layiso command will not be found in AutoCAD LT 2000 as it was only included in the full version under the Express Tools menu I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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