Outline block

[hanz007]

Hello all!

I'm trying to trace the outline of a block. I have tried searching on the forums, but haven't had MUCH luck.

Is there a way to do this? Perhaps a lisp?

Thank-you

[ReMark]

What method(s) have you tried so far?

[hanz007]

I tried drawing a rectangle around the block. Then BPOLY. Selecting a spot between the block and the rectangle.( This was in a post made early in these forums) here

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14493&highlight=draw+boundary+box+around+selected+object

I even tried the lisp ECO, But My block was scaled and ran into the same problem as the last poster.

[dbroada]

I've never tried that before - but BPOLY works here.

 

I wonder what I can use that for....

[hanz007]

When I try bpoly I get a "valid hatch boundary not found"

[ReMark]

It might be because one side of your block is open. Can you post an image?

[hanz007]

OK, here is what I was asked to try.

Can I copy a silhouette image off the net and put it into cad.

Trace out the boarder of the image and save that boarder.

 

I tried by getting a vector image and saved it into cad. Changed its' size to what I can work with. But can't trace out a boarder.

Maybe this just won't work.

[hanz007]

Humm, got an vector image changed into a .dfx drawing. But the size is WAY to big. Just need to scale it down into something smaller.

 

Just curious but, has anyone ever done anything like this before?

[Dana W]

OK, here is what I was asked to try.

Can I copy a silhouette image off the net and put it into cad.

Trace out the boarder of the image and save that boarder.

 

I tried by getting a vector image and saved it into cad. Changed its' size to what I can work with. But can't trace out a boarder.

Maybe this just won't work.

 

I wonder if it is this simple. The first time I did a trace my lines disappeared. I found them however. They were under the picture.

 

I put the picture on a different layer and changed its drawing order to "Send to Back". The trace lines appeared on top then,

[hanz007]

WHOO!!

I got it to work! Thank-you for all you help people!