Vidiot 10 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I do drawings for Audio/Video system design. Typically when I'm doing rack elevations I will either get .dwg's from the manufacturer and WBLOCK the parts needed or just make rectangles of the apropriate size with the gear name in it. For times when I cannot get the CAD files is there a way to import an image file and draw over it? Is there a way to auto generate this? I only ask cause I've opened files and they dont seem to be like they have been draw by hand. Sorry if this is a noob Q. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smorales02 10 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Just use Image Reference, Think the shortcut is IM...same concept as xref but just with images Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vidiot 10 Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 I assume that is the same as Insert,Raster Image Reference. I just used this insert the image. Cool. Now I can trace it. Is there a better way? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smorales02 10 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I dont think there is an easier way of copying an image but you might want to search the forums and see what you come up with Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chulse 10 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Try saving the image file as a WMF file and importing that into AutoCAD. The WMF file will be a vector format - it will need cleaning up though... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vidiot 10 Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 what software can I use to convert to WMF? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chulse 10 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Our marketing dept has the Adobe Photoshop suite, but I think there are cheaper options if you search online. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smorales02 10 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 You can export to a .wmf throught autocad.. Just go to File-Export Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fuccaro 30 Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Irfanview is a free program, it can convert images between a lot of formats. http://www.irfanview.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sparkyuk 10 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 What part of Adobe Photoshop suite will convert to wmf ? I have cs3 and image ready and both of those dont have save to wmf option ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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