Extending a photograph for planning drawing?

[tigerblu]

Hi to all,

 

I would like to produce a proposed planning drawing that uses a photograph of the property and then to be able to show the proposed extension mapped as closely as possible to the photo.

 

What piece of software would be the best to use?

 

Thanks in advance.

[dbroada]

you can load an image into AutoCAD and then draw over the top of it. Is that what you want to do? If you st the fade of the image to a low level you can see what you are doing.

[boyo]

I think auto cad raster design is dealing with it, though I am not familiar with it, so can not give you any details.

[Tankman]

You can load an image into AutoCAD and then draw over the top of it. Is that what you want to do? If you st the fade of the image to a low level you can see what you are doing.

 

I've done the same from time to time. Worked well but, scaled the image to actual size working in model space.

 

Kind of nice to have the image in the background, gives the client a "view", a view he/she can relate to.

[tigerblu]

Had a look at Impression and this looks like it might give the effect I am looking for! or is this program just for detailing your already produced .dwg files?

[f700es]

Had a look at Impression and this looks like it might give the effect I am looking for! or is this program just for detailing your already produced .dwg files?

 

Yes, Impression is for "dressing" up you finished design.

[rustysilo]

AutoCAD should be sufficient for this task. I have done this many a time. The key is to have the highest resolution photo you can. The higher the resolution the better it will look.