Krisoula Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 Hi, I have a floor plan that I need to draw, but I only have a hard copy. I scanned the hard copy and made it into a jpeg, but now I need to import it into AutoCAD in order to trace over it. I tried putting the image into a word document, then copying and pasting. It worked, but it made autoCAD run really funny and it was impossible to draw, nevermind trace over it. Is it possible to do this with a raster image, and how does that work? Can I make the jpeg into a dwf or dwg file? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!! Quote
Strix Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 does this help?: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12176 Quote
Krisoula Posted October 26, 2007 Author Posted October 26, 2007 Thank you!! Yes I did see that one, but I am using autoCAD LT 2004, and unfortunately that doesn't work. Quote
f700es Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 Hi, I have a floor plan that I need to draw, but I only have a hard copy. I scanned the hard copy and made it into a jpeg, but now I need to import it into AutoCAD in order to trace over it. I tried putting the image into a word document, then copying and pasting. It worked, but it made autoCAD run really funny and it was impossible to draw, nevermind trace over it. Is it possible to do this with a raster image, and how does that work? Can I make the jpeg into a dwf or dwg file? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!! Yes you can print a jpeg to a dwf file. You will need the free DWF printer from AutoDesk. Can your version of LT insert DWF files though? Quote
Krisoula Posted October 26, 2007 Author Posted October 26, 2007 Well, I was messing around with autoCAD yesterday trying to figure this out, (I'm not super autoCAD profficient) and I swore I saw an option to import a dwf. But now when I go back I only see options for dwg, wmf, and clp. I'm sorry. Could I make the jpeg a dimtick or a raster image? Thank you very much for your time and help! Quote
f700es Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 Your best bet is to just draw it from scratch. Really, it will be the best option. Is your hard copy to scale? I hope so. Quote
riga Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 Follow the link instructions: http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=871 Or if you have one around just open a drawing file that was created with autocad full and that contains raster images and change the path of axisting image with the path of your own image. I hope it is clear enough Quote
Krisoula Posted October 26, 2007 Author Posted October 26, 2007 Yes. It is to scale, thankfully. Thank you all so much for your assistance, you have all been very helpful! Thanks riga, that linked worked!! Then I just copied the image from that document into my own and redirected the image path again. I am very happy right now, I have other hard copy plans that I needed to draw into CAD and now I can trace them! Thank you!! I may not be able to help you with CAD, but if you have a question about drapes, furniture or carpeting, let me know!! Quote
Strix Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 is tracing an accurate method of producing a drawing? or does it not really matter for this application? Quote
f700es Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 Yes. It is to scale, thankfully. Thank you all so much for your assistance, you have all been very helpful! Thanks riga, that linked worked!! Then I just copied the image from that document into my own and redirected the image path again. I am very happy right now, I have other hard copy plans that I needed to draw into CAD and now I can trace them! Thank you!! I may not be able to help you with CAD, but if you have a question about drapes, furniture or carpeting, let me know!! Cool, if it works rock on. I myself have yet to get results that I am pleased with doing the "trace over raster" thing. Best of luck. Quote
Krisoula Posted October 26, 2007 Author Posted October 26, 2007 Tracing is pretty accurate if you are tracing someone elses floor plans. Since the ones I have are hand drawn there is already a larger margin for error due to lead thickness and smudges, and it isn't a very neat plan either. But when I started to draw these plans in CAD, the dimensions were off here and there, hence I wanted to import the old plans. So now, it will be exactly what I was given to duplicate and if measurements are off then it won't be my fault (just have to make sure it is exactly to scale or it is my fault). But I do think tracing is accurate as long as you scale it right. Thanks again!!! We'll see how it comes out....Oh yeah, these plans are really just for furniture layouts anyways, its not as if there will be a structure built off of them-in that case I would probably draw w/o tracing. But for furniture layouts it wouldn't be tragic if just an inch or two was off. Quote
DannyBoy651 Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 There is software that will allow you to convert tiff, jpeg, bmp, wmf, etc. files to dwf files which can then be imported into AutoCAD LT. Some of them can cost as little as $30 for a personal license. Quote
wem0298 Posted April 1, 2009 Posted April 1, 2009 You have to insert the picture into a WORD document. Then copy from WORD and paste special, image entity into AutoCad. Quote
ALG Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Can anyone instruct me on how to insert a jpeg into AutoCad LT 2005? It seems I am only able to insert it as a file and then it does not show up when I plot. Quote
ReMark Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 LT 2005? Does the program recognize "Paste Special"? Do you know if there is an IMAGEATTACH command? Quote
Organic Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Insert -> Raster Image Reference Make sure the layer it is on is set to plot in the Layer Properties Manager. Quote
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