I have a client who is a draftsman (houseplans), he wants some jobsite signs made that would include an AutoCAD drawing of his own home on them. I do a bit of drafting myself and have AutoCAD 14 and 2002 and getting the file would be no problem. I tested a file I had to see how it would cutout when converted to an EPS file. Problem is that the plotter cuts the lines only. Has anyone done this before? Maybe I should print it and then trace it to get the lines to cutout right. Hmmmm.
I may just try to get him to go with a nice clipart house.
Any Insight?
Thanks, Tony B
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Tony...I have had to do some cutting from autocad files..I use CorelDraw and cut directly, but I found it was more reliable to import the autocad file into Corel and draw over it...then cut from the Corel file. Takes a bit longer but the results are better for me.
Posted by Mark Fuller (Member # 2128) on :
Tony
Is it "seeing" both the inside and outside of the lines?
Maybe an outline ( and I guess an inside conture too )....or like Dave said, trace with a felt tip pen and vector.
Hopes this helps.
Mark
Posted by Ron Helliar (Member # 398) on :
[ July 03, 2003, 10:26 PM: Message edited by: Ron Helliar ]
Posted by Rick Chavez (Member # 2146) on :
if you have Illustrator 9 you can import it in, give the lines the desired stroke you want, then "expand" the stroke turning it into a box instead of a stroked line, then weld it together to get rid of overlapping lines, and there you go Rick
Posted by Philippe JACQUES (Member # 664) on :
To complete Rick info : if you are using Adobe Illustrator to import your Autocad file, I recommand you to download the excellent plug-in called Concatenate from Rick Johnson : http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=7577&db=mac
Concatenate is a plug-in filter for Adobe Illustrator that connects two or more paths into one continuous path. You tell it how close the endpoints should be and by how many degrees their angle can differ to combine the paths, and whether to average the endpoints together. It's especially useful for cleaning up CAD drawings and USGS maps.
If you use it, don't forget to pay the small fee for this shareware (20USD) to encourage Rick to continue its developments (and take a look for its other plug-in's on its webpage).
The above link is related to the version of the plug-in for Adobe Illustrator 10. Previous versions existed (see i.e. on the NCS MagiSign CD, in the Goodies folder). Contact graffix@tds.net for more info at this purpose.
Posted by David Fisher (Member # 107) on :
You can more than likely find and download a lisp routine that will do the offsetting and filleting for you. Try any of the better Acad sites, there is also a #autocad on dalnet, I have found the people there to be quite helpful. HTH, David
Posted by carlos herrera (Member # 503) on :
I use a Roland CAMM-1 CM24 and can cut directly from within autocad release 14 and 2002. The only thing you may have to do is set an offset on the lines so that you may be able to have an outline. I started out using Autocad r 14 with my roland cutter and have found that it offers far greater flexiblity than even coreldraw. in fact every once in a while i will even scan a file using corel trace and then open i autocad and simply trace over that. using the spline tool in autocad makes curves a snap. no jagged edges. if you need any pointers on how to do this i would be glad to help you out
