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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
-------------------- Tony Broussard Graphic Details Digital Media Loreauville, LA Posts: 395 | From: Loreauville, LA | Registered: Jul 1999
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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.
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-------------------- Ron Helliar Marysville Sign 11807 51st Ave. NE Marysville, WA 98271 (360) 659-4856 Posts: 263 | From: Marysville, WA USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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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
-------------------- Rick Chavez Hemet, CA Posts: 1540 | From: Hemet,CA U.S.A. | Registered: Jun 2001
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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.
-------------------- Philippe JACQUES info@magisign.com
Take a look at our NCS MagiSign plug-in for Adobe Illustrator : Posts: 185 | From: Ottignies Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | Registered: Mar 1999
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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
-------------------- David Fisher D.A. & P.M. Fisher Services Brisbane Australia da_pmf@yahoo.com Trying out a new tag: "Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth Peter Ustinov Posts: 1450 | From: Brisbane Queensland Australia | Registered: Nov 1998
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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
-------------------- Carlos Herrera VisionaryGrafix P.O. Box 2188 Wilmington, CA 90748 Posts: 195 | From: carson, ca, usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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