Nadine, I do this frequently for some of my clients. As the engineer who gave you the SolidWorks drawing, to save the file as an .easm file, open the eDrawing in SolidWorks eDrawings (a free viewer from SolidWorks) and then print the drawing to PDF. Then open the PDF in Illustrator.
If you get the free eDrawings you can then just ask for the .easm file and turn the object around, position it any way you need it and even hide parts of the object. It gives you a lot of control of your illustrations. Tim Lewis Lewis Technical Communications, Inc. [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Writer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:49 AM > To: [email protected]; David Spreadbury > Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing > > > I don't think the engineer saved it as a vectored drawing, because I > can't seem to select individual parts of the illustration. I'll see if > he can do that, and then I'll try it in Illustrator again. > > Thanks, folks. > > Nadine > > > --- On Wed, 5/6/09, David Spreadbury <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: David Spreadbury <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing > > To: [email protected], [email protected] > > Received: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 10:34 AM > > Since you said that you have Illustrator available. Open the > > SolidWorks PDF > > in Illustrator. Illustrator should recognize it as a vector > > image. > > > > In Illustrator, select the objects you want and increase > > the line width to > > the desired thickness. > > > > Export it as JPEG and you should have what you are looking > > for. > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
