The engineer provided me with dxf drawings, which I open in Illustrator. This has worked out well for me.
Thanks to all who offered suggestions and helped reach a workable solution. Nadine --- On Thu, 5/7/09, Tim Lewis <ltc.writer at comcast.net> wrote: > From: Tim Lewis <ltc.writer at comcast.net> > Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing > To: generic668 at yahoo.ca, framers at lists.frameusers.com > Received: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 11:36 AM > 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. > ltc.writer at comcast.net > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Writer [mailto:generic668 at yahoo.ca] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:49 AM > > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; 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 > <dspreadb at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > From: David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com> > > > Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - > Outlining a line drawing > > > To: generic668 at yahoo.ca, > framers at lists.frameusers.com > > > 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. > > >
