Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-08 Thread Ben Hechter
Nadine, Paint Shop Pro has a simple Add Borders function (ImageAdd Borders) that can easily be applied repetitively to an entire set of images. HTH, Ben Ben Hechter bhech...@objectives.ca www.semitake.com ___ You are currently subscribed to

RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-07 Thread Tim Lewis
Message- From: Writer [mailto:generic...@yahoo.ca] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:49 AM To: framers@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

RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-07 Thread Writer
Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing To: generic...@yahoo.ca, framers@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

Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread David Spreadbury
Because you are posting this question to frameusers, I assume you are using Framemaker as your authoring tool.   You can do this in several ways: If the graphics don't require additional editting, in Frame you can open the Graphics tools, select the anchored frame, select the Pen Pattern in the

Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread Writer
illustrations - Outlining a line drawing To: generic...@yahoo.ca Received: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 10:12 AM What format are they in? -- Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 Writer wrote: I apologize for the OT nature of this question, but I wasn't sure where

RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread David Spreadbury
are looking for. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:30 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing I should have

RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread Writer
: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing To: generic...@yahoo.ca, framers@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

RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread Fred Ridder
Responding to Nadine, David Spreadbury wrote: 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.

Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Pro, but it doesn't give me a smooth outline to work with. Nadine --- On Wed, 5/6/09, Shmuel Wolfson shmue...@gmail.com wrote: From: Shmuel Wolfson shmue...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing To: generic...@yahoo.ca Received: Wednesday, May 6

Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread Jona Steenbrink
--- On Wed, 5/6/09, David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com wrote: From: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing To: generic...@yahoo.ca, framers@lists.frameusers.com Received: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 10:34 AM Since you said that you have

Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread Stuart Rogers
David Spreadbury wrote: 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

RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread David Spreadbury
To: generic...@yahoo.ca; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing Responding to Nadine, David Spreadbury wrote: Since you said that you have Illustrator available. Open the SolidWorks PDF in Illustrator. Illustrator should recognize

Re: OT: Technical illustrations - Outlining a line drawing

2009-05-06 Thread Art Campbell
I'd open the supplied PDF in Illustrator, select the object (you may need to select lines and create an object), then bump the line width. Or Live trace may work. Then SaveAs to create a new PDF. As Fred and others pointed out, avoid JPG at all costs. You're already in one of the most correct