Afternoon All,
I have always struggled with the best way to deal with a client logo in our titleblocks.
The way I was shown when I started was to insert the logo file in a new Autocad drawing and trace it using plines, arcs...
The problem: the time involved and it never looks as good as the image.
On several projects we have inserted the logo as a Raster Image Reference and it looks great.
The problem: will not bind when sending drawings out of the office.
What are your thoughts?
Any advice/help would be great!
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Hello
To send drawings (projects) to somebody else why you don't use the ETransmit feature ?
With ETransmit the main DWG + ALL Xref XREF DWGs, Xref Images, Xref PDFs, etc, FONTs, PC3 drivers, etc will be included in the ETransmit package ...
Bye, Pat
Patrice BRAUD
My first preference is always for a CAD object. If the client hasn't provided one, I get the project lead to poke the client to see if they have one available (they don't always provide it up front). Failing that, I look at building one using the client logo image. If the logo is complex, then I go with that. As for managing a referenced image, well... most clients are savvy enough to handle such things, as the drawings came off their system in the first place.
@braudpat wrote:
Hello
To send drawings (projects) to somebody else why you don't use the ETransmit feature ?
With ETransmit the main DWG + ALL Xref XREF DWGs, Xref Images, Xref PDFs, etc, FONTs, PC3 drivers, etc will be included in the ETransmit package ...
Bye, Pat
Pat,
I have used Etransmit in the past on sending out 3 or 4 drawings but isn't convenient when sending a large set of drawings.
Good catch, Patchy. (I was just about to suggest "metafile".)
The key here is that this inserts the image as a "Static" OLE object.
Many do, but almost all drawings go back and forth through a document control department at the behest of engineers - none of which are typically very CAD savvy. So if you get a stack of drawings (particularly older files) its not uncommon for things like logos, plot styles, and other important stuff (to us, anyways) to get skipped because they only think of DWG files.
The project manager talks to their equivalent in the client company who goes directly to their CAD department. That ensures we get what we need if it exists. It also sets up a chain of comminication, such that for clients we've had for a while include us on distribution lists when they do any logo updates.
I suspect you may already realize this, but you don't necessarily have to use Paint, as any method for getting a "clipboard copy" of the image to "paste special" will work. For example, you can just zoom in on the image (the larger the better) in whatever application allows you to view it and use the Windows Snipping tool to make the copy.
Also note that OLE objects have a "Plot Quality" property/setting that you might have to tweak in certain cases.