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Best way to display a logo in a titleblock

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jpedersen
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Best way to display a logo in a titleblock

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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Message 2 of 14
Patchy
in reply to: jpedersen

Yes, you can bind an image into a drawing.

 

Message 3 of 14
braudpat
in reply to: jpedersen

 

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

 

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Message 4 of 14
dgorsman
in reply to: jpedersen

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.

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Message 5 of 14
jpedersen
in reply to: braudpat


@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.

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Message 6 of 14
jpedersen
in reply to: dgorsman

I didn't think that most clients would have a logo as a CAD object. Most of the time I end up going to their website to get the logo.
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Message 7 of 14
jpedersen
in reply to: Patchy


@Patchy wrote:

Yes, you can bind an image into a drawing.

 


Patchy,

 

what is your process to bind images into the drawing?

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Message 8 of 14
Patchy
in reply to: jpedersen

Open the image with PAINT

CTRL+A

CTRL+C

Go to autocad and use command PASTESPEC

Use metafile

Message 9 of 14
dmfrazier
in reply to: Patchy

Good catch, Patchy.  (I was just about to suggest "metafile".)

 

The key here is that this inserts the image as a "Static" OLE object.

Message 10 of 14
Patchy
in reply to: dmfrazier

Smiley Very Happy I goofed for a second.

Message 11 of 14
jpedersen
in reply to: Patchy


@Patchy wrote:

Open the image with PAINT

CTRL+A

CTRL+C

Go to autocad and use command PASTESPEC

Use metafile


Good call, good call.

This seems the easiest way.

will try on next project.

 

Thanks Patchy.

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Message 12 of 14
dgorsman
in reply to: jpedersen

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.

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Message 13 of 14
dmfrazier
in reply to: jpedersen

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.

Message 14 of 14
Manicbala
in reply to: Patchy

Thanks Patchy.

 

This one is the easiest way to insert image in drawing.

Thanks
Bala

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