hi all,
i need to import a map, to scale into Auto cad 2011 to allow me to work over the top of (creating a map for an event).
I am having trouble comverting the fileinto a format that can be read by Auto cad
thanks
it is a pdf, i can convert it to jpeg though. i have tried what you suggested and was able to import into cad but it isnt to scale? would i be better of purchasing the map as a DWG file as it would then be to scale?
I'm not sure how I got into "AUTOCAD FOR MAC GENERAL DISCUSSION", but I need to import a jpeg file into my Autocad 2010.
I wandered into this forum, because I haven't found any other posts on this topic. I'm using AC 2011 on a PC. We do a lot of work editing images in photoshop then bringing them in CAD. However, in this version of CAD, any image that has been edited and saved out of photoshop no longer comes in to scale in CAD. This never was the case in the past. The images remain perfectly at scale, until you save them in photoshop and it loses all scale (in CAD only - still to scale in InDesign). Has anyone ever encountered this? It's extremely important that we bring in drawings to scale and this currently doesn't seem possible. Please help!
Thanks, installed the updates to no avail. All image types edited in Photoshop CS5 lose any scale when brought in to CAD. Even something as simple as scanning a scaled drawing, then saving that file as a jpeg in Photoshop loses any scale reference when its inserted.
Print a plan from CAD. Hand sketch linework over it. Scan sketch. Open in Photoshop - crop, color, etc. Save as jpeg, pdf, png, etc. IMAGEATTACH to bring sketch back into cad. The image file, once altered in Photoshop loses it's scale in relation to AutoCAD. It no longer relates to either an imperial or metric scale. I now have to Scale use the Align tool to visually scale the image to match the CAD linework (this is inexact and leads inevitably to errors). Images used to retain their scale perfectly. Images not opened in Photoshop retain their scale just fine. It just comes in in the initial attachment at an incorrect or unknown scale. If I have a graphic scale on the image from Photoshop, when inserted into CAD it gets completely unrelated to any scale. I'm not doing anything (that I'm aware of) to change scale in Photoshop. Could be a Photoshop Creative Suite 5 problem? We have multiple users with this problem. Thanks for your help!
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Hi @giannikis ,
This topic is rather old.
Please provide all details about the problem you have now.
Dear @maxim_k,
Problem still applies exactly as stated by @rhaskell,
Print a plan from CAD. Hand sketch linework over it. Scan sketch. Open in Photoshop - crop, color, etc. Save as jpeg, pdf, png, etc. IMAGEATTACH to bring sketch back into cad. The image file, once altered in Photoshop loses it's scale in relation to AutoCAD. It no longer relates to either an imperial or metric scale. I now have to Scale use the Align tool to visually scale the image to match the CAD linework (this is inexact and leads inevitably to errors). Images used to retain their scale perfectly. Images not opened in Photoshop retain their scale just fine. It just comes in in the initial attachment at an incorrect or unknown scale. If I have a graphic scale on the image from Photoshop, when inserted into CAD it gets completely unrelated to any scale. I'm not doing anything (that I'm aware of) to change scale in Photoshop. Could be a Photoshop Creative Suite 5 problem? We have multiple users with this problem. Thanks for your help!