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Exporting a IPN to PNG for use in Illustrator

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rgosselin
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Exporting a IPN to PNG for use in Illustrator

I am trying to export a part that is 3" x 10" from an Inventor file (IPN) to a ,png file and place it in Illustrator. (The students are trying to have an exact representation of the part). When it is done, you would think the export would be the dimensions of the part but it isn't. It gets exported as the view representation that happens to be on Inventor at the time. I searched for scales everywhere but I can't find it. Can someone help me to be able to make this export the same size and dimensions as the actual part?
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mcgyvr
in reply to: rgosselin

place it in an idw and print/export to pdf.. insert pdf into illustrator..

 



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luis_andueza
in reply to: rgosselin

Also, you could still make the IDw file and then save as DWG, the you can import DWG directly into Illustrator. in this way you get vectors.

Luis José Andueza Castro
Ing. Mecánico - Consultor CAD/CAM/CAE/Data Management
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rgosselin
in reply to: luis_andueza

I did this and when I went to Illustrator and tried to place, I got an error message stating it was not an accepted form for placing so it couldn't be done. Any other ideas?
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-niels-
in reply to: rgosselin

For illustrator you have to make sure you export as an older .dwg version.
I can't remember the highest version that illustrator is able to open, but just go with the oldest that Inventor is able to export.

Niels van der Veer
Inventor professional user & 3DS Max enthusiast
Vault professional user/manager
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