topic Re: Converting an Image to AUTOCAD Drawing entities (Line, arcs, Circles, Texts in AutoCAD Forum

Converting an Image to AUTOCAD Drawing entities (Line, arcs, Circles, Texts etc.

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:22:21 GMT

Hi,

I am looking for some command in AUTOCAD, which can allow user to create an Image into existing AUTOCAD Entities like line,circle, arcs and text.

I want to know the capabilities like, "How should the image quality be like?"

I would be glad,if someone can explain it in detail

Re: Converting an Image to AUTOCAD Drawing entities (Line, arcs, Circles, Texts

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:36:21 GMT

Hi,

>> Converting an Image to AUTOCAD Drawing entities

AutoCAD itself can't do that, you need an application like Raster Design (>>>click<<<) which can help you converting an image into geometric/vector objects.

- alfred -

Re: Converting an Image to AUTOCAD Drawing entities (Line, arcs, Circles, Texts

pendean — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:14:05 GMT

You need to purchase a 3rd party RASTER-TO-VECTOR software for the task, most are not expensive, try before you buy of course.

Re: Converting an Image to AUTOCAD Drawing entities (Line, arcs, Circles, Texts

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:05:52 GMT

I actually tried checking AUTOCAD Raster design but it seems to me that, it does not directly convert an Image into AUTOCAD Entities.

I tried checking this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oe_utqsZ40

Here, user "reverses the filter" and then he uses the primitives command and keeps on selecting Line, Text etc. so that finally AUTOCAD Entities are created.

Can't we directly get the AUTOCAD Entities,without picking each primitive ?

Please help.

Re: Converting an Image to AUTOCAD Drawing entities (Line, arcs, Circles, Texts

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:20:15 GMT

Hi,

>> Can't we directly get the AUTOCAD Entities,without picking each primitive ?

No, not with plain AutoCAD. As @pendean you might then look for 3rd party applications doing that.

- alfred -

Re: Converting an Image to AUTOCAD Drawing entities (Line, arcs, Circles, Texts

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 08:17:22 GMT

Oh! I was thinking, if we have something in AUTOCAD similar to that of Draftsight ImageTracer command.

Re: Converting an Image to AUTOCAD Drawing entities (Line, arcs, Circles, Texts

Alfred.NESWADBA — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:34:55 GMT

Hi,

>> I was thinking, if we have something in AUTOCAD similar

>> to that of Draftsight ImageTracer command

may I ask why you ask for a function as you seem to have a software that can do what you need?

If you don't have Draftsight, then install it, afaik it is free.

To answer your question: Sorry NO, AutoCAD does not have such a function built in.

- alfred -