topic Re: Creating a TIFF in AutoCAD Forum

Creating a TIFF

DartGTDan-2018 — Wed, 26 May 2021 18:23:12 GMT

I have a 2018 drawing that the requesting engineer would like output in TIFF format. I tried the TIFOUT command, but the image is very pixelated/muddy looking, not legible at all. I usually provide PDF files, which are extremely legible, but this engineer insists on TIFF. Any suggestions? TIA

Re: Creating a TIFF

Pointdump — Wed, 26 May 2021 18:30:27 GMT

BlueBeam will convert a PDF to Tiff. There might be others.

Re: Creating a TIFF

JRitner — Wed, 26 May 2021 18:41:06 GMT

If you have Adobe Acrobat you can save the PDF as a TIFF image.

Re: Creating a TIFF

fatal.error — Wed, 26 May 2021 20:35:05 GMT

You can add a TIFF virtual printer with additional settings control.

No third-party software needed. Please follow these steps:

1. Open the Plotter Manager: type PLOTTERMANAGER on the command line or go to Main Menu >Print > Manage Plotters.

2. Double click on Add-A-Plotter Wizard.

3. Click Next, select My Computer and click Next again.

On the Manufacturers column select Raster File Formats. On the Models column select TIFF Version 6 (Uncompressed).

4. Click Next 3 times, edit the Plotter Name as desired and click Next again.

5. Open the file to be exported, type PLOT and select the newly created printer. Make sure Quality is set to Maximum and choose/create a high resolution paper size.

6. Furthermore, to enhance color quality, click on the Properties button, expand the Graphics tab, click on Vector Graphics and select 32-bit color depth.

Re: Creating a TIFF

DartGTDan-2018 — Thu, 27 May 2021 10:43:03 GMT

JRitner,

That seems to be the ticket! Thank you!