Looking for Texas Outline DWG

[Anonymous]

I'm new to AutoCad having designed for many years on VectorWorks and SketchUp Pro.

I'm using AutoCad 2017 and am trying to find a DWG file with an outline of the State of Texas.

I am working on plans for a laser CNC metal fabricator who insists they must be drawn in AutoCad using Polylines.

I know I can import an image and trace it but was hoping someone else might have already done this.

Please help.

Thanks!

Joe

[john.vellek]

HI @Anonymous,

I grabbed an Adobe Illustrator one off the web and converted it to a DWG. I hope this works for you.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

[rkmcswain]

Here is Texas and 49 other smaller states. (I know what you are thinking, but open the file....)

[chriscowgill7373]

C'mon R.K  Alaska is a whole lot bigger than that.

[rkmcswain]

Hey, I didn't draw it. This is probably ±20 years old. You can probably find a copy floating around out there somewhere.

5 second google search=
This is probably it:
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/general-metalwork-discussion/284218-usa-map-dxf.html

Cheers

[pendean · Accepted solution]

Ask a Texan! See attached.

[Kent1Cooper]

A web search for something like "United States .DWG" will reveal a lot of sources, such as this.  You might want to compare several, because they will no doubt have different levels of detail in the more convoluted parts [the coastline, the Rio Grande edge -- quite a difference between the images in Posts 2 & 6 here] -- depending on what you're using it for, a highly-detailed coastline may be much more than you need and therefore consume a lot more memory than necessary.

[Anonymous]

I apologize for the delayed response.  My cable internet service has been down since yesterday afternoon.  Houston has a long recovery after the damage from Harvey.  (Obviously, the folks in Florida have just as much rebuilding from Irma.)

Thank you to everyone who responded.  I really appreciate it.  @pendean's attachment is exactly what I needed.

I did several Google searches before posting but didn't find what I needed or at least didn't recognize it as such.

With SketchUp Pro, there is a 3D Warehouse which is a repository for this type of drawing created by other users.  Does Autocad have anything like this?

Also, is there a method I can learn to convert items from a PDF or JPG file to AutoCad?

Many thanks!

Joe