autoCAD in PS

[monkeyboy]

hello,

 

is there a way to import .DWG-files in PS?

[STRAT]

this is a previous post i made -

 

This is a short tut for getting your Autocad drawings into Photoshop.

I take no credit for this as i'm only simplifying the CADTutor tutorial i mentioned in that post, but this works an absolute treat and hopefully someone out there will find it usefull.

 

1) First make sure you have the appropriate plot driver installed. In Acad, from the top menu goto TOOLS > WIZARDS > ADD PLOTTER

 

2) click NEXT, make sure MY COMPUTER is checked, then NEXT, then highlight ADOBE and POSTSCRIPT LEVEL 1 (maybe allready highlighted) and NEXT > NEXT > NEXT > NEXT and finally FINISH.

 

3) load up your drawing, make sure your in model space (tilemode 1) then goto PLOT. Under the PLOT DEVICE tab scroll down through the plot drivers and near the bottom select POSTSCRIPT LEVEL 1.PC3

 

4) Still under the PLOT DEVICE tab, check the PLOT TO FILE (THIS PLOT ONLY) box and then enter the name and location of your .EPS file in the boxes below.

 

5) Then change to the PLOT SETTINGS tab, PAPER SIZE (to your liking, A3 for this example), PRINTABLE AREA : MM, select PLOT SCALE : SCALED TO FIT, then your usual choices of PLOT AREA and DRAWING ORIENTATION. Finally click OK. you can then quit Autocad.

 

6) Open up Photoshop and just goto FILE > OPEN, then goto the location of the .EPS file you just created and open that. An options box will then appear for your file. For A3 size 200 DPI is normally use, A2 about 300 and A1 about 400, although the bigger the file size the bigger and longer the processing time. Change MODE to RGB COLOR, then click OK.

 

7) To make it more usable, from the top menu goto LAYER > NEW > LAYER FROM BACKROUND (making sure white is your backround layer). Then just goto IMAGE > ADJUST > DESATURATE, and you're ready to rock and roll!

[Ringas]

Could you please explain what is the last step for(desaturating the background)?

 

Thanks in advance, Tassos Ringas

[STRAT]

by that last step i meant that when the eps is bought into ps it usually comes in with the autocad colours you chose (from what i can remember) desaturating the image just makes it all black and white. this last step is purely optional btw.

[Wojciech Klepacki]

Hi,

I use Adobe Illustrator at first to import DWG files from AtoCAD, it gives me accuracy, flexlibilty and more control over imported document. I can sort layer, tentatively fill areas, make lines thicker or thiner. Then I export file to Adobe PSD file. In Photoshop still I have layer it's very important. And now u can make almost everything... I use Illustrator 10 and Photoshop 7, they both work fine. This way is much more better then direct EPS method although it requiers additional steps in Illustrator. I hardly recommend my way. Best regards.

P.S.

If u need an example write me, I'll post u one on your priv email

[Ringas]

Yes please.

 

Tassos Ringas

tassos_ringas@hotmail.com

[Wojciech Klepacki]

Hi Ringas,

Your email doesn't respond. My mailserver returns an error. If u still want an example write me a message on klepa@opnw.gddp.gov.pl

[Ringas]

Is the files bigger than 1MB? Hotmail does allow this. Could you post it someplace else?

 

Tassos Ringas

[Wojciech Klepacki]

Hi Ringas,

It's about 5,6Mb - I can split it with winrar, do u accept?

[LivinOnTheEdge]

All you have to do is export from acad into .eps format.

 

then open the .eps from photoshop, and you can pick color scheme, resolution, etc.

 

pretty easy.

[kainoa]

I use Adobe Acrobat Distiller. I use it to print a PDF file from ACAD. Then, i open the PDF file in PS, select the size/resolution, and voila...perfect raster translation (ie. lineweights, linetypes, etc.). It also imports it as a separate editable layer.