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Converting jpg into dwg....

Converting jpg into dwg....

Converting jpg into dwg....

(OP)
Converting jpg into dwg
Is this possible?

RE: Converting jpg into dwg....

It's possible to insert a .jpg image, trace over it using lines, arcs, splines etc. and save as a .dwg. The .dwg can be scaled by using a part of the .jpg image that you know the actual dimension of, and use it as a reference. I have done this with pictures of gun stocks, and it works well.
Larry

RE: Converting jpg into dwg....

Both guys hit right on the money

RE: Converting jpg into dwg....

And you can insert the jpeg and make it part of a drawing.  I did that once when someone needed an existing deck altered for a sunroom.  I scanned in the original deck drawings, showed the modifications as an overlay of he original, and went from there.
 

Don Phillips
http://worthingtonengineering.com

RE: Converting jpg into dwg....

You can always try a raster to vector converter, e.g. Scan2CAD
http://www.softcover.com/

Just remember you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ears so if you've got rubbish raster images it might not be worth the effort.

RE: Converting jpg into dwg....

(OP)
Thanks guys, tried the software and I think the jpeg is too complex to be converted over. It's actually a isometric view of a solidworks drawing that one of our salesmen sent me in jpeg format. Looks like we had the SW drawing converted to Acad already.

thanks again

 

RE: Converting jpg into dwg....

No can do with any ACAD versions that I know of.

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