Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
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Hi,
I'm new here so I apoligize if this subject has been beat to death already. I am looking for a way to create a good tif file from an AutoCAD drawing. Using the plot to file function, I can only ever get 100dpi resolution. (If some one can tell me how to change that it would be great.) This just isn't very good for our needs. Right now, we plot the drawing, then turn around and scan it in, to create a tif image of good quality. (waste of time and paper, with some loss of quality)Any help will be appriciated. Thanks in advance.
Bear the Hairless
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
I'm new here so I apoligize if this subject has been beat to death already. I am looking for a way to create a good tif file from an AutoCAD drawing. Using the plot to file function, I can only ever get 100dpi resolution. (If some one can tell me how to change that it would be great.) This just isn't very good for our needs. Right now, we plot the drawing, then turn around and scan it in, to create a tif image of good quality. (waste of time and paper, with some loss of quality)Any help will be appriciated. Thanks in advance.
Bear the Hairless

On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.





RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
Using the file pull down menu, export the file to a WMF file. Then use Paint Shop Pro or another quality graphics program (I like Paint Shop Pro since it's faster and easier than PhotoShop - PhotoShop is more powerful, but trickier to use - Paint Shop Pro works well with CAD drawings) to open the WMF file and save it back to a TIFF file.
This will allow you to resize the file, either with inches or resolution (pixels) and achieve the results you desire.
Hope this helps,
Be Well
The Bird...
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
Bird: Unfortunatly I am at a new company with limited software, I'm trying to get some new stuff in, but I'm sure you know what it can be like.
Ares: I have tried that method, but cannot get a good quality from it. No matter what you start with, if you go to output it, it is always 100dpi resolution. Any ideas how to change that? I am running ACAD 2000.
Again, thanks for all the help.
Bear the Hairless
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
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Ralph
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How do you create the pdf files? Are you using Adobe Writer?
Bear the Hairless
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
They have a demo but not sure if that will allow you to make a PDF.
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
It works for me.
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
You can obtain much higher resolution by installing other .tiff printer drivers that you set up as printers in AutoCAD.
www.informatik.com/
www.fcoder.com/
www.peernet.com
have these printer drivers for sale, and some are also
available as limited time or limited function demo versions.
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RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
you can do that by changing the resolution of the image while u r rendering to file ( the rendering window ) i hope this will be helpfull
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Pauraic
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This is the cheapest way I know (cos it's free)
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Bear the Hairless
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
I came upon this forum because of the same problem - the AutoCAD-supplied raster driver is limited to 100 dpi output.
I saw the mention of OttoTiff and gave it a try and it seems to work fine for my purposes - converting a letter-size sketch to jpg for easy e-mail or insertion in a Word document.
Bear: This worked for me:
Paperspace layout of the output size (ANSI A in my case) to match the setting in OttoTiff.
Close the dwg file with the paperspace view I want to be converted showing and zoomed correctly.
Don't know how much of that is important because I don't know how OttoTiff interfaces with the dwg but I guess it will use whatever view and zoom you last used??
Good luck
John
alfadog
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
Thanks for the info. up to now I had been trying to get it from the model space. It worked much better using paper space. I also found out that you don't need to close the drawing, just make a save in that view, and that works. I also set up a pen style in ottotif and it worked really well. I have also found a copy of ottopdf.(same as ottotif, but creates a pdf file) If anyone is interested, let me know. Thanks again.
Bear the Hairless
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
Thanks !!!
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
here is the link:
http://www.myndkryme.com/products.html
but I was having trouble accessing this for the past couple of days. If you would like, I can email you a copy of the program(its only about 500K), just tell me where to send it.
Bear the Hairless
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
RE: Creating a tif image from AutoCAD/Getting good quality?
I found it here: http://www.caddepot.com/
Go to advanced search and enter ottotiff or ottopdf under "Title".
I couldn't get the OttoPDF to work and I think the author mentions that he has withdrawn it for update and re-release.
Good luck
John
alfadog