White text on red rectangle..HOW?
White text on red rectangle..HOW?
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Hello
I have tried every which way yet can not resolve what "should" be a simple task. Our company has recently change its logo. I would like to add this to our title block. The image parts I have been able to convert via Adobe Illustrator by exporting to *.dwg. But the logo includes a red rectangle with the text SERVICES in white.
I can get black outlines of the text, I can get black text but try as I will can not get white text. It seems that as long as this is designated "text" it can be any color but white. Is there any way around this?
From Photoshop I can cut out the text leaving a hole so to speak, then copy that to Illustrator then to *.dwg and the "hole" shows white. This method works but when ploted on smaller paper the text (holes) loose the sharpness and detail.
Any help or advice??
Ralph
I have tried every which way yet can not resolve what "should" be a simple task. Our company has recently change its logo. I would like to add this to our title block. The image parts I have been able to convert via Adobe Illustrator by exporting to *.dwg. But the logo includes a red rectangle with the text SERVICES in white.
I can get black outlines of the text, I can get black text but try as I will can not get white text. It seems that as long as this is designated "text" it can be any color but white. Is there any way around this?
From Photoshop I can cut out the text leaving a hole so to speak, then copy that to Illustrator then to *.dwg and the "hole" shows white. This method works but when ploted on smaller paper the text (holes) loose the sharpness and detail.
Any help or advice??
Ralph





RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
I tested out what I belive your problem is but can't provoke my Acad to give me the same problem. I you want you can send me the files and I will see if there is anything I can do for you.
Regards,
Tom
tom@olsen.as
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
explode the text ( http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?SQID=60362&SPID=555&newpid=555&page=1 )-> hatch the rectangle with the "textlines"
Lothar
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
Whatever happens, make sure you put your copyrights into the logo somewhere, at like 1/100000 scale, behind other text/items where you know where you can find it when others want to 'borrow' it to create drawings that you have never seen.
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
Use "saveimg" to save a bmp of your logo, and then import your bmp into your titleblock. This way, it doesn't matter what your background screen color is, your text will remain white.
You can use an image editor to crop out the screen background if necessary. A free one is "Irfanview".
http://www.irfanview.com/
Flores
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
TOMOL.. thanks for the offer of having a look. If there is a way to add a drawing in this forum I am not aware of how to do it. Will send to it to your email address
Thanks All
Ralph
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
is Your logo complicated? So trce it, make a block, and You have no problems....
Lothar
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
This does not solve your problem of the image residing on the drive separate from the drawing and being imported into the drawing when the drawing is opened, unseccessfully if the image is not saved in the proper folder.
Since Autocad can hatch a solid color now, you can draw the text or explode text to get boundaries and hatch solid white inside the text boundaries.
Alternately, you can text white by changing it's color to 254,254,254 (white is 255,255,255).
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
1) If the letters are simple, "draw" them using polylines of some width. Do not draw the text outlines, just the strokes needed to make up the letters. Then use a red polyline of another width for the background. Use "DRAWORDER" to put the background in the "Back" It should look OK on the drawing but may not print properly, depending on your printer and it's driver.
2) If you need to use an image file, put it on C:\ which is a folder everybody has. Of course, you, your vendors and customers may not like having your logo on their drive.
3) Use an image file AND text with a border around it. If someone does not have the image file, the text will show, and print.
4) Create the text outlines as closed ploylines and either hatch them or make them eD and subtract them from a larger background 3D object. The color it red and the cutout portion will be "clear" which is white on a printer. Of course, the text will look black if your Autocad background is black.
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
Our company has a similar issue with .bmps in certain blocks producing a text link when sent to other customers and vendors. We have resolved this issue within the company by creating the blocks with the linked .bmps located on our server so everyone can use the blocks without any issues. We still have issues when we send these blocks out to customers and vendors.
IFRs (Petroleum) mentioned placing the image on the C:\ drive. If I do this, and edit all of the affected blocks so that they look to the C:\ drive for the image, and if everyone has the .bmp on their C:\ drive, will everyone be able to view the .bmps, including customers etc.?
Is there a way to explode the bmp or embed it in the block so that we don't have to worry about someone cleaning their computer and accidently erasing the necessary .bmps?
If this is addressed somewhere else in more detail, please let me know. I did try searching for this topic without any other success.
Thanks
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
I have never heard of the etransmit command before, and it was exactly what I needed!
Much appreciated
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
RE: White text on red rectangle..HOW?
I warn of using OLE-objects. Sometimes the problems are bigger than the convenience...
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/kb?la=&...
Lothar
ADT 2004
ACAD 2002