saving a high quality TIFF from an eDrawing
saving a high quality TIFF from an eDrawing
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I have a need to save good quality TIFF images from eDrawings. I receive an eDrawing from a client, put it in non-shaded rendering (i.e. appears as a line drawing), manipulate into a view that I want, and then save as a TIFF. (Subsequently I threshold the TIFF with a photoeditor to convert it to B/W line art.)
I do not always get a good quality TIFF image when I save. Soemtimes some of the line detail is missing - certain lines are gone and/or curves are broken up intermittently. Other times I get a totally complete image. One client's images seem always good, the other's not.
These eDrawings are published from SolidWorks. (I am not a user of SW, and thus know little of its capability.) I have one hunch - does SW save files at different levels of mesh resolution or something else that could ultimately affect the eDrawing?
I have hunted all over the eDrawing help on saving TIFF files, but I have not seen any info. There does not seem to be any selectable options in saving TIFFs from eD.
Anyone who knows an answer or something to try would be a huge help. TIA
hamondale
I do not always get a good quality TIFF image when I save. Soemtimes some of the line detail is missing - certain lines are gone and/or curves are broken up intermittently. Other times I get a totally complete image. One client's images seem always good, the other's not.
These eDrawings are published from SolidWorks. (I am not a user of SW, and thus know little of its capability.) I have one hunch - does SW save files at different levels of mesh resolution or something else that could ultimately affect the eDrawing?
I have hunted all over the eDrawing help on saving TIFF files, but I have not seen any info. There does not seem to be any selectable options in saving TIFFs from eD.
Anyone who knows an answer or something to try would be a huge help. TIA
hamondale






RE: saving a high quality TIFF from an eDrawing
RE: saving a high quality TIFF from an eDrawing
RE: saving a high quality TIFF from an eDrawing
eDrawing does not have these options.
RE: saving a high quality TIFF from an eDrawing
RE: saving a high quality TIFF from an eDrawing
I have not had good results saving in jpg, ctopher. The images look "dirty" or mottled near the lines themselves. I've seen this effect in other jpgs when the compression is high. I don't see any option to adjust when saving jpg from eD and my jpgs always come out crappy. Something I'm not doing?
Regarding SW, I can't print or save from SW. I don't have it. Only have eD, so I can open SW files or eD, but that's my constraint. I can't justify getting SW either.
In case anyone is curious, and to get the big picture, the application here is to pick certain chosen views of a product designed in SolidWorks, convert them directly to slightly thicker line art (that part I've figured out), and use them as drawings in patent applications.
RE: saving a high quality TIFF from an eDrawing
RE: saving a high quality TIFF from an eDrawing
Plus being able to inspect the components list in the file is a huge advantage. If a client gives me a SW or eD file, I don't need much of a written description from h/h. I can usually figure out how it works from the complete model.
Ultimately, the fewer e-mails and file transfers between client and me = the lower the cost. (By now you may be wondering. No I'm not an attorney. I'm an engineer turned patent agent.) Apologies for this long-winded reply if it's not appropriate here.
RE: saving a high quality TIFF from an eDrawing
RE: saving a high quality TIFF from an eDrawing
I have tried the free download of their $99 print driver/file converter package and I've got the results I need. There are a lot of options I'm working through, but I can get complete unbroken tiff images at 150 - 600 dpi with a 1 bit per pixel depth (which I believe is simply a black/white image). Jpgs in 8 bit grey scale are also suitable. They actually don't look complete on the screen, but they are. (Maybe a video driver issue... I will check for latest driver.) The interface is very intuitive, much like any other windows printer.
There might be some other options out there, but I'll take this for $99 and get back to doing billable time. Thanks again.
Chow
Hamondale