Bitmap

[R1100S]

A customer whats me to have there logo machined into a part we are making for them. They can only provide me with a bitmap. I've asked and they say they don't have it as a dfx, dwg or any other drawing file. Is there any way to use the bitmap, or do I have to trace around the features by hand?

Any suggestions would be helpful. If it can't be don't easily, I'm going to let the machine shop guys worry about it.

 

[Heckler]

This is directly from SWx 2005 Help

Sketch Picture

You can insert a picture (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .tif, and .wmf) on a sketch plane. Pictures can be used as an underlay for creating 2D sketches. The Sketch Picture PropertyManager controls the picture's position, size, angle, orientation, and aspect ratio setting.

The picture is inserted with its (0, 0) coordinate at the sketch origin, an initial size of 1 pixel per 1 mm, and locked aspect ratio.

The picture is embedded in the document (not linked). If you change the original image, the sketch picture does not update.

If you sketch on top of the picture, there is no snap to picture, inferencing, or autotracing capability. If the image is moved, or deleted and replaced, the sketch does not update.

If you hide the sketch, the picture is also hidden.

Pictures can be inserted into assemblies when editing a part in context, but they cannot be inserted into assembly sketches.



Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NIVIDA Quadro FX 1400
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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Check the Raster to Vector conversion program at

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/softsoft/wintopo/index-free.htm

Also the Picture Converter from

http://www.cimworks.es/P_077_PictureConvBB.html

Making the best use of this Forum. faq559-716
How to get answers to your SW questions. faq559-1091
Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of. faq559-520

 

[Heckler]

Here is a thread that appeared sometime ago on the same subject: thread559-14738

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NIVIDA Quadro FX 1400
o
_`\(,_
(_)/ (_)

"There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea" Bernard-Paul Heroux

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Also thread559-126237


Making the best use of this Forum. faq559-716
How to get answers to your SW questions. faq559-1091
Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of. faq559-520

 

[R1100S]

Thank you,

Wow that was quick.