topic Re: Pic format for Plotmaker export??? in Project data & BIM

Pic format for Plotmaker export???

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:26:18 GMT

Ok, sorry for all the posts guys, but I have one more issue to figure out. What is the best way to attach a photo such as a company logo to my Master Layout when sending published documents to AutoCad users? I have no problem pasting or importing any photo type and it looks great and prints great, but will not export. When I publish a drawing and open it in AutoCad (AClt2000) the pic does not show. I get a blank window where it should be with the title of the pic, but no pic. I did get one to export as a .tiff and it shows, just not the same size, but another done the same way doesn't show. I have tried opening the pic as a Plotmaker drawing and attach to layout, still doesn't seem to work.

Is there a certain pic format I should use? What is the best way to place a pic on the layout with AutoCad in mind as the end user of the document after publication?

Re: Pic format for Plotmaker export???

Djordje — Fri, 28 May 2004 09:18:37 GMT

Steve wrote:
Is there a certain pic format I should use? What is the best way to place a pic on the layout with AutoCad in mind as the end user of the document after publication?

TIF should be the best; it also depends which AutoCAD - nothing older than 14 reads the pics. Then you have a checkbox in the Translator to force the AutoCAD compatible formats.

If I were you, I would convert the logo to a vectorial format (fills and text) instead of a pic if the export to AutoCAD is a regular thing. That has to work.

Re: Pic format for Plotmaker export???

Anonymous — Fri, 28 May 2004 17:15:32 GMT

Thank you Djorde, does it matter whether I import a .tiff or cut and paste? I don't know a whole lot about photo editing and converting photos to vectoral format. I would assume however, that in vectoral format it can be resized by dragging the nodes in Plotmaker? That would be a big help.

Thank you for your help as always!