importing from AutoCAD
Liam
As a complete beginner to Corel I am trying to import from AutoCAD in a form
allowing me to simple add colour to certain areas. Have succeeded in
importing wmf and dxf files but once imported i am unable to simply select
an area and apply a colour without drawing over the existing form. This
defeats the purpose if i have to redraw all the base geometry! Is there
something i dont know? - quite possible!
Any help will be gratefully appreciated. At the moment i am doing the same
job in Photoshop but have been told it is a job much easier to do in Corel.
Thnaks in advance
Liam
Hunter Elliott
"Liam" <l...@noos.fr> wrote in message news:40a8785f$1_3@cnews...
Photoshop is a bitmap application. "Corel" is a company. Did you mean Corel
*Draw* or Corel *Photopaint*? Draw is a vector application, Photopaint is a
bitmap application. Two totally different animals.
I'll presume you're using Draw and I'll preface this with a note saying I
don't use AutoCAD, so I could be wrong.. but it sounds like you're just
importing *lines* and not *objects*. If I draw 4 separate lines and arrange
them like a square, that doesn't make a square in terms of the application -
it's just 4 unconnected lines, hence there is no way to fill it because it's
not a closed object.
Photoshop, since it's a bitmap app, can (and so can Photopaint) "fill in" an
area where pixels "outline" an area in any shape - this is due to the
Tolerance level one sets with the fill tool. So are you sure you're
exporting the file out of AutoCAD as some sort of objects and not just
individual lines?
Liam
Hiya
Thanks for responding! Yes i am using Corel Draw version 9. I have done
several trial attempts at exporting - first was a wmf file which imported
everything as individual lines. I couldnt find a way for Corel Draw to
recognise the space between 4 lines for example so tried making an object of
it before exporting. It was recognised as an object in Corel but i was
unable to apply a colour for example - i had to draw over the object again!
Is there no way in Corel to fill between individual entities e.g. between 4
lines?
In my case i cannot make objects of everything in AutoCAD as the shapes
would be too compliated - what i need is to be able to fill between imprted
lines if it is possible!
Thanks again
Cheers
Liam
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Hunter Elliott
"Liam" <l...@noos.fr> wrote in message news:40a8aa7e_1@cnews...
>
> Hiya
> Thanks for responding! Yes i am using Corel Draw version 9.
? Why did you post in the v10 NG then? :) (there is still a separate working
NG for v9 - you might want to post there for future reference)
> everything as individual lines. I couldnt find a way for Corel Draw to
> recognise the space between 4 lines for example
You can only fill a closed-curve *object* - the *space* between 4 unique
lines does not make a closed-curve object. It's a void space.
> Is there no way in Corel to fill between individual entities e.g. between
4
> lines?
Nope, not between unconnected lines (and just having lines overlap or touch
each other does not make a closed-curve object). This is proper working
behavior. You would have to physically connect the lines to create a
closed-curve object to be able to fill it. But I's sure someone with more
knowledge of the AutoCAD imports will pipe in with better info than I.
Michael Cervantes
Liam the best way between AutoCAD and DRAW is to print from AutoCAD to a
PostScript driver as Print to File. Save it as PS, and import into DRAW
using the PS Interpreter filter.
If you have Adobe Acrobat full version, a good way is to print from AutoCAD
to Distiller and import the resulting PDF into DRAW.
As a third choice, you could export from AutoCAD to PLT, and import using
PLT filter into DRAW.
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Michael Cervantes
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