Does anyone have the book “enhancing cad drawing with Photoshop” from Scott Onstott? I can't seem to find any reviews of the book. I was looking for a tutorial book on coloring cad drawings in Photoshop but this is the only book I can find.
On a similar note, I have a question about exporting CAD drawings into Illustrator.
I know there are many different ways to do this..pdf, eps, jpg. I've been exporting using the eps option. Problem is when i bring the drawing into Illustrator my hatches (glazing, shadows, etc..) are not layering correctly. The only way i have found to correct this is to export my lines as one file, each layer of my glazing hatches and shadow hatches as separate files as well. Then i bring all 15 or so files into Illustrator and layer them in the correct order.
This is a pain beacause it takes forever and is quite tedious. Does anybody know a shorter, more efficient, perhaps a one-step process of bringing drawings into Illustrator?
what about opening the dxf right in illustrator instead of exporting? Dunno which version of Illustrator began accepting DXF files, but the latest CS versions, and probably 10 can import a dxf directly.
Illustrator is certainly the way to go. You don't have to deal with a bunch of layers and levels because everything is vector based. Also, you can size and re-size your image to your heart's content without having to worry about losing resolution.
What's even better is that you can import JPG textures and turn them into swatches so that any closed polyline can be filled with that texture. Quick and easy; no masks required.
Enhancing cad drawings with photoshop
Does anyone have the book “enhancing cad drawing with Photoshop” from Scott Onstott? I can't seem to find any reviews of the book. I was looking for a tutorial book on coloring cad drawings in Photoshop but this is the only book I can find.
what about using Illustrator instead? You can import a cad file directly into Illustrator, without having to rasterize.
I'd go with Illustrator.
Can you do stuff like this in Illustrator?
http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=7516
What method do you use? Do you trace over with the pen tool or do you make closed plines in autocad and then fill in illustrator?
not registered there, so I cannot see what you mean . . . maybe post the picture here?
On a similar note, I have a question about exporting CAD drawings into Illustrator.
I know there are many different ways to do this..pdf, eps, jpg. I've been exporting using the eps option. Problem is when i bring the drawing into Illustrator my hatches (glazing, shadows, etc..) are not layering correctly. The only way i have found to correct this is to export my lines as one file, each layer of my glazing hatches and shadow hatches as separate files as well. Then i bring all 15 or so files into Illustrator and layer them in the correct order.
This is a pain beacause it takes forever and is quite tedious. Does anybody know a shorter, more efficient, perhaps a one-step process of bringing drawings into Illustrator?
what about opening the dxf right in illustrator instead of exporting? Dunno which version of Illustrator began accepting DXF files, but the latest CS versions, and probably 10 can import a dxf directly.
This is made in Photoshop:
http://www.scottonstott.com/courses/psa10Screen.html
you should be able to do most of that in illustrator. If not, hop over to photoshop to get your pixels, but then bring it into illustrator to compose.
Illustrator is certainly the way to go. You don't have to deal with a bunch of layers and levels because everything is vector based. Also, you can size and re-size your image to your heart's content without having to worry about losing resolution.
What's even better is that you can import JPG textures and turn them into swatches so that any closed polyline can be filled with that texture. Quick and easy; no masks required.
Wangsta, have you tried printing a PDF using Acrobat Pro (or some other PDF writer like Cute PDF) and opening that up in Illustrator?
wisof and jasoner: thanks for the suggestions, I'll give 'em a whirl
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