I'm attempting to enhance a plan drawing for presentation using Illustrator. I saved the CAD drawing as a PDF and placed it into Illustrator. Is there a way to "explode" the vector lines so that I can select specific areas for the "live paint bucket" tool?
1) you can select them, then go to the 'Object' menu, then click 'Ungroup'. I'm not 100% sure about this one, just because I've not brought a plan into illustrator yet- I didn't discover Illustrator until I'd left school, and now I don't need it for this.
2) you can create a path over an area, then while that path is selected, go to the 'Object' menu, the 'Path' subset, then click 'Divide Objects Below'. The path you created will disappear, and the objects below it will be divided along the lines of that path.
as long as you don't have tons of splines (that can't be selected easily), just export an r12 .dxf. lineweights will get screwed up, but you'll maintain layers, so setting proper lineweights should be a snap.
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I'm attempting to enhance a plan drawing for presentation using Illustrator. I saved the CAD drawing as a PDF and placed it into Illustrator. Is there a way to "explode" the vector lines so that I can select specific areas for the "live paint bucket" tool?
Why not create an .eps from AutoCAD and open it in Photoshop? If necessary, click the "use all layers" box while using the paint bucket tool
1) you can select them, then go to the 'Object' menu, then click 'Ungroup'. I'm not 100% sure about this one, just because I've not brought a plan into illustrator yet- I didn't discover Illustrator until I'd left school, and now I don't need it for this.
2) you can create a path over an area, then while that path is selected, go to the 'Object' menu, the 'Path' subset, then click 'Divide Objects Below'. The path you created will disappear, and the objects below it will be divided along the lines of that path.
YAY!!
Thanks DCA, that worked and will save some time. I'll try yours too rationalist.
as long as you don't have tons of splines (that can't be selected easily), just export an r12 .dxf. lineweights will get screwed up, but you'll maintain layers, so setting proper lineweights should be a snap.
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