Notes » cad http://alexpb.com/notes Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:04:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 DIY Cheap 3D Scanner http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2009/08/27/diy-cheap3d-scanner/ http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2009/08/27/diy-cheap3d-scanner/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:07:38 +0000 Alex http://alexpb.com/notes/?p=661 There is lot’s of different cheap design for building your own 3D scanner, here are a few: ]]> http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2009/08/27/diy-cheap3d-scanner/feed/ 0 Convert Picture/Image to DXF http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2009/07/30/converter-picture-or-imageto-dxf/ http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2009/07/30/converter-picture-or-imageto-dxf/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:47:54 +0000 Alex http://alexpb.com/notes/?p=651
  • First, do edge detection using GIMP (or any other image editing program)
  • Then, convert to SVG using Inkscape (File – Import, then Path – Trace Bitmap)
  • Save as a DXF
  • Fix DXF in AutoCAD (because it probably created too many lines)
    • ]]>     http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2009/07/30/converter-picture-or-imageto-dxf/feed/ 0     Autocad: PDF plot drawing’s text as text w/ PDFCreator http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2008/08/06/autocad-pdf-plot-drawings-text-as-text-pdfcreator/ http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2008/08/06/autocad-pdf-plot-drawings-text-as-text-pdfcreator/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:13:49 +0000 Alex http://alexpb.com/notes/?p=148 Autocad plot pdf text as text with PDFCreator (instead of images of text):

    File – Page Setup Manager – Manage Page Setups – Page Setup Manager – Modify – Printer/Plotter, PDFCreator.pc3, Properties – Graphics – True Type Text – True Type Text as Text

    ]]>     http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2008/08/06/autocad-pdf-plot-drawings-text-as-text-pdfcreator/feed/ 0     AutoCAD: Publishing (Batch plot) to single-sheet PDFs http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2008/05/20/autocad-publishing-batch-plot-to-single-sheet-pdfs/ http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2008/05/20/autocad-publishing-batch-plot-to-single-sheet-pdfs/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 13:38:37 +0000 Alex http://alexpb.com/notes/articles/2008/05/20/autocad-publishing-batch-plot-to-single-sheet-pdfs/ How to have AutoCAD publish to multiple PDF files instead of one PDF
    file with multiple pages:

    The following variables need to be set to “0″:
    PUBLISHCOLLATE = 0
    BACKGROUNDPLOT = 0

    In Sheet Set Publish Options, change the general DWF options “TYPE”
    from Multi-Sheet DWF to Single-Sheet DWF.

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