Inserting Images in Autocad 2000. Quality is BAD!

[klugy]

Hi all. I hope someone may be able to help me.

I'm trying to insert our logo into our titleblocks using the insert command.
Problem is, the print quality of the image is TERRIBLE. All jaggy and nasty. I can creat an image in just about any file format but in each instance the print quality is always sub par.

What am I doing wrong. I've tried just about everything.

I'd hate to have to create the logo in Autocad...that would take a week.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[windowsxp5]

Command: _imagequality
Enter image quality setting [High/Draft] <High>:
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:idea: Insert bigger image and scale in to your required size, quality will b high on printouts.

[Exxit]

I'd hate to have to create the logo in Autocad...that would take a week.


:!: Vectorize the logo of Your cmpany :!: That's the best way.
think about the size of Your plotfiles,
think about exporting the *.dwg to annother users...

One week for on logo? What a iniquitous logo :wink:

Lothar

[architech]

I'd have to agree with Exxit .... :P ... it's best to recreate the logo in AutoCAD. It should only take you a day @ worse.

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But if you're really bent on using the image ...

I'd insert it WORD, then zoom in until the logo fits the screen.
Then do a "print Screen" (hit the "PrtSc" key)
Now open paint and paste the logo there ....
Now ... place a fence around to logo to crop ...
Right click on the image to save it to another PAINT file, cropped.

Now insert this file into AutoCAD, that should improve the resolution.
That's the best I could offer..... :?

By the way make sure you "windows" desktop is set to a high resolution for this to work best. 8)

The fonts and icons might be small due to this resolution but it's best for this exercise. :D

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Hope that helps.
R.

[klugy]

Thanks for the suggestions.

windowsxp5: Image quaility is on high, but I'll give your suggestion of making the image large, then scaling it down in Autocad. Maybe that's the problem.

I'll also give the whole Word, Paint option a try.

A week for the logo...ok I was exagerating. But still...Grrrrrrrrrr. :evil:

[csiarch]

If you decide to use the scaling procedure suggested, consider at least 10:1 scale factor or more. Using mutiples of 10 make scaling it to the proper size easier anyway. Could probably scale it up in Word, save it and scale it down on inserting it into Acad.

The scaling theory is the same as used with shx fonts. For example, RomanS is coded in its "original" size 21 inches high. The reason it looks decent at "normal" text of 1/8" is because it is scaled down to 1/168th. (1/8 x 8 x 21).

Good Luck!

[klugy]

The scaling up and then down seems to work.

The thing is about insering raster images is that the default insertion scale is always 1. For example if I have an image that I know is 40 cm x 40 cm, the initial scale is 1 no matter what. It looks tiny in the corner of my screen and then I have to apply a scale factor of 40 to make it the size of the "original". If the original image is 40x40 cm and I want it to be, say 4x4 cm in the AutoCad dwg then I apply a scale factor of 4. What you are saying is by doing this the image appears smoother/clearer/better defined. Yes?

[csiarch]

Klugy: I was elaborating on what windowsxp5 suggested about scaling the image. I guess if it were me I would make certain that the inserted image is at least 10x LARGER than what you want it to be after it's inserted into the cad drawing. Then in cad, you're always scaling it down to it's final size.

If you have the opportunity some time in the future make your logo into a vector-based drawing as architech suggested, things get a lot simpler and your file size will be a bit smaller as well.

My cadd philosophy is based on keeping file sizes as small as possible. Cheap RAM is NOT an excuse for bloating drawing files.

Hope this helps.....