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    • C Offline
      Cubcrafter
      last edited by

      I have a .tif file that looks clear and very traceable but when I import it as an image into SketchUp the quality of the lines fall off quite a bit. Is there something that I can do about this? Also is there any way to import pdf files?

      Thanks,

      Larry

      Tif File

      Tif file imported into SketchUp

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      • Rich O BrienR Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        Have you maximum texture size enable under preferences?

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        • C Offline
          Cubcrafter
          last edited by

          Thanks Rich, fixed the problem.
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          What about pdf files?

          Larry

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            pilou
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            Open your PDF
            Click on your image for select it
            CTRL + C = Copy
            and Past it in any 2D prog : CTRL + V
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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              Not on Windows. I think Mac can import PDF.

              Why not export the PDF as .jpg and import into SU?

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                Cubcrafter
                last edited by

                Rich,

                I open the pdf file with Corel and save as a .jpg or .tif now. I have a complete set a full scale aircraft drawings as pdf files and I just wanted to eliminate that step.

                This leads me to another question. Which file format is best to use to import and trace over?

                Thanks

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                • Rich O BrienR Offline
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Just make sure you image sizes are not larger than SU can display and that the file size is low to making the saving process as fast as possible.

                  I'm not familiar with Corel but I imagine it allows some compression of jpegs on export?

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                  • Alan FraserA Offline
                    Alan Fraser
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                    If your pdf is vector based and you've imported it into Corel you ought to be able to do a deal of pre-processing there to make it SU-friendly. This includes converting any bezier curves into straight line segments. Use the Add Nodes facility to get an acceptable number of segments on each curve, before converting to straight line. When you're done, export it as an early version dwg...like R14, or even R11. This ought to ensure that any overlooked beziers get converted to straight lines too, rather than simply vanishing. Then import into SU.

                    I wouldn't recomend actually using the import as part of your mesh, but you will be able to inference off it very nicely. Pre-processing the beziers ensures that you end up with an sensible number of segments on each curve. You could simply export the whole thing as an early version dwg...but then each curve would contain 1000s of tiny segments instead of maybe a dozen or so.

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