Exporting .dwg file to a bmp

HI

Can anybody explain to me step-by-step what I need to do to save
autocad file dwg to a bmp file. When I attempt to use the bmpout command
it does create a bmp file but it's empty, and I still don't understnad
how this command works. It says "select objects" but even if I press Cntr-A
it still does not do anything except crete an empty bmp-file

Thanks in advance

Sebastian

 

You need to actually select the objects, as the message says. Use you
mouse to 'window' over the items you wish to include in the bmp file.

 

I read this with interest. I have been trying to do the same kind of thing
with a rendered image and then open it in Paint Shop Pro (As far as I am
aware also part of the Autodesk family).

However, when the picture opens in PSP, it just shows the line drawing and
not the rendering.

How can I keep the rendering in the BMP?

Richard

 

Is that a plotter that has dreadlocks?

(Just a joke)
DJE

 

If you are using PSP, why not just use the Capture utility in PSP?

The BMP is not very efficient when it comes to compression.

If you are saving a rendering, why not use JPG? Although it
is NOT a loss-less algorithm, it is fine for most uses.

For < 256 colors GIF (albeit an old method) is very good at
keeping the file size down.

YMMV.

HTH,
--
Bill Cochell (lose the _TUDE_ to reply directly)

"Don't you see what it's like in this deranged Waring Blender of
a world?! Every day is an agonizing ordeal, like balancing a pot
of scalding water on your head while people whip your legs and
butt..." - Duckman

 

No.

 

For some reason AutoCAD won't save in a JPG form it gives DWG type files and
BMP only

 

It won't SAVE to a Jpeg but it will PLOT to Jpeg once you've created a
suitable plot configuration.

John B

johnbogie btinternet.com
Put the "at" in the gap.

 

In Autocad 14..... Tools/Display Image/Save/BMP.
as simple as that
Good luck
Guido De angelis

 

Yes but it sounds like he's done that in another way. BMPOUT is the same as
going to the menus and calling up the routine.
You might be getting an empty file if your trying to do this from
paperspace.
You'll have to be in model space, and unfortunately, won't get your
paperspace information.

An alternate to this that I use, slower, and not great resolution, is to do
a print preview, ctrl alt prtscreen, whatever is on the screen, open up
paint, then paste.
Couple of notes, depending on the size of the drawings, you'll have to do it
in sections. This is because whatever you see on the screen in terms of
clarity, will be captured into the bmp file, so if you require clarity for
faxing, etc. zoom in as close as you can and capture.

Hope this helps.

Scott.