printing 3dmodel to eps

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by erik_f, Oct 13, 2004.

  1. erik_f

    erik_f Guest

    i need to print a 3dmodel to a information that can be read by adobe illustrator. a 2dmodel works just fine printing it to eps, the lines is vectorised and the texts is adjustable. now i need to make a 3dmodel as eps, the texts (tilted) is poor and shaded models is split into thousands of surfaces, any ideas of another way to do this?
    the 3D model is supposed to be treated in illustrator and then printed on a gigantic poster.
     
    erik_f, Oct 13, 2004
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  2. Render the model to an image file instead which they can then pull into
    Illustrator. Even on the screen 3D models are tessallated into thousands or
    millions of polygons. So when you try to export these out to say eps
    AutoCAD breaks them down into triangles because you can approximate any
    complex shape with a bunch of triangles.

    Or if you are lucky to be working in 2005 I think you might be able to set
    the viewport property to Render and then the Quality in the Plot dialog to
    Presentation and get pretty good results. Again what this is going to do is
    to create an image file of the viewport. I'm not positive but I think eps
    supports embedded images but if not then do it to PDF which does support
    them and allows you to open it in Illustrator.

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    illustrator. a 2dmodel works just fine printing it to eps, the lines is
    vectorised and the texts is adjustable. now i need to make a 3dmodel as eps,
    the texts (tilted) is poor and shaded models is split into thousands of
    surfaces, any ideas of another way to do this?
    a gigantic poster.
     
    Rodney McManamy - CADzation, Oct 13, 2004
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