almost forgot.... heard it called "overlay" also.
"jojo"> wrote Eraser: Pink Pearl. I imported a graphic into AutoCAD (a jpg I believe) and it put it on 0 layer. Had to spend a lttle time *scaling* the image to get it real close to just right. Then, on my regular layers I drew what I was intending. Basically, I used the stuff on Layer 0 as a Template for the thing I actually drew. Then, turn off Layer 0 and send the rest to the printer/plotter. Been a coupla years since I did it. The inherent problem with scanning stuff is the background noise as it clutters the new output.
"Jude Alexander"> wrote Not really, as most of it gets wadded up and thrown in the corner. It a simple vehicle for quickly getting ideas from brain, through hands onto paper. I've used miles of the stuff. In a case like Jojo's I'd tape the original sketch down on the table and roll a new section of bumwad out over top of it and sketch the new garage, additional 2', whatever on the new piece. Then I'd bust out the surgeons tool, the xacto knife, and perform dual brain surgery on the whole thing, yank the inappropriate parts out and scotch tape the rest together. Then I'd plop that frankenstein down on the copy machine, pop a breath mint in my pie hole and ta-daaaa....ready for another powerfully stunning client presentation. If the client was running late for the appt. I'd stretch another piece of trash over top of the one I just completed and grab a black flair and whip out a quick 3d rendering with landscaping, just to guide the clients imagination in the right direction.......
Either that or a dull yellow crayon on a crumpled up brown lunch bag. Seriously, wintopo works but like many (not all) freeware programs involving raster to vector and raster to character... you get what you didn't pay for. Most leave you searching for something better.
"jojo" Absolutely! Inkscape: http://www.inkscape.org/ Autotrace: http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/ Xara XTreme (free for linux) might also be able to do it as might other open source vector programs.
I'm trying to instal it in Win98SE. I see that it can be done, but can't find out how it is actually achieved. Seems to be a file 'Install' missing from my download. Brian. Brian Salt. Remove everything before @ and replace with briansalt before email reply.
Your going to spend as much time scanning and massaging and redrawing, as you would jsut drawing it right away. Might be better to just do raster to raster and get him either a Tablet PC or a tablet for his existing PC. It has a bit of a learning curve but it will look more like a sketch than any vector drawing. Sketchup is a great design tool. Often I input an autocad drawing in there and change the roof or add something to see how it would look. Its not hard to learn, and you could import a 2d raster that you can trace, or even use a 2d raster as a texture for a 3d polygon in sketchup. I don't understand how you could keep something looking "sketchy" using vector drawing. Keep it raster and even just using the erase tool in photoshop and print it out for more hand sketching would be faster.
The best software I have found for this is Scan2CAD, (http://www.softcover.com/) It may be slightly overkill for this application, but it gives the best results of any of these conversion programs. Be aware though, that successful high quality conversion requires some tweaking. /Steve in Denmark
Sorry, forgot to mention that they do a 14 day fully working trial, after which it still works as a raster editor. Which is perhaps just what your boss wants? /Steve in Denmark
We call the roll tracing paper "talking paper". I even use that term with my family and my boys know Mom needs paper and pencil. My dad was a draftsman 60 years ago and he uses that term as well. Maybe the terms are regional.
