Scans and Plotting

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by Paul Carroll, Apr 15, 2004.

  1. Paul Carroll

    Paul Carroll Guest

    Does anyone out there have experience with scans and plotting from AutoCAD.
    An example of what I am trying to do is scan a piece of a map, attach the
    image to an AutoCAD 2004 drawing and plot to an HP 1050C. All goes well
    until the plot. I have an excellent scan that looks great in the drawing,
    but when I plot, the end result is a little blurry and street names are
    unreadable. Is there a step in the process I am missing? The attached image
    has been scaled to match the size of the original map sheet. Can anyone help
    me with this?
     
    Paul Carroll, Apr 15, 2004
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  2. Paul Carroll

    Paul Turvill Guest

    What is your scanned file format? What was your scan resolution (dpi)? We've
    found that we get reasonably good results using TIFF format at about 300dpi.
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    Paul Turvill, Apr 15, 2004
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  3. Paul Carroll

    Randy Jones Guest

    If you scale the image up upon insertion, the resolution decreases
    proportionately. This causes what you are seeing. Use image editing software
    to increase the image size while holding the resolution then insert.
     
    Randy Jones, Apr 16, 2004
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