Making color plans out of CAD

cyberderf · September 29th, 2003

What is your prefered technique to add color from those pdf or .eps plotted autocad plan (and especially urban and large scale plans) ?

Paint, pshop, illustrator ? I am looking for the best and fastest way to do it. Any suggestio would be appreciated ?

xgarcia · September 29th, 2003

By far photoshop - weel at least I'm most comfortable using it. Magic wand is extremely helpful.

NEVIANS Cedric Architect · September 29th, 2003

here.. we use.. illustrator ...
but photoshop too ..
depend time and retouch .. :gebigeek: :???: :ebigrazz:

C.Vestal · September 29th, 2003

autocad to illustrator to photoshop

mbr · September 29th, 2003

Use the Smart Guides in illustrator, it will allow you to snap to the lines.
Illustrator is nice because you can change colors and line quickly.

cyberderf · September 30th, 2003

Thanks all

Using Illustrator for me has been a great source of nightmares. Files quickly becomes huge and hard to handle. Selecting some areas is very difficult.

And finally, layers in Illustration is a solution to faster the process, but it was not so easy for me to get used to them.

Photoshop is ok, but i'm still looking for a way to add ''life'' to the thing. Anyone having succes using Paint or some other specialized software like M-Color ? Any technique with Photoshop you would like to share ?

Brian Cassil · September 30th, 2003

We actually use something called Canvas. Published by a company called Deneba. But man, do I hate that program. The President of our company loves it though because he can do bubble diagrams to scale in it. But let me just say again how much I hate that program.

Fernando Lino · September 30th, 2003

Hi everyone.

I also hate Canvas

....yesterday, I downloaded Freehand trial version(30 days-by Macromedia) and It is pretty cool for me.....It's like Illustrator but much better and easier to use it.

Sawyer · September 30th, 2003

I would love to see posts to this section. I do a bit of work like this & I have yet to create much that wows me.

Jeff Mottle · September 30th, 2003

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It's like Illustrator but much better and easier to use it.

I have wanted to use Freehand, but ended up having to buy Illustrator because Freehand has MAJOR problems importing EPS files properly. If you are thinking of trying FH be sure to test with the trial first. It's a largely known problem that FH can not read EPS file correctly.
Depends how you plan to export from you CAD package however.

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NEVIANS Cedric Architect Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: France Age: 35 Posts: 54 Name: NEVIANS Cedric	here.. we use.. illustrator ... but photoshop too .. depend time and retouch .. :gebigeek: :???: :ebigrazz: __________________ NEVIANS Cédric -=- FRENCH ARCHITECT D.P.L.G --===--===--===--===-- Wood and Iron construct Specialist and CG Architectural render Autodesk ATC teacher (Viz) Amapi Pro 7 and Revit user. http://www.zonetectural.net and expo at eOVIA user gallery

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C.Vestal Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: N.W. Indiana Posts: 116 Name: Chris Vestal	autocad to illustrator to photoshop __________________ Chris Vestal Concept Vision LLC

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Brian Cassil Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Salt Lake City, Ut. Age: 36 Posts: 2,014 Name: Brian Cassil	We actually use something called Canvas. Published by a company called Deneba. But man, do I hate that program. The President of our company loves it though because he can do bubble diagrams to scale in it. But let me just say again how much I hate that program. __________________ "writing notes is quieter."

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Sawyer Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: CA Age: 34 Posts: 1,563 Name: Sawyer Fischer	I would love to see posts to this section. I do a bit of work like this & I have yet to create much that wows me. __________________ And you may ask yourself What is that beautiful house?

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September 29th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
cyberderf Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Quebec Posts: 3 Name: Jay Boum	What is your prefered technique to add color from those pdf or .eps plotted autocad plan (and especially urban and large scale plans) ? Paint, pshop, illustrator ? I am looking for the best and fastest way to do it. Any suggestio would be appreciated ?

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xgarcia Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: FL Age: 29 Posts: 471 Name: Xavier Garcia, Jr.	By far photoshop - weel at least I'm most comfortable using it. Magic wand is extremely helpful.

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mbr Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Los Angeles and Connecticut....and Denver Posts: 1,266 Name: Markus Byron	Use the Smart Guides in illustrator, it will allow you to snap to the lines. Illustrator is nice because you can change colors and line quickly.

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cyberderf Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Quebec Posts: 3 Name: Jay Boum	Thanks all Using Illustrator for me has been a great source of nightmares. Files quickly becomes huge and hard to handle. Selecting some areas is very difficult. And finally, layers in Illustration is a solution to faster the process, but it was not so easy for me to get used to them. Photoshop is ok, but i'm still looking for a way to add ''life'' to the thing. Anyone having succes using Paint or some other specialized software like M-Color ? Any technique with Photoshop you would like to share ?

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Fernando Lino Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Minnesota Age: 36 Posts: 312 Name: Fernando Lino	Hi everyone. I also hate Canvas ....yesterday, I downloaded Freehand trial version(30 days-by Macromedia) and It is pretty cool for me.....It's like Illustrator but much better and easier to use it.

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