Trying to get my CFedS seal into a word document. Using the export command to try and get a Windows Meta File but not having much success. I can only get a reverse image-black background and white lines. If I change the display in Intellicad to white I just a white rectangle, no seal.
TIA,
Doug
I usually stamp and sign a blank piece of paper, and scan it into a bitmap or jpeg format, and insert it as an image file.
AutoCAD has printers built-in under plotting (Publish To Web JPG.pc3 & Publish To Web PNG.pc3) that will allow you to create a hi-res image with white background by putting the seal in paperspace and plotting from there.
If Intellicad does not have that option, email me your CAD file of the seal and I will create the image for you. stephen at ward land surveying dot com (no spaces)
You can insert a drawing into WORD from the insert tab, text panel, Object, use the create from file tab.
I sent ya an email. Send me the dwg and I will give it a go.
Plot your seal to a PDF. When that PDF is on your screen, screen capture it with ctrl+alt+print screen and then open PAINT. Paste into PAINT and size the picture to something comfortable. Save as a JPG or a PNG. Then insert it into your word doc and you should be able to resize your picture uniformly by using the one of the corner "grips". This is how I get my seal onto the editable FEMA Flood Elevation Certificate.
Carl
Thank you Gents!
> Plot your seal to a PDF. When that PDF is on your screen, screen capture it with ctrl+alt+print screen and then open PAINT. Paste into PAINT and size the picture to something comfortable. Save as a JPG or a PNG. Then insert it into your word doc and you should be able to resize your picture uniformly by using the one of the corner "grips". This is how I get my seal onto the editable FEMA Flood Elevation Certificate.
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That's what I was going to do.
The major problem with the export function from AutoCAD is low resolution images and having to wrestle with reversing the colors to get an image with a white background. Screen grabs or scanning a wet stamped seal solve the color reversal issue but I could never get an image that would print clean on the finished document. If it won't print cleanly like my seal does on a drawing; I'm not interested.
My AutoCAD 2013 has two raster printers installed by default (jgp & png) and printers to create other raster formats can be installed from the plotter manager. They function similar to the Dwg to PDF printer that many of you are familiar with.
This image of my seal was created with the jpg printer as a 1200x1200 pixel image:
The CAD Tip that tells how to install the additional raster printers for other file types is #62 at 100-autocad-tips-you-should-know.
This image when inserted into a description or elevation certificate and scaled down to fit into a 2 inch square box prints clean.