[TheForge] Rhino Question??

Fri Apr 5 23:14:03 2002

Mike,

I don't run Rhino, but I think the problem is that you're trying to get a 
raster graphic file into a program that uses vector graphics.  I assume 
that you want to do more than just have an encapsulated graphic image in 
the drawing file.

There's a program that's part of the Corel Graphics suite called Corel 
Trace that will scan a raster graphic file and attempt to convert it to 
vectors.  It works fairly well on scanned line drawings (about like OCR); 
it's hideous on photos.  I've used it to convert a pcx file into hpgl 
output that I could then bring into Design Cad and edit.

Phil

At 06:24 PM 4/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>Is there any way to open a  .tif or .jpg or .pcx or .psd extension  in
>Rhino
>then save it as a .dxf
>
>OR is there any  basic cad program that will convert  a scanned image
>into a program that I can convert to a DXF file.
>Mike Wolfe
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