If you haven't performed these steps, skip ahead to step 5 and open an already-converted image from the CD.ģ. To convert this AutoCAD file to an image, you will use the printer driver, plot style table, and custom paper size that were set up in Chapter 5. See Chapter 5, "Presenting Plans," if you are referring to this tutorial but working on your own elevation drawing. TIP The sample elevation CAD drawing has already been cleaned. Click the Cancel button this step was for your information only. The Layer Properties Manager dialog box (see Figure 6.2) shows how this drawing's layers are organized: numerical layer names range from Elev-1 through Elev-7 (plus layer 0), and each layer has a different line-weight setting.
One the Command line, type LAYER and press Enter. dwg files on the CD are stored in AutoCAD 2000 format for backward compatibility.Ģ.
NOTE I'm using AutoCAD 2005 in this book, but the. Launch AutoCAD and open the file Elevation.dwg from the Chapter 6 folder on the companion CD (see Figure 6.1). Later in this chapter, you'll see how you can reimport additional information from CAD once your Photoshop project is underway.ġ.
In the following steps, you will convert the entire elevation drawing from the CD as a single image. Therefore, there is usually no benefit in preserving the layer structure with elevations when converting CAD drawings to images as you did in the previous chapter. Line thickness information is not needed when you convert AutoCAD drawings, because you will be illustrating the elevation's depth with more expressive tools available in Photoshop: texture, shadow, and reflection. In contrast, plan layers refer to the building systems to which the lines belong (for example, the layer A-wall represents an architectural wall). Traditionally, elevations convey the outlines of a structure's major features, and line weight emphasizes depth and the relative importance of the objects shown.Įlevation layers in AutoCAD are usually numbered sequentially (Elev-1, Elev-2, and so on), thus identifying their line thickness for example, progressive layer numbers might refer to thinner lines. AutoCAD elevations are line drawings that often include line thickness (called line weight in AutoCAD) as another graphical dimension.
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