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John Connor
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Topic: Need some help drawing odd shape in DraftSight Posted: 12.Aug.2017 at 16:27 |
Roger: It is considered bad form to hijack a thread started by someone else on a totally different subject.
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Roger9789
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Posted: 12.Aug.2017 at 03:51 |
Can anyone help me, am in need of 2D autocad valves and vessel block symbols. Anything really to do with p&id
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kylermorgan1987
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Posted: 02.Aug.2017 at 19:46 |
Awesome, I will give that a shot. Thanks!
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John Connor
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Posted: 02.Aug.2017 at 19:42 |
Perhaps you missed it but I did confirm the command that will allow a user to bring an image into a drawing. It's called IMAGEATTACH. Since you have no curve information then a combination of polylines (curve fitted) and perhaps the circle command (TTR option; take an educated guess re: radius)) would get you close enough.
Retake the photo and make sure your camera is as parallel to the sketch as you can get it.
Edited by John Connor - 02.Aug.2017 at 19:43
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kylermorgan1987
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Posted: 02.Aug.2017 at 19:00 |
No straight lines. Don't know if Draftsight allows you to pull an image in a trace it. Dimensions at its widest points are 17.5" x 17.5" and I don't have curve information.
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John Connor
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Posted: 02.Aug.2017 at 17:47 |
Everything is an arc (i.e. - no straight lines)?
Do you have any curve information (i.e. - radii)?
What are the overall dimensions (LxW)?
Can you bring an image into Draftsight and trace over it (then scale to suit)? Yes, you can using the IMAGEATTACH command.
Edited by John Connor - 02.Aug.2017 at 17:49
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kylermorgan1987
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Posted: 02.Aug.2017 at 17:21 |
I'm pretty new to CAD and I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on how they would go about drawing this odd shape in Draftsight? Thanks.
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