Dwg to Jpeg?

[nick.79912]

I work for a small architectural firm in Pittsburgh, PA and the lead architect and I have been trying to come up with a fast way to get a .jpg or any type of image file from a paperspace .dwg. Now either we are just overlooking something or this isnt an option within AutoCad's pulldown menu's. If anyone could help out I would appreciate it greatly.
Thanks

[robert.1.hall72202]

What about using alt/print screen and then pasting the screen image into
microsoft paint????

[Steve_Bennett]

MS Paint won't save to jpeg format unfortunately. Check out this thread for some more options: Click Here

[nick.79912]

yah I've done the print screen deal and saved into MS Paint. I was just thinking there could be a faster way.

[Tom Dorner]

If you have Adobe Acrobat Professional, you can print the ACAD layouts as PDF's then open them up with Acrobat and "save as" to a JPEG.

HTH

Tom

[blads]

or another way you probably wont want to hear...

if you use Revit any image on the screen can easily saved as a jpg

[Steve_Bennett]

Forget what I said earlier. Try using the JPGOUT, PNGOUT, BMPOUT or TIFOUT commands when on a layout tab.


AutoCAD CAN TOO!!!

[robert.1.hall72202]

or another way you probably wont want to hear...

if you use Revit any image on the screen can easily saved as a jpg

Yep, and Ive received way too many "Screen Dumps" from my sales department, thinking that I can do some Cad work. Its funny when they do not believe that it is not sufficient enough..........looks like chicken, but doesn't taste like chicken, lol.

[bhargis]

I have used the JPGOUT command, just one thing that you will learn is the background of AutoCAD when you create the Jpeg will be the background color of your Jpeg. In other words, if you work in AutoCAD with a black background, the Jpeg will have a black background. You will have to go into the Options to change your colors. White background will not print.

[nick.79912]

Forget what I said earlier. Try using the JPGOUT, PNGOUT, BMPOUT or TIFOUT commands when on a layout tab.


AutoCAD CAN TOO!!!

Hey man thanks alot for the help. those commands do just what i want. only bad thing is they are in poor resolution(1000x520) but oh well cant expect everything from autocad.