tjames opened this issue on Sep 07, 2002 ยท 4 posts
tjames posted Sat, 07 September 2002 at 10:25 AM
A shape done in Autocad used to be savable as a WMF file by setting the background as invisible and selecting the object. According to the program I can save it as an EPS file( whatever that is) and use that to import for my spline modeler in Carrara...It does nothing. The resolution for shapes done in Carrara directly doesn't even compare with the control one gets in Autocad..When Corel controlled the future of Metacreations I could just draw on my Wacom tablet. Now I have to get a seperate program to import WMF's? I still find Carrara a disappointment.
Patrick_210 posted Sat, 07 September 2002 at 11:57 AM
I don't think this is a drawback in Carrara. EPS is a postscript file format used widely by graphics people for vectored images. You can't expect a 3D program to have the toolset of an Illustrator or Coreldraw, which are designed to soley do 2D work. I use several different programs to do vector work and import EPS files into the spline modeler, and I never have any problems no matter which one I use. You should be able to draw your shape exactly as you want it in Autocad, and import to a working plane in the spline modeler. Maybe you could tell me exactly what you are doing and see if we can figure out where the snag is?
mateo_sancarlos posted Sat, 07 September 2002 at 2:30 PM
If Autocad can do Illustrator files (filename.ai), Carrara will import high-resolution Illustrator files into the spline modeller (front view). Photoshop does this when you select a shape (2d object), create a work path from the selection with 0.5 - 2.0 tolerance, then export the work path as an Illustrator file.
tjames posted Sun, 08 September 2002 at 6:02 AM
I checked in CorelDream and Corel dream will import both an ai and a wmf file. I can draw the wmf in autocad and import it to the working plane of Coreldream set my second cross section to twist and taper the bit, then send it to the assembly room in Carrara...3 file transfers. (Wouldn't it be easier to dial direct?) The problem is if you draw a shape with a graphics tablet and want to extrude it you have to go the long way around to get to the same place. I use micrografix instead of Coreldraw on a lot of 2d work because the bump controls, dof and light setups are easier,so I do have several tools to work with. K.I.S.S. is still the best way to do things and I always look for that way first.