C More 10" and bitmaps

[dginbuffalo]

I'd like to pull in an Autocad P&ID to one of my C-more screens. It appears a bitmap is all that is allowed. First time working with one of these-What's the best way to bring it in and size it for clarity?

 

[Eric Nelson]

I'd like to pull in an Autocad P&ID to one of my C-more screens. It appears a bitmap is all that is allowed. First time working with one of these-What's the best way to bring it in and size it for clarity?

The few times I've had to do something like this, I've just used the 'trial-and-error' method. I do a printscreen (ALT-PRTSCN) in AutoCAD, then open it up in a with an image viewer. My favorite is IrfanView (LINK), but MS Paint will suffice. Crop it and save it as a bitmap, and see what it looks like on the screen. Then zoom in or out in AutoCAD to achieve the size you need and repeat.



-Eric

 

[OkiePC]

Once in your favorite bitmap editor, you should be able to scale it to the pixel size of the intended frame in the HMI software. Thanks for the Link Eric, I have been a fan of paint.net for years, but that one looks very cool...

 

[rpoet]

Try Gadwin Printsreen.

http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/

It's print screen on 'roids. I use it all the time for work instructions for my operators.

You might also look into PDF to bitmap converters. They are all over - just Google. Print your AutCAD as a PDF, and then convert it to a bitmap.

-rpoet

 

[rguimond]

Play with lineweight settings, too.