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Re scaling 2D PDf drawing
Posted: Sat 16 Feb , 2013 9:18 am
by JeffSwann
I have imported PDf drawings into quickcam2D for production on my micro router but I would like to rescale parts of the drawings, can anyone tell me how to do this ?
Re: Re scaling 2D PDf drawing
Posted: Sat 16 Feb , 2013 9:50 am
by Martin
If you select the item you then need to click on the top right (I think) dot & drag it.
Re: Re scaling 2D PDf drawing
Posted: Mon 18 Feb , 2013 8:16 am
by JeffSwann
Yes, this alters the whole drawing but I want to alter dimensions individually parts within the drawing, by turn the PDf into a CAD drawing file, is this possible ??
Re: Re scaling 2D PDf drawing
Posted: Mon 18 Feb , 2013 15:20 pm
by Denford Admin
Can you supply an example file ?
How did you get the .pdf into QuickCAM 2D ?
If it was imported as postscript (.ps or .eps) then it's probably that all the items of the drawing are grouped together - select it and right click for explode or ungroup
If it's come in as a bitmap image then select it, right-click and choose contour bitmap
Re: Re scaling 2D PDf drawing
Posted: Mon 04 Mar , 2013 1:14 am
by JeffSwann
Yes sorry not pdf by jpeg
I have attached jpeg files, I have them as mcm but I can not upload them to you.
Re: Re scaling 2D PDf drawing
Posted: Tue 05 Mar , 2013 10:49 am
by Denford Admin
Just add the image to the design in QuickCAM and contour bitmap.
This will give you polylines which will need some work to clean up but can then be scaled and used by the CAM wizard for cutter path generation.
Re: Re scaling 2D PDf drawing
Posted: Thu 04 Apr , 2013 23:24 pm
by JeffSwann
Decided after starting to reduce the polylines was going to take for ever, so I started from scratch & drew 1 key, tried to group all lines to copy & paste key without success, think I need a manual for Quickcam 2D design please.
Re: Re scaling 2D PDf drawing
Posted: Fri 05 Apr , 2013 7:12 am
by Steve
Just go to the help menu and tutorials. This will show you how to do it.
Try the ruler tutorial as this shows copy paste etc
You should probably just draw one part then choose the array tool
Re: Re scaling 2D PDf drawing
Posted: Fri 05 Apr , 2013 12:24 pm
by JeffSwann
So is it not possible to group a line drawing, then copy & paste the group ??
Re: Re scaling 2D PDf drawing
Posted: Fri 05 Apr , 2013 14:44 pm
by Denford Admin
Select the items you want and right-click for the popup menu.
Grouping is in there, as is copy+paste.
You can also just select what you want and use the move command. If you hold down SHIFT at the same time, it will create a new copy in the 'moved to' location and keep the original as it was.
Make sure you have the latest version as some of these features may not have existed previously.
https://website.denford.ltd.uk/index.php ... -downloads
Re: Join lines & curves
Posted: Mon 09 Sep , 2013 13:29 pm
by JeffSwann
Can anyone tell me how to use the join command please