Drawing Template with Logo

[Radost]

Hello lads,

I have a question with probably obvious answer.

My company has a drawing template set up with their logo in it. Now everytime I save some drawing as a dxf/dwg file it creates picture file along with the drawing file.

Is there some way how to do it so the logo is inside the dxf/dwg file so it doesn't creat this picture file? We want the logo to be in the drawing but dont want to send picture with every drawing we do..

I hope you understand what I mean.. Thanks for your help.

 

[Radost]

Forgot to add. I work on WF4..

 

[dgallup]

How is the logo defined in the template? I have our logo imported from DXF in our drawing formats (not templates, templates use the formats). No problem with exporting drawings as DFX.

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[Radost]

You right. It is formats of course..

When I open the format the logo is there as a picture I guess. I am not sure what is the best way. All formats are in company from my predecessors so I never had to do one..

Maybe if you can tell me what is the best way to put logo in formats it would be appreciated.

 

[dgallup]

It depends on how much detail and color there is. Most marketing departments provide multiple versions of logos, color vs. monochrome, solid vs. outline. Get the simplest one allowed, a monochrome outline logo if you can. Really simple geometrical logos like the old Lucas "slash" can be done directly in CAD. Slightly more complex logos can be converted from a bitmap to DXF. There are some nice $$ packages that do a really good job. Or if you are like me you can hunt around and find something free on the internet. I believe the last time our logo changed I used Wintopo. If it's a really complex logo with a lot of blended colors then I don't know how to do it.

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[Radost]

Thank you. So if I understand it right now you can not just take a jpg picture and insert it in format .. it has to be vector object..

I am going to try the wintopo.