Export AutoCAD to Photoshop

AutoCAD to Photoshop

For best results, you want to set up a new printer driver to get AutoCAD linework into Photoshop

where it can be greatly enhanced for presentation. Follow these steps to set up a driver for exporting drawings from Auto-CAD to images in Photoshop:

1. Use the PLOTTERMANAGER command to open the Plotters support folder.

2. Double click the Add-A-Plotter Wizard icon.

3. Advance to the next page of the wizard, and select My Computer. Click Next.

4. Select Raster File Formats from the Manufacturers list and Portable Network Graphics

PNG (LZH Compression) from the Models list.

The PNG image file format is an excellent choice for image output because it has lossless compression and very small file size.

5. Click Next four more times, and then click the Edit Plotter Configuration button.

Expand the Graphics node in the Plotter Configuration Editor dialog box, and select

Vector Graphics.

6. Plot using your new driver, and you’ll output linework in image files that you can open