Re: Altium Designer --> line drawing

[Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>]

tech -dot- writer1 -at- verizon -dot- net wrote:
> I received a PDF file from an engineer exported from Altium Designer, which I need to use to document the components contained on the board. 
>
> The drawing has the detail needed for manufacturing (soldering points, circuitry, etc.) but all I need is a component layout to which I can add call outs. He says he can't provide any less detail that what his software exports to PDF.
>
> I don't have the package he uses. Is there anything I can tell him that would produce a less detailed drawing? If not, how else can I clean this up with a minimum of work? I have Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to use.
>   

I don't know about the CAD package you mentioned, but could you recreate 
the layout in Photoshop? A tidy line drawing that shows the relative 
position/size/shape of the components on the board can be better than a 
busy detailed diagram. But of course, it depends on what your audience 
needs.


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