ruinerr Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 The CAD file i downloaded off one of the guitar building sites had a CAD drawing of the explorer but its only a general outline and does not have dimensions and measurements on it. Sorry to be a bitch but does anyone have specific measurements for an explorer body, or just how big would my block of wood need to be just for the body. Ta in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 hey check ya PM box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruinerr Posted February 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Dont have a msg from you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Open the drawing in a CAD package eg AutoCAD or TurboCAD and use the measuring tool to find the critical dimensions you require. Make sure first that the drawing is at a scale of 1:1. If not you can scale it to size by using a known size like the scale length (usually 24.75 inches for Gibson) Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 if you got the file from guitarbuild.com there is dimensions on there i think when u open the file in cad go under the layers and turn the layer dimension on and it will show the dimensions also under the same thing usually the dimension layer wil have the printer thing with an x thru it just click it so the dimensions print MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruinerr Posted February 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 There are no dimensions on it =\ . . . but i want to get this printed at a snap store ( they do business printing etc ) but they do not print *dwg cad files, i need a tool that can convert a dwg into a picture file, tga, jpg or even a pdf file, its A0 in size and i want to print it out in full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 in autocad you can plot the drawing to a file as a jpg with a scale and then print it out as a picture from photoshop or sumthing else MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Where are you located dude? Not sure if I can pdf it in A0 but I'll have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruinerr Posted February 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 I found an application that converts a cad file into bmp. Sent it off to snap printing should be ready for me tomorrow then i can purchase my wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbieg Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Anyway I could get a hold of these dimensions? I've got the CAD file and i just downloaded Turbo Cad and have attempted to try to get the dimensions out of it but, no cigar! So, anyone able to help me out? Thanks, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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