Image file conversion/types compatible with iOS? dxf possible?

This is confusing and doesn’t make any sense

Jpegs (.jpg) and TIFF (.tif) files are formats for photos/images produced in an image editor or digital cameras.

An AutoCad DXF (.dxf) file is another type of CAD/vector illustration file that is a conversion format that allows other vector illustration apps to open and work with AutoCad or any type of 2D/3D CAD files saved in this format.

Why do you need to turn a jpeg or TIFF file into a dxf file?

Most drawing (vector) style apps should be able to import a jpeg or TIFF image into these programs.

What you want to do doesn’t make any sense.

If anything, you might be able to save a DXF file as only an image file in jpeg or TIFF format, but this does not make any sense trying to do this the other way around.

You do know that turning an image file into a .dxf fike doesn't turn an image into a vector file, right?

I am not implying that your stupid, BTW.

There are vector style drawing apps (not free) for iOS that may let you import a jpeg or TIFF into a drawing document and then you might be able to save or export THAT file as a DXF file with the image in the file.

Vector apps for iOS

Adobe Illustrator Draw

Concepts

Vectornator

Touch draw

PadCad

Graphic

InkPad

Look at the descriptions to see if DXF is supported.

There is AutoCad for iOS, too, but not sure what it does without an AutoDesk monthly subscription.

Good Luck to You!

Alaskawade wrote:

thank you. those are the things i have been trying. I really don know anything about this really. I once was able to go jpg to a vector of some sort for the same purpose. Imwill figure it out.

That is not possible UNLESS there was some sort of specialised app that was able to take an image file and auto-trace it using vector lines to try and re-create the image in a vector line format.

Adobe had such an app long ago, called Adobe Streamline, but this app was discontinued long, ago.

I know CAD and am, also, a graphic designer/illustrator/digital artist and I know quite a bit about this subject

I don’t own one one this specialised auto tracing programs and to hand “vectorise” an image in a regular vector illustration program could be too tedious and time-consuming for me, depending on how complex the image is, maybe not worth it for my time and what I may have to charge you to do this.

These specialise programs will auto trace/vectorise an image a WHOLE lot faster than someone doing this by hand.

Plus, if you can, it maybe better for you to find someone in your local area to help you.

Just in case some additional work on the file is needed.

I live in New England (MA). So, this could be problematic, too, for the both of us.

Thanks, anyways, though.

Sorry & Good Luck to You!