Electrical Panel - Part 1

The PDF files required a lot of editing to be useful by the graphics company so it was back the PC. A CAD package can export a PNG file but when imported into Paint, dimensional control was difficult. What was need was a vector based graphics package like Coral Draw but its expensive and a lot of time was required to use it. 

Searching the net, Inkscape was located and its a vector-based package, best of all its open source so after a lot of work a procedure that produced a suitable output was developed.

Procedure
The panels were drawn to in Auto-Cad [or any 2D package] then exported as a PNG file. This file was imported into Paint and trimmed, next all the colouring was completed and then saved as a PNG file. Finally, the PNG was imported into Inkscape and using its vector base was seized in mm's and exported an EPS file for the graphics company.

Paint / Inkscape output

Paint output for Circuit Breaker Panel

The only visual difference between the Paint and Inkscape output is the final sizing of the output for printing.

Paint software - click here

Inkscape software - click here

Where to
A series of files have been sent to the printer and we now move to Part 3 - I hope. If nothing else it was a fun 6 hours of PC work