[Josh Imel]

The existing system could last 100 years and could also fail tomorrow. It depends on many factors such as the soil composition, the soil temperatures, possibility of corrosive soils, water quality, when the existing pipe was cast , how it was cast, etc… One of the best ways to make an initial determination is to excavate a section and study it. Where is the project located? I can put you in touch with someone in that arena that could possibly assist you – let me know.

[Josh Imel]

I had the tiff image dissapear when I froze it?!?!

[Josh Imel]

What conversion software do you recomend to change a pdf to xref?

I am not sure if I can manipulate or view xref files in my CAD program?!?!

[Josh Imel]

I tried importing a pdf that i had converted into tif yesterday… the file started as a 1mb file and after beingconverted to the tif was 20mb. It looked fantastic in quality but caused issues with memory I thing and was not managable. When I go to insert an image into a drawing it will not even recognize a jpg. only bmp and tif.

99% of what I am doing is in b&w, you know, site and landscape plans downloaded from architects and general contractors that are ALWAYS in pdf format. most of them are arch-d or arch-e sized.

I realize I may be going about this wrong but I am willing to change ANYTHING to get this correct. I typically do the following general functions: (1) in a new dwg file i import/attach a bmp (converted from pdf) raster image into my MODEL tab as its own layer that i create. using a scale on the image i re-size it to fit my file, usually very fine adjustments. (2)I do my “design” using the image as a base. (3) I create a paperspace on one of the LAYOUT tabs. I then create several viewport/windows for details etc and then the one main viewport/window that will contain the drawing usually needs resizing to fit whatever scale I have decided to put the thing in. so: I resize the drawing(and image) from within a viewport on the LAYOUT tab. is this a potential issue? (4) for printing I do 1 of 2 things – ether print to the plotter or adobe acrobat. the plotter always works – its when i print with adobe (to get the pdf to email) that i have the issues.

Does that help your understanding of this situation from my end?

By the way – Thank You for your time on this!!!

[Josh Imel]

So much information – thank you! I’m trying to go through it while still doing all the things I need to do today.

What image editing software do youguys recomend? I use a few free online services… It seems to be hit and miss as some will fail during the conversion.

most of the pdf files I import are either arch-d or arch-e in size and can be several megs in size. after I convert and import I need to rescale which it seems may be where I have an issue.

still working through this – again thank you and I will probably be continuing this discussion for a while.

[Josh Imel]

Where is the park located – State, City, Etc?

The idea of “wasting water” would depend on the goal of the dog park by the planners.

Without irrigation it could turn into a dirt horse arena eventually if you catch my drift…

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