TheSwamp
CAD Forums => CAD General => Topic started by: Drafter X on October 17, 2011, 09:27:55 AM
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Question, for those that know what a QR Code is, does anyone know of any routines that can generate a qr code as a native autocad object (not an inserted graphic)? I am using QR Codes to link drawings to an online site so folks can verify revisions, track RFQ's, enter field dims etc. Having them be native objects would be a bit easier for me though.
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Just curious... Why don't you use hyperlinks?
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Cant click a hyperlink in the field with a paper drawing. Now I do attach a hyperlink to the qr code so when on a computer you can just click it and get to the same destination.
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QR Codes on plan sets, that's a great idea!
What about rasterizing the image file?
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I have not looked at it but they have Qr code Plugin of the Month (http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/ADN_plugins/)
http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2010/08/attaching-a-qr-code-raster-image-using-autocad-net.html (http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2010/08/attaching-a-qr-code-raster-image-using-autocad-net.html)
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That's what I use now, was hoping to make something out of regular cad entities is all. :lol:
Yeah, my drawings have a qr code that opens up a site specific to that page. Gives the client a place to directly input field dimensions. Here is an example of a target entry
http://www.brega-tech.com/sample_entry.php (http://www.brega-tech.com/sample_entry.php)
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Pretty Slick! And to clarify, I meant vectorize the raster image.. :)
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oooh, gotcha.. have to play with that idea. Thanks for that
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sweet, found a little command line program called potrace that has a .dxf output. Gotta play with the output but I think I just automated a ton of this process.
Now if I had the code mojo get it all working together off mysql, lol.
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You can try ImgConvert to insert native QR Codes - see:
http://www.cadstudio.cz/imgconvert
or the AutoCAD 2012 Exchange Apps store.
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ooh, thank you, I am already using the other routine for now, but I may switch over on the next development cycle.
I like.
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QR codes on plan sets. I must say, I'm impressed. I wish I had a reason to borrow your idea.
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Use it then! The trick is in what you link the drawing to. :-D
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i think you just gave me the biggest seed for an awesome idea EVER! I'd use it in somewhat a reverse scenario. Think I could use the QR code to bring up the appropriate MEP files (dwf or pdf) for a particular floor for our Operations dept. to work from? From what I understand about these things, is that one can do almost anything, even have it contain programming, not just a link.
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Sort of, you can have a link and pass info with the url and such, so you can have a base link that has info that a php processor can then use to populate/create a page for instance.
But yes, you could say have a QR code by a door, scan it and call up drawings for that area.
Or see a schedule of outstanding work planned for it.
Or use it to enter a request for work on that item/area.
Most folks have been aiming them at marketing products, but the reality is they are butt ugly, but do provide a link from a real world location or paper print to virtual/online data. Perfect for many of the things a lot of folks do here.
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...But yes, you could say have a QR code by a door, scan it and call up drawings for that area.
Or see a schedule of outstanding work planned for it.
Or use it to enter a request for work on that item/area....
sweet, that's exactly what i was hoping to hear!
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Point it at a website with an embedded Navisworks viewer object, with the QR formatted to provide a default view that matches its location. Could do the same thing in-house with piping isometrics, pointing it to the Freedom (or full-on Simulate) application. Wonder if I could embed these inside a Navisworks NWD file...
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isometrics? :lmao:
i'd have better luck pointing it to a stick set! :|
babysteps... gotta start with babysteps...
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I know I'm a bit late to the party here but have you seen this routine. We use a slightly modified version to point users to an online database of our drawings so that they can check they are working from the latest revision. We added a hyperlink to the block so that when the user is viewing a DWF they can click on the QR and follow the link as though they had used a scanner.
http://www.xcad.ch/tests/qrcode.html (http://www.xcad.ch/tests/qrcode.html)
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Hey, very nice, had not seen that one. I too hyperlink so dwf users can do that.
Nice to see this being used out there, so much more real world value then coupons.