Source for ballroom and event space

[The Cantor]

Posted initially in General Discussion...

For all of you that end up doing corporate or other events in ballrooms and convention centers across the country, here is a source for a good number of drawings. Meeting Matrix http://www.meetingmatrix.com/

Three Issues:

1) The file generated can not be exported as a dxf or dwg.

2) Need a PC to run the MM application.

3) You have to get a free subscription to Meeting Matrix, and download the free silver version.

Procedure I follow is...

1) Search the MM venue drawing library.

2) Download the venue drawing package.

3) Open the specific room, and draw a couple of dimension lines.

4) Print as a PDF file. The pdf is a vector-based file.

5) Open the PDF file in Illustrator.

6) Export from Illustrator as a DWG file.

7) Import into a new VW file. Measure the distances you have from the Meeting Matrix file dimension lines.

8) Do a simple proportion, and scale entire drawing. Make sure to confirm that your proportion was correct.

9)Open a new layer, with the MM drawing on a layer below and be in 'show snap others' mode.

10) Use the MM lines as your template. MM claims that the drawings are accurate.

You could import the pdf direct to VW, but it will be like importing a picture, with no snapping capabilities.

When you can't do a survey, it's a pretty good source. Good Luck...

[Mickey]

I am very familiar with this procedure. I do it all the time.

Thank you for the website, that could be handy.

[CraigCTC]

You could also just import the PDF directly into VW and do a Trace Bitmap. If the line weight is heavy enought, you should get a fairly accurate trace to the drawing. It just eliminates steps 5-7. But you would still need to do step 8-10.

[The Cantor]

Yes, you could do a trace, but I would think that having an actual vector-based dwg to work with is a lot more accurate a template to work with than a traced bit map. Especially knowing that you will need to scale the results.