Anyone have a door measurement for this template?

[Stacey K]

Yes - I measured the door on the truck but I resized my photo and threw out the sheet of paper I had it written on (ughhh). It's a 45-minute drive one way so just trying to save another trip. I can't find a one-off template to purchase.

 

[JBurton]

No chance the customer would re-measure for you? I know there are certainly customers I wouldn't dare ask/trust to get that info for me, but if it's a trucker...

But, I found in this pdf, page 25: http://bodybuilder.navistar.com/Gen...s/20161101/CT471/Series/DuraStar/DuraStar.pdf

 

[ProSignTN]

Just so you can double check

 

[guillermo]

I have done a simple task and it has worked for me all the time..... since I watched a movie.
I will place something that I know what size it is, for example, a credit card, a 6" squeegee or bigger, or the one that works the best, a ruler, tape to the door and take a picture, then I import that into my illustrator app and enlarge it to the size of the ruler. you will be off about .25" to .5". Hope this helps if you call your customer.

 

[thesignpost]

It says its 1/20 scale, scale it up

 

[Geneva Olson]

we always pull in the template and then scale it up to mock up the graphics full size.

 

[Stacey K]

Thanks guys! This helps a lot!!

 

[Stacey K]

It says its 1/20 scale, scale it up

That was just a screenshot of a template from ProOutlines not the actual template

 

[jcskikus]

If you hadn't gotten it, email at john@gettasign.com and I'll just send ya the template. Not a big deal.

 

[myront]

we always pull in the template and then scale it up to mock up the graphics full size.

Same here. I have a macro for corel to scale the template. Yes, easy enough to just type in 2000% but I can right-click and run the macro. I also have another that I can draw a rectangle over an area of known distance i.e. door width, then scale the rectangle to that measurement, shift select the image, run the macro. Scales the photo to match.

 

[myront]

I have done a simple task and it has worked for me all the time..... since I watched a movie.
I will place something that I know what size it is, for example, a credit card, a 6" squeegee or bigger, or the one that works the best, a ruler, tape to the door and take a picture, then I import that into my illustrator app and enlarge it to the size of the ruler. you will be off about .25" to .5". Hope this helps if you call your customer.

With illustrator, draw a rectangle over a known measurement i.e. door width, change the size to the real world size with proportion locked, now add the image to your selection, run a "Scale Photo" script. User will be prompted to choose either w or h, hit ok, image is sized accordingly and rectangle is deleted.

 

[MrDav3C]

Same here. I have a macro for corel to scale the template. Yes, easy enough to just type in 2000% but I can right-click and run the macro. I also have another that I can draw a rectangle over an area of known distance i.e. door width, then scale the rectangle to that measurement, shift select the image, run the macro. Scales the photo to match.

This second macro sounds like it could save me time scaling photos manually, is it something you created or purchased?

 

[myront]

This second macro sounds like it could save me time scaling photos manually, is it something you created or purchased?

I created with a little help

 

[truckgraphics]

My measurements for a late model International VM.
The front door on an older 4300 is the exact same size according to my template. (I don't have a dual cab template for the older model.)

 

[Stacey K]

Thanks everyone! I ended up using the measurements from one of these and just to be safe, I cut two sizes of the logo for the rear door and used the smaller of the two. It was just black and red vinyl so cheaper to just cut it vs. driving back and forth. Truck number and DOT are standard so that worked fine. Phone was on the front door so didn't really matter if the door was off a couple inches. Next time I'll try not to lose my notes!

 

[Mike Paul]

What I do…

I have many 1in. x 12in. Magnetic material strips with a red stripe on it.
I put it on the door or panel.
Take a high res pic on my phone and import the pic into the software and scale it according.

Make sure the pic is straight on level and not skewed at an angle. Works great.

No fumbling for misplaced paper or measurements.

I have a 4 door pickup and have one mag in every door jam so I don’t leave one at home.

If you end up in a pinch or the customer is far away have the tape a 8.5x11in pc of paper on the door and send you a straight on level pic.

 

[monroesigns]

What I do…

I have many 1in. x 12in. Magnetic material strips with a red stripe on it.
I put it on the door or panel.
Take a high res pic on my phone and import the pic into the software and scale it according.

Make sure the pic is straight on level and not skewed at an angle. Works great.

No fumbling for misplaced paper or measurements.

I have a 4 door pickup and have one mag in every door jam so I don’t leave one at home.

If you end up in a pinch or the customer is far away have the tape a 8.5x11in pc of paper on the door and send you a straight on level pic.

Straight and level is becoming an expert skill only mastered by sign shop owners

 

[Stacey K]

What I do…

I have many 1in. x 12in. Magnetic material strips with a red stripe on it.
I put it on the door or panel.
Take a high res pic on my phone and import the pic into the software and scale it according.

Make sure the pic is straight on level and not skewed at an angle. Works great.

No fumbling for misplaced paper or measurements.

I have a 4 door pickup and have one mag in every door jam so I don’t leave one at home.

If you end up in a pinch or the customer is far away have the tape a 8.5x11in pc of paper on the door and send you a straight on level pic.

I think it's time for me to start doing that again...I like this idea of having several!

 

[Boudica]

What I do…

I have many 1in. x 12in. Magnetic material strips with a red stripe on it.
I put it on the door or panel.
Take a high res pic on my phone and import the pic into the software and scale it according.

Make sure the pic is straight on level and not skewed at an angle. Works great.

No fumbling for misplaced paper or measurements.

I have a 4 door pickup and have one mag in every door jam so I don’t leave one at home.

If you end up in a pinch or the customer is far away have the tape a 8.5x11in pc of paper on the door and send you a straight on level pic.

Same, but mine is a 12x12" square magnet. If it's a fiber glass door I tape it on . Customers like to put a tape measure up to part of the vehicle, and snap a picture but I usually can't tell what part it is. Lol

 

[myront]

open this text file in Notepad, save to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2026\Presets\en_US\Scripts, call it whatever you want, change the drop down "Save as type: All, add .jsx at the end of ther name.