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Inserting a .pdf file into CAD

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Jeff Crislip
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Inserting a .pdf file into CAD

Is there anyway to insert a .pdf file into Autocad?
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Anonymous
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Jeff Crislip wrote:
> Is there anyway to insert a .pdf file into Autocad?

Many ways, but none native to the program.

One way is to convert it to a TIFF in a program such as Adobe Photoshop.

Another way is to use a third-party program (using GhostScript) to
convert the PDF to a DXF file. Not pretty, but it works.

The majority of the time, drawings are plotted to PDF to KEEP you from
inserting them into AutoCAD...keep that in mind if you got it from an
outside source.

--
Jason
Message 3 of 8
Anonymous
in reply to: Jeff Crislip

Jeff Crislip said the following on 2/10/2006 9:22 AM:
> Is there anyway to insert a .pdf file into Autocad?

See also:
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com/2005/04/pdf-dwg.html

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R.K. McSwain
http://rkmcswain.blogspot.com
Message 4 of 8
Anonymous
in reply to: Jeff Crislip

An other simple way is to print the PDF file then scan it. You can then
insert the scanned image like anyother image file.

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Anonymous
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Use the Snap Shot tool in Adobe Reader and highlight a box around the area to be copied. The image goes to windows clipboard and can be pasted into AutoCAD.

There is a quality loss, but the file size is small and useable.
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Anonymous
in reply to: Jeff Crislip

Hey Murray;

Did that particular tool come with both 6 and 7 Reader?

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wrote in message news:5083698@discussion.autodesk.com...
Use the Snap Shot tool in Adobe Reader and highlight a box around the area
to be copied. The image goes to windows clipboard and can be pasted into
AutoCAD.

There is a quality loss, but the file size is small and useable.
Message 7 of 8
Anonymous
in reply to: Jeff Crislip

Yes, I checked on another PC. Both version 6 and 7 will paste a highlighted portion to the clip board using the Snap Shot tool (a camera inside a dashed box).

Properties in AutoCAD shows it as a OLE Metafile.
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Anonymous
in reply to: Jeff Crislip

Thanks for checking for me Murray.

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Don Reichle
"The only thing worse
than training your staff,
and having them leave is -
not training your staff,
and having them stay."
Courtesy Graphics Solution Providers
----------------------------------------------------------
C3D/LDT/CD/SVY-2K6
Intel P4-3.00GHz
XPPro 32bit SP2
1GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce2 Ti 64MB


wrote in message news:5083731@discussion.autodesk.com...
Yes, I checked on another PC. Both version 6 and 7 will paste a highlighted
portion to the clip board using the Snap Shot tool (a camera inside a dashed
box).

Properties in AutoCAD shows it as a OLE Metafile.

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