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Converting .DWG to .PDF

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dgaertner
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‎10-21-2002 02:09 AM
‎10-21-2002 02:09 AM

Converting .DWG to .PDF

I know it's not rocket science. But, finding a way to convert my .dwg files created on AutoCad LT 2002 to a .pdf format has become quite a challange. I have the free version of Adobe Acrobat 5.0. What's missing?
Thanks,
Dave
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Anonymous
in reply to: dgaertner
‎10-25-2002 08:36 AM
‎10-25-2002 08:36 AM

The full version of Adobe Acrobat
Distiller.


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I
know it's not rocket science. But, finding a way to convert my .dwg files
created on AutoCad LT 2002 to a .pdf format has become quite a challange. I
have the free version of Adobe Acrobat 5.0. What's missing?
Thanks,

Dave
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Anonymous
in reply to: dgaertner
‎11-06-2002 02:53 AM
‎11-06-2002 02:53 AM

Dave;

 

I too have been searching for a decent way to
publish PDFs.  Our office in the UK has been using Jaws 
href="http://www.jawspdf.com/">http://www.jawspdf.com/

This works great for the limited metric sheet
sizes.  Myself I'm just having plain problems with Window's drivers
ignoring large format sheet sizes.  Using the "Custom" settings just isn't
cutting it.

 

So we've been looking at this BlueBeam
software.  Written specifically for Autocad.  It's a bit pricey, but
very slick.

 


 

 

Jim Grady

WATG Architects


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
I
know it's not rocket science. But, finding a way to convert my .dwg files
created on AutoCad LT 2002 to a .pdf format has become quite a challange. I
have the free version of Adobe Acrobat 5.0. What's missing?
Thanks,

Dave
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Anonymous
in reply to: dgaertner
‎11-06-2002 03:02 AM
‎11-06-2002 03:02 AM

The Océ Publishing Tools generate PDF
files.

 


 

The tools are free and work well when sending print
jobs to reprographers. WATG may even have its own Océ printer that runs Repro
Desk!


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

Dave;

 

I too have been searching for a decent way to
publish PDFs.  Our office in the UK has been using Jaws 
href="http://www.jawspdf.com/">http://www.jawspdf.com/

This works great for the limited metric sheet
sizes.  Myself I'm just having plain problems with Window's drivers
ignoring large format sheet sizes.  Using the "Custom" settings just
isn't cutting it.

 

So we've been looking at this BlueBeam
software.  Written specifically for Autocad.  It's a bit pricey, but
very slick.

 


 

 

Jim Grady

WATG Architects


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
I
know it's not rocket science. But, finding a way to convert my .dwg files
created on AutoCad LT 2002 to a .pdf format has become quite a challange. I
have the free version of Adobe Acrobat 5.0. What's missing?
Thanks,

Dave
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Anonymous
in reply to: dgaertner
‎11-06-2002 03:52 AM
‎11-06-2002 03:52 AM

Scott;


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">True, the Oce' tools will
publish a basic PDF file.  However the BlueBeam software has several
advanced features we've been looking for.


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> 


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Stamping (date, or custom
user info)


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Direct access to security
when publishing (future digital signing)


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Recognizes hyperlinks
within the Autocad drawing and publishes them with the PDF


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Grabs block attribute data
for extended data searches in PDF files


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Recognizes True Type fonts
for full text searches in PDF documents.


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
face=Arial size=2>
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Option to attach
files


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">

 


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">These items are ideal in
our goal of future online archiving of construction documents in our document
library system as well as issuing. 
I don’t own stock with BlueBeam so I’m not trying to sell it here, but of
all the stuff I’ve looked at so far this is leading the pack.
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  These guys seem to be thinking a bit
beyond the basic PDF.


 

Jim


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

The Océ Publishing Tools generate PDF
files.

 


 

The tools are free and work well when sending
print jobs to reprographers. WATG may even have its own Océ printer that runs
Repro Desk!


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

Dave;

 

I too have been searching for a decent way to
publish PDFs.  Our office in the UK has been using Jaws 
href="http://www.jawspdf.com/">http://www.jawspdf.com/

This works great for the limited metric sheet
sizes.  Myself I'm just having plain problems with Window's drivers
ignoring large format sheet sizes.  Using the "Custom" settings just
isn't cutting it.

 

So we've been looking at this BlueBeam
software.  Written specifically for Autocad.  It's a bit pricey,
but very slick.

 


 

 

Jim Grady

WATG Architects


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
I
know it's not rocket science. But, finding a way to convert my .dwg files
created on AutoCad LT 2002 to a .pdf format has become quite a challange.
I have the free version of Adobe Acrobat 5.0. What's missing?
Thanks,

Dave
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Anonymous
in reply to: dgaertner
‎11-14-2002 06:43 PM
‎11-14-2002 06:43 PM

The cost for the Bluebeam product vs. a new seat of
Adobe distiller does not warrant buying it. As the bluebeam only runs for
autocad. spend the xtra 50-60 to get the distiller and then you can create pdfs
for anything.


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

Scott;


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">True, the Oce' tools will
publish a basic PDF file.  However the BlueBeam software has several
advanced features we've been looking for.


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> 


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Stamping (date, or custom
user info)


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Direct access to security
when publishing (future digital signing)


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Recognizes hyperlinks
within the Autocad drawing and publishes them with the PDF


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Grabs block attribute
data for extended data searches in PDF files


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Recognizes True Type
fonts for full text searches in PDF documents.


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
face=Arial size=2>
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Option to attach
files


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">

 


style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">These items are ideal in
our goal of future online archiving of construction documents in our document
library system as well as issuing. 
I don’t own stock with BlueBeam so I’m not trying to sell it here, but
of all the stuff I’ve looked at so far this is leading the pack.
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  These guys seem to be thinking a bit
beyond the basic PDF.


 

Jim


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

The Océ Publishing Tools generate PDF
files.

 


 

The tools are free and work well when sending
print jobs to reprographers. WATG may even have its own Océ printer that
runs Repro Desk!


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">

Dave;

 

I too have been searching for a decent way to
publish PDFs.  Our office in the UK has been using Jaws 
href="http://www.jawspdf.com/">http://www.jawspdf.com/

This works great for the limited metric sheet
sizes.  Myself I'm just having plain problems with Window's drivers
ignoring large format sheet sizes.  Using the "Custom" settings just
isn't cutting it.

 

So we've been looking at this BlueBeam
software.  Written specifically for Autocad.  It's a bit pricey,
but very slick.

 


 

 

Jim Grady

WATG Architects


style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
I
know it's not rocket science. But, finding a way to convert my .dwg
files created on AutoCad LT 2002 to a .pdf format has become quite a
challange. I have the free version of Adobe Acrobat 5.0. What's missing?

Thanks,

Dave
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