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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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"dgaertner" <I
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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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"Jim Grady" <jgrady@watg.com>
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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
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"dgaertner" <I
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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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"Scott Sheppard" <
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The Océ Publishing Tools generate PDF
files.
href="http://plansandspecs.buzzsaw.com/download/OcePublishingTools.exe">http://plansandspecs.buzz...
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!
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"Jim Grady" <
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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
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"dgaertner" <I
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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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"Jim Grady" <jgrady@watg.com>
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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.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Stamping (date, or custom
user info)
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Direct access to security
when publishing (future digital signing)
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Recognizes hyperlinks
within the Autocad drawing and publishes them with the PDF
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Grabs block attribute
data for extended data searches in PDF files
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Recognizes True Type
fonts for full text searches in PDF documents.
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face=Arial size=2>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Option to attach
files
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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 dont own stock with BlueBeam so Im not trying to sell it here, but
of all the stuff Ive 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
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"Scott Sheppard" <
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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!
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"Jim Grady" <
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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
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"dgaertner" <I
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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