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    <title>tema Re: print / plot PDF underlay as vector en AutoCAD for Mac Forum</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;Thank you for the response. I have submitted a feature request through the send feedback option.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am aware of numerous programs which can convert PDF to DWG, however my desire is to simply&amp;nbsp;created accurately scaled markups on existing PDF documents without the degradation inherent in rasterization upon&amp;nbsp;output. It seems to me that the PDF could&amp;nbsp;be be passed through the whole process unmodified, with the AutoCAD line work added on top&amp;nbsp;as a PDF layer&amp;nbsp;when printed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is exactly what I am doing currently with Illustrator, but takes more time than is necessary due to the need for manual registration. Perhaps its easier to use a dimensioning/scaling plugin for illustrator and do away with AutoCAD all together...&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:41:34 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2016-06-24T17:41:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>print / plot PDF underlay as vector</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/print-plot-pdf-underlay-as-vector/m-p/6401607#M21192</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Is printing a PDF underlay as vector linework possible? if so, how?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My goal is to insert a vector PDF as an underlay into AutoCAD for Mac 2016, draw my content, and then print / plot&amp;nbsp;or export&amp;nbsp;the file to a new PDF&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM&gt;retaining&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;the original PDF linework as vector.&amp;nbsp;I assume this should be possible, as AutoCAD has no trouble parsing, displaying, or snapping to a PDF underlay, correctly interpreting&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;vector geometry. However, any method&amp;nbsp;in which I attempt to output a PDF file inevitably converts the PDF underlay to raster, which looks terrible and/or increases file size.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have tried printing, publishing, and exporting. I have changed the PDF underlay clipping, monochrome, background colors, and dpi settings. I have changed the viewport display settings. I have used the AutoCAD export function, the save file as PDF option, and created a dummy printer driver to plot to file. Help, or at least put me out of my misery by confirming this is not possible.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks in advance&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2016 23:54:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-06-23T23:54:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: print / plot PDF underlay as vector</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/print-plot-pdf-underlay-as-vector/m-p/6401817#M21193</link>
      <description>Welcome to Autodesk Forums!&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Hi,&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;No, it is not possible.&lt;BR /&gt;You need some other application (convertor) which can convert vector pdf to vector format readable by AutoCAD - DWG, DXF. Than you  can use converted data in AutoCAD.&lt;BR /&gt;For example, Illustrator can convert PDF to DWG / DXF.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;BTW, AutoCAD 2017 for Windows can import PDF as native AutoCAD vector data.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Maxim</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2016 04:04:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>maxim_k</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-06-24T04:04:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: print / plot PDF underlay as vector</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/print-plot-pdf-underlay-as-vector/m-p/6402963#M21205</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thank you for the response. I have submitted a feature request through the send feedback option.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am aware of numerous programs which can convert PDF to DWG, however my desire is to simply&amp;nbsp;created accurately scaled markups on existing PDF documents without the degradation inherent in rasterization upon&amp;nbsp;output. It seems to me that the PDF could&amp;nbsp;be be passed through the whole process unmodified, with the AutoCAD line work added on top&amp;nbsp;as a PDF layer&amp;nbsp;when printed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is exactly what I am doing currently with Illustrator, but takes more time than is necessary due to the need for manual registration. Perhaps its easier to use a dimensioning/scaling plugin for illustrator and do away with AutoCAD all together...&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:41:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-06-24T17:41:34Z</dc:date>
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