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Adding Hyperlinks to pdf

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:17:24 GMT

I would like to know if there is a way to add internal hyperlinks in PDF through AutoCAD 2021. I am creating a document with many pages (more than 300 pages) of electrical schematics and I need an index page in text form that refers to each page. A clickable link in the index should navigate to the referenced page. Is there anyway to do that in AutoCAD 2021?

Re: Adding Hyperlinks to pdf

Patchy — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:27:34 GMT

Never seen that option in autocad.

Re: Adding Hyperlinks to pdf

pendean — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:32:52 GMT

AutoCAD does not do "pages" when printing or plotting: are you using plain AutoCAD 2021 or a vertical?

You need a PDF editor to do that after the fact as an option.

Re: Adding Hyperlinks to pdf

tim_crouse — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 20:07:41 GMT

Yes, you can add hyperlinks that create quick navigation links to designated pages.

This answer is applicable to single file multipage PUBLISH outputs and sheetset single file output files. Each layout you add to the plot / publish que is treated as a separate PDF page. The named views will appear in the navigation pane.

Best Regards

Tim C.