PDF import not importing white space

[raybryant1998]

For several projects I have imported PDF's and they have turned out fine, but for some reason AutoCAD has started excluding the whitespace from my PDF layer. I have not played with any settings or updated AutoCAD.

[ennujozlagam]

when you pdfimport the file, did you set this setting? thanks

[imadHabash]

Hi,

This is how PDFIMPORT command works . Prior to AutoCAD 2017, it was not possible to convert a PDF file to a DWG file using AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT. PDF files could only be inserted as underlays (external references). The content could then be traced and scaled to known dimensions, if desired. Using PDFIMPORT with PDFs created from scanned images/documents will result in the creation of a raster image file, which is then attached to the drawing as an xref. The raster imagery will not be converted into editable geometry.

So try PDFATTACH command .  You can reference and place underlay files in drawing files the same way as you do raster image files; they are not actually part of the drawing file. Like raster files, the underlay is linked to the drawing file through a path name, which can be changed or removed at any time. However, you cannot bind an underlay to a drawing and you cannot edit or modify the underlay’s content.

[vinodkl]

Hi,

Can show us how these white spaces look like in the PDF or share the PDF so that we can try to PDFIMPORT and check if it looks the same as yours or different. BTW have you checked the setting while importing? Have you unchecked the importing of hatch from the PDF unknowingly during import?

[raybryant1998]

Sorry for the late reply, I had computer problems that needed to be repaired.

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[pendean]

Those look like two different separate PDFs: any chance you can share those files here?

Q: why is your UCS rotated?

[raybryant1998]

Here are the pdf files. I can't recall why my UCS was rotated when I took the screen shot.

[pendean]

Thanks for the PDFs: One is a vector (the white background one, idoc-pub..., it can be converted to AutoCAD entities), the others are raster scans (they only come in as pictures). Correct?

They are different PDF types. I don't see how to easily back the white background show up with the two scans.

[vinodkl]

Hi,

All three PDFs are scanned copies and not doesn't contain any vector elements to import them as Autocad entities. 

idoc.pub pdf is only made of single raster image whereas the other two PDF there are multiple raster images inside each. 

While importing the PDF you need to have the option "vector geometry" checked which would import the vector entities into the drawing.

[raybryant1998]

Okay, thanks for the help.

What I did is convert my pdf that I was having problems with into a jpg, then bag into a pdf, so that the pdf was one gian raster image.

Thanks.

[vinodkl]

Hi,

May be you could do the same with the other two pdfs as well convert them to jpg and then back to pdf if you want then with white background or you could also attach the jpg instead of convert it back to PDF🙂