Scale PDF, and reference points

Scale PDF, and reference points

erasmoberrios121
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Scale PDF, and reference points

erasmoberrios121
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Hello guys, I can't emphasize how much of a beginner I am, so please bear with me. I somehow managed to learn what I wanted to do by clicking on every possible option I could, and see what happened, literally.

 

I learned how to import a PDF into Autocad 2017, and somehow figured out how to scale part of the PDF to show info in inches using the Scale option + the reference point option, the drawing utilities/units option, and the Measure command.

 

I basically want to scale that PDF, and it seems like it's "vector geometry" option worked, because I can select all points/lines (don't  know how else to call them), and I know that half of that page is scaled at 1/4''=1ft, but the other half in the same page is scaled 1/2''=1ft.

 

So I can scale half of the page, and measure as I please that half, but I need to figure out how to select the other half of the same page, and scale it to what it's supposed to.

 

 

Sorry if I can't explain well, but here's a pic of what I did well to half of that page:

 

 

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Juergen_Becker
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Hi,

 

can you please post your PDF.

I will try to scale it. But I'm not familiar with imperial Units (Inches).

 

Regards Jürgen

I hope my tip helps. If so then give me kudos and mark the tip as a solution.
Thanks.

Jürgen A. Becker
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RobDraw
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Make a copy of the PDF in AutoCAD. Scale it by 2 or 1/2, which ever is appropriate.


Rob

Drafting is a breeze and Revit doesn't always work the way you think it should.
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scot-65
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PDF manipulation is marginal in a DWG file.
I have found that by inserting the PDF into a "blank"
drawing, then inserting the blank drawing as a
block into the destination drawing works the best.
From there one can manipulate both the x- and y-
scales for the desired results (for the most part).
One can also rotate the block.

As a footnote, I have not tried to work with multi-
page PDF's, but will go the route of splitting and
using the desired pages as individual blocks.

And welcome to these forums!

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Scot-65
A gift of extraordinary Common Sense does not require an Acronym Suffix to be added to my given name.

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