Text From PDF Not Importing Correctly to AutoCAD

[iialanji]

When importing a PDF into CAD, the text is created with hatches and is not legible when plotting to a new PDF.  See snapshots below.

[paullimapa]

these are solutions from autodesk:

The text of an imported PDF-file will not be recognized as a text but is converted to polylines in A...

[iialanji]

I have gone through those steps with no change in the appearance of the text.

I don't exactly need AutoCAD to recognize it as text, I simply need it to appear correct and plot so the text is legible.  I will not be editing the text itself. 

[pendean]

@iialanji AutocAd's PDF Import has limitations, "text" in PDFs that are actually just images are a major one.

Share your source PDF file, it would be easy for anyone over here to confirm the issue.
Or you can purchase a better OCR/R2V converter from a 3rd party vendor if this is a regular need for you.

Let us know.

[iialanji]

That sounds like what I'm experiencing.  See the attached file.  Let me know if your import turns out the same.  What are some of those converters you mentioned that can better convert text from a PDF to CAD?

[paullimapa]

So whoever created this pdf used a font that AutoCAD cannot recognize. 

Best to have access to the original dwg.

If not, then just attach the PDF instead of Import it 

[Valentin_CAD]

@iialanji ,

You may also try to convert the PDF into an image and import it using AutoCAD Raster Design.   

See how in this tutorial video:

[TheCADnoob]

PDFs can be ugly behind the scene, I would try washing your PDF through something else to see if you get better results. 

I opened the PDF in Inkscape and saved a DXF out of there and got this. If you have another vector editing program you could try that as well. I had read somewhere about printing from PDF to DWF, but I don't currently have the stuff installed on my PC at the moment to test that. 

[iialanji · Accepted solution]

The solution was to use a free online PDF to DWG converter.  Here's how the text shows up from the converted file.  There are many different sites that can convert and all of them yield slightly different results, so just try a few and find which one works best for you.