Importing a PDF Drawing

[kdavidson1]

I am having a problem with the text conversion format when I import a PDF drawing. The text is coming in as all OOO blocks but yesterday it worked fine and imported the text but when I came in the next day it doesn't? The other strange thing about it was when I tried to edit the text yesterday my keyboard key didn't correlate with the text value I typed so I ended up changing the text to make it work. I was ok with this but I can't get it to ack the same today even if I play with the recognition settings. Very frustrating not knowing what changed! I am trying to import the exact same PDFs I used yesterday too. Also, when I opened the files that I saved from yesterday, they now have the OOO too. Seems like it no longer recognizes the text it did?

[rkmcswain]

It looks like the PDF you posted here is a screenshot of the result of your PDF import.

Can you please post the actual PDF you are importing, plus the DWG result you are seeing?

[kdavidson1]

Thanks for the reply.... Attached is the PDF and DWG example.....

[rkmcswain]

There are no attachments.

[kdavidson1]

Trying one more time with attachments… Hopefully you get this! 😊

thanks

[pendean]

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@kdavidson1 wrote:
Trying one more time with attachments… Hopefully you get this! 😊

thanks

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You have to come to the website to share files: replying to emails is blocked from doing that, a SPAM deterrent.

[kdavidson1]

Hello RK, were you able to look at this?

[rkmcswain]

There are no attachments.

[kdavidson1]

RK, I have tried it again! There should be a PFD and a DWG attached..

[pendean]

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@kdavidson1 wrote:

RK, I have tried it again! There should be a PFD and a DWG attached..

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STYLE command shows the font being used does not exist

Your PDF contains an unusual font I've never seen before, and likely the source of your problem in the first place

Looks like the translation was a total bust in AutoCAD, may be an issue with the Microsoft Print to PDF driver that was used to create the PDF that you used instead of something more friendly.

What was the source program for your PDF?

[kdavidson1]

That's good information for me. I used the print to Microsoft PDF in my printer selection. The document worked one day and then didn't the next day and hasn't since, so I'll dig into the driver. I guess the part that through me is that the DWG I was working on when it did work all looked good. I saved the work and went home but when I opened it the next day, I had the strange characters on the drawing I was working with? I would have assumed it was AutoCAD causing the issue.

[kdavidson1 · Accepted solution]

Thank you RK, this information was helpful. I went back to the original PDF. I ended up changing from the Microsoft PDF printer to Power PDF and this seems to work much better. Still see the style of text "PDF Z_C00000.tmp" but it the characters are legible and workable.