From: AutoCAD Productivity Articles #128
Originally published: August 2013
There is a vast array of PDF drivers for AutoCAD, but for my money (free!), the best option is the one available in the device listing by default, DWG To PDF.pc3.
The reason it's better than any other option, is because when the resulting PDF is viewed in either Adobe Acrobat, or Adobe Acrobat Reader, you see a list of Layer names, with a creepy little eyeball icon to toggle On/Off their visibility!
Note: Only layers that are visible at the time the drawing is plotted to PDF will be listed.
So if you have that co-worker/associate that "needs to see your drawing", send them a PDF where they can turn the layers on and off themselves!
See all the articles published in August 2013
See this article in the August 2013 Corner
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