Eurodude Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) Gents A little help if possible - I just noticed in Adobe Acrobat DC an option in the menu to export to AutoCAD. This would be extremely useful for me but I can't get it working. when I tried first time a cad session started, I switched to the window and there was an empty drawing. When I looked in the command history I saw this:- Command: PDFICEX Unknown command "PDFICEX". Press F1 for help. (this is on my laptop with legal release 2017 Do any of you guys know how to work this?? Does it only work with rel. 2018 perhaps? Many Thanks in advance Just found PDFimport command in rel. 2017 by the way. Still nice to know about Adobe's version though. Edited May 14, 2018 by Eurodude added info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I've never seen the Adobe option. You might want to ask over in the Adobe customer forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodude Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 Thanks I'll try that of course. Think I am sorted with the Acad import facility though. Seems to work very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I just opened a PDF in Acrobat DC (current version) and I did not have an "Export to AutoCAD" option. Not calling you a liar but I have never seen this. Yes, the improved PDF to DWG in AutoCAD work very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodude Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 I just opened a PDF in Acrobat DC (current version) and I did not have an "Export to AutoCAD" option. Not calling you a liar but I have never seen this. Yes, the improved PDF to DWG in AutoCAD work very well. It's in the dropdown menu on the right above the comments list (forgot how to do screen grabs ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I just opened a PDF in Acrobat DC (current version) and I did not have an "Export to AutoCAD" option. Oddly enough, googling PDFICEX returns nothing related to Adobe, PDF, DWG, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 The Acrobat Reader shouldn't have an export to DWG. Full version should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodude Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 The Acrobat Reader shouldn't have an export to DWG. Full version should. Yes - I have Acrobat Pro DC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 It's in the dropdown menu on the right above the comments list (forgot how to do screen grabs ) I'll check and also, Lightshot (free, easy screenshot tool) is your new best friend. https://app.prntscr.com/en/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodude Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 I'll check and also, Lightshot (free, easy screenshot tool) is your new best friend. https://app.prntscr.com/en/index.html Thanks for that - I'll give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Ok, I found it but I get an error that it "Failed to Launch AutoCAD" when I tried it. TIL (today I learned) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Thanks for that - I'll give it a try. No problem. It's a great tool and that it's free and NO spyware is the cherry on the top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodude Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 Ok, I found it but I get an error that it "Failed to Launch AutoCAD" when I tried it.TIL (today I learned) Yup I learned too. Think you have to have release 2017 on the same machine but I still got the the empty drawing on try one and failed to launch every other try. Never mind - turns out rel 2017 has a good import pdf facility now so no worrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Well I have AutoCAD 2019 as well as current Acrobat DC Pro (Adobe CC) and that might be it. I tried to dig into Acrobat's preferences for export and I found no DWG reference. For viewing and using CAD based PDF files Bluebeam is a FAR better solution, imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 The only thing I have seen documented on any PDF exporting to AutoCAD is for comments and looks like the PDF needs to be created by PDFMaker. Export comments to AutoCAD (Acrobat Pro on Windows) You may have reviewers add comments to a PDF that was created from an AutoCAD drawing. If you use AutoCAD PDFMaker to create a PDF, you can import comments into the AutoCAD drawing, rather than switch between AutoCAD and Acrobat DC. You can import most comment types, including drawing markups, sticky notes, stamps, and text edits. 1 Save the PDF to ensure that recently added comments are included. 2 Do one of the following: •From the options menu in the comments list, choose Export To AutoCAD, and then specify the PDF file and the AutoCAD file in the Import Comments dialog box. •In AutoCAD, choose Acrobat Markups > Import Comments From Acrobat DC. 3 In the Import Comments dialog box, specify the PDF that contains the comments, specify which comments to import, and click Continue. If you import a custom set of comments, specify the set by making sure that only the characteristics you want are selected. You must select at least one option in each category. Show By Reviewer Imports comments by individual reviewers. Show By Type Imports comments by type, such as text edits or note comments. Show By Status Imports comments by review status. Show By Checked State Imports comments that are checked. All imported comments appear in the Adobe Acrobat Markups layer as custom objects that you can edit, filter, or delete. 4 To modify an imported comment (change the status, add a check mark, or modify text), right-click the comment, choose Acrobat Comments, and then choose an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski_Me Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 For one stop shopping the import tool on AutoCAD 2017 is great and works very well, as long as your working with vectored PDFs anything else it doesn't do so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodude Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 For one stop shopping the import tool on AutoCAD 2017 is great and works very well, as long as your working with vectored PDFs anything else it doesn't do so well. Yes I was impressed when I tried it with a process line diagram - joined lines came in as polylines text came in as Ariel multiline text. Ironically the second one I imported looked like it had AutoCad standard font when the PDF was made from the cadfile. Text came in as geometry. I am guessing I need to get the acad standard font and save it somewhere Acrobat can find it perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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