eyde Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Is there a way to bind a PDF to a drawing? I don't want to keep the original PDF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANIEL Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I'm not sure I understand what your asking, are you trying to insert it into the drawing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyde Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Yes I have inserted it in a drawing. I cannot find a way to not have it linked to the origanal PDF. Like xref drawings where you can bind the xref to the drawing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 You can open the PDF and select all>Copy, then Paste Special in AutoCAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANIEL Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I've never done it so I took a pass it and didn't see an option to bind it and even the no path option still leaves it referenced, rather paculuar, sounds like autodesk may have dropped the ball on this though it may just be an issue with compatibility between adobe and autodesk. does it have to be a pdf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyde Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Copy does not seem to work it comes in all distorted. Yes it does need to be a PDF, it is a drawing that came from a client. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyde Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Ok this is really getting weird. I opened design review and opened the PDF in it and then copied it. When I did a paste it came in rotated and mirrored:shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Convert the PDF to a different image file format like .tff that can be embedded more easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Did you use Paste Special as I suggested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyde Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 Did you use Paste Special as I suggested? I am not given the option to paste special only paste and that does not work it comes in all distorted. I do not have an option to save the PDF to a TIFF or any other type of file except Text and that did not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANIEL Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 not the best quality but you could do a print screen to get a tiff out of it ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Are you using AutoCAD for MAC or some other program? Paste special has been around as far as I can remember in AutoCAD at least 2000i. Copy the PDF, _PASTESPEC on the commandline, Choose Picture (Metafile) You can also Insert as OLE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyde Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 Are you using AutoCAD for MAC or some other program? Paste special has been around as far as I can remember in AutoCAD at least 2000i. Copy the PDF, _PASTESPEC on the commandline, Choose Picture (Metafile) You can also Insert as OLE. Nope did not work came in very distorted again. I am using just plain AutoCAD 2011 with Windows. I think I will just leave it attached as an underlay. Thanks all for your help everyone:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 They come in great here with Paste Special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyde Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 They come in great here with Paste Special. I don't know why it is not here? Do you use Adobe Reader to view your PDF's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I don't know why it is not here? Do you use Adobe Reader to view your PDF's? Yes. Adobe reader latest version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Have you tried a different PDF, just to test? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyde Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 OK, I opened Design Review then copied view and then went into my drawing and did a paste special/ image enity and that worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Good to hear!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Drag and drop works ? _pdfAttach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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