Fire Alarm Posted November 9, 2009 Posted November 9, 2009 I am looking and can not find anything to this matter. I do not believe it is possible to do, but because I can not find it does not mean it is not out there. Has anyone ever exploded or converted a DWF to a DWG? Quote
rkmcswain Posted November 9, 2009 Posted November 9, 2009 Yes, open the DWF in an older version of DWF viewer (not Design Review). Copy it to the clipboard, then paste special (as AutoCAD entities) into AutoCAD. Don't expect great results, remember a DWF is just a plot file, created at much less accuracy than the original DWG. Quote
Fire Alarm Posted November 9, 2009 Author Posted November 9, 2009 I'll try it with an older version. I did the paste special with the design viewer and results were not great. Thanks. Quote
Le Teace Posted November 9, 2009 Posted November 9, 2009 DWFs were meant to be used so others could not steal your designs & create their own drawings. This is why conversions are hard to find. However : I use anydwf2dwg It can be downloaded from softpedia dot com The trial versions lets you do a total of 45 conversions Quote
rkmcswain Posted November 9, 2009 Posted November 9, 2009 DWFs were meant to be used so others could not steal your designs & create their own drawings.I wouldn't necessarily agree with that. The main reason DWF was created was so that designs could be portable and a recipient would not need the creating application. The fact that the conversion back to a DWG file is of little worth is more of a side effect. Quote
Fire Alarm Posted November 10, 2009 Author Posted November 10, 2009 Thanks, I just decided to inserted as and underlay. It was wasting to much time looking for a conversion. Quote
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