_E_ Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Hi there, I have two PDF's that I need in dwg or dxf format. Anyone know the best programs to do this? Cheers Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBC Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Best (and most legal) way is to contact the people who sent you the pdf's initially Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_E_ Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 Yeah, I have tried that but to no avail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 There are conversion programs but my experience has shown them to give less than satisfactory results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_E_ Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 Yeah I have tried a few free trials one seems pretty good, Aide PDF to DXF Converter. But i was wondering what other people use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Yeah I have tried a few free trials one seems pretty good, Aide PDF to DXF Converter. But i was wondering what other people use. I've heard that "Back To Cad" works pretty well, but I haven't personally used it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_E_ Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 Thanks, any views from people who have used these programs would be much appreciated before i go out and buy one. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Thanks, any views from people who have used these programs would be much appreciated before i go out and buy one. Cheers The company I work for researched this type of software. After testing several, they decided to purchase the one I previously recommended. Maybe you can find a free trail version to test for your application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busseynova Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 It's not ideal, but I do this all the time by opening the PDF in Adobe Illustrator, then exporting to DWG. So long as the PDF is formed from vectors and not rasterized it works, sort of. Thing is that everything is on one layer and it seems to break down arcs and hatches into fragments, so drawings can be pretty messy. It still saves me loads of time redrawing buildings though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 This is what I use too. It gives me double duty as I also get a nice vector drawing program as well as a PDF-to-DWG tool. :wink: It's not ideal, but I do this all the time by opening the PDF in Adobe Illustrator, then exporting to DWG. So long as the PDF is formed from vectors and not rasterized it works, sort of. Thing is that everything is on one layer and it seems to break down arcs and hatches into fragments, so drawings can be pretty messy. It still saves me loads of time redrawing buildings though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_E_ Posted July 27, 2010 Author Share Posted July 27, 2010 Cheers bussynova, I tried it and it was brilliant. Another good thing is that our PR team have the only copies of Illustrator, so they can convert all the requests that our CAD team get for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder76 Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 http://www.aidecad.com/pdf-to-dxf-converter.html Link to Aide pdf to dxf - you can download a free trial version. I use it when I have to convert a pdf - but like others it makes the drawing a bit messy but workable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I have two PDF's that I need in dwg or dxf format. Anyone know the best programs to do this? http://dotsoft.com/pdf2dwg.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 www.pdf2cad.com not excellent but, will get you goin' quickly. pdf2cad produces a *.dxf file, workable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_E_ Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 bRILLIANT THANK-YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUGGESTIONS, i'VE ORDERED A TRIAL OR DOWNLOADED TRIAL VERSIONS TO TEST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Great _E_! I just used the converter on two *.pdf's downloaded from one of my suppliers. Worked excellent but, part of the reason is, "The *.pdf was created from an AutoCAD drawing." Lucky for me! Scanned images are junque! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_E_ Posted July 29, 2010 Author Share Posted July 29, 2010 Yeah, I have noticed that if you are trying to convert a scanned pdf, it doesn't matter what program you use, you get terrible results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 A client company I use to work for had a large volume of manual drawings and didn't want to pay the cost to have them converted. Their solution was to purchase a large scanner. The results were less than good. It worked fine just to print out copies, but every entity in the resulting dxf file was compiled of dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_dk_ Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Have you tried a PDF underlay? What version of Autocad are you using? Please state this when you start a thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_E_ Posted July 29, 2010 Author Share Posted July 29, 2010 _dk_ yes I have tried pdf underlays but the rest of the company are using AutoCAD LT 2008 so they can not view the underlays that I attach. With regard to your throw away comment at the end of your post, if you look underneath your, mine or anyones eles name it clearly states which piece of sotware they are using. Please be aware of this before you rattle anyone elses cage. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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