CalypsoArt Posted August 8, 2011 Posted August 8, 2011 I have been using CorelDRAW to PDF's with vector information to DWG's. It is not something I do often so it was fine. I got a few more PDF drawings and decided to try the converters available. These are the trial versions, but the output seems to be worse than what I get with Corel. Is there any one in particular that gives excellent conversions. I can see spending $200 plus to get what I already get wit Corel. Quote
Cad Monkey 2 Posted August 8, 2011 Posted August 8, 2011 I've had good luck with dopdf - it's a free one. The only time it has given me problems is when I had any kind of bit map scan as part of the sheet. If it was too much bit map data it would take a really long time or freeze up. Luckily AutoCAD has a converter built in on the newer versions which has worked well for me even with bit map data. Quote
mdbdesign Posted August 8, 2011 Posted August 8, 2011 I've had good luck with dopdf - it's a free one.The only time it has given me problems is when I had any kind of bit map scan as part of the sheet. If it was too much bit map data it would take a really long time or freeze up. Luckily AutoCAD has a converter built in on the newer versions which has worked well for me even with bit map data. Pdf to cad??:rtfm: Quote
Cad Monkey 2 Posted August 8, 2011 Posted August 8, 2011 Ooops, misread as dwg to pdf. Not sure how much I like those new emoticons yet Quote
SLW210 Posted August 8, 2011 Posted August 8, 2011 I use GSVIEW with PStoEdit and convert to DXF. So far as long as the PDF was a vector the results are pretty good. Other than that I just insert and trace over. Quote
bennyboy86 Posted August 10, 2011 Posted August 10, 2011 i agree with SLW210 i jsut insert and trace over making sure it is to scale, not worth the hassle of converting when for example if there is a dashed line you get a little line for every dash, you still have to trace over it anyway so why bother converting just insert it works pretty good i do it all the time and am only out by maybe 5-10mm when we get the actual DWG files from clients,etc. Quote
Tankman Posted August 13, 2011 Posted August 13, 2011 On occasion, I use pdf2cad. Usually end up redrawing quite a bit but, gets you moving. If the pdf was a scan, you get a blank dxf and a tiff image. You would have to trace (after scaling) the image. Then, delete the image from the drawing; save as a dwg file. Results are usually, ugh. Quote
nestly Posted August 13, 2011 Posted August 13, 2011 I've used this one on vector PDF's and was satisfied with the results. This one doesn't have a time limit on the trial, rather a limit on how many drawings can be converted (30), which works well if you don't need to convert PDF's very often. http://anydwg.com/ Quote
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