CadYouDigIt Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Recently I have been importing the pdfs we get from clients and attaching them as an image into autocad, and then having to go through the trouble of tracing out each line. I am curious if there is a way to already have the lines drawn out? This would save me a lot of time! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 It sounds like you are looking for a PDF to DWG conversion program or something similar. Is that correct? One option is to use a free vector program such as Inkscape to import vector PDF's then save them as a DXF. I think something similar can be done using Adobe Illustrator. AutoCAD 2018 has the PDFIMPORT command whereby the user can import PDF data as 2D geometry and it will also import TrueType text and images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 AutoCAD 2018 has the PDFIMPORT command whereby the user can import PDF data as 2D geometry and it will also import TrueType text and images.I second this information. If your company has access to AutoCAD 2017 full version, you can do this entirely through AutoCAD if the PDF is in vector form. It works very well. Granted, it's not perfect, but certainly does the job for most needs. -TZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 One point on the AutoCAD PDFIMPORT, the PDF has to be a true vector PDF and not a scanned PDF. But 3rd motion for this great tool now included in AutoCAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadYouDigIt Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 Most of our pdfs do come in true vector PDFs.. most of the time. So I guess I will have to try this command on our other computers! Thanks a bunch guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomas1122 Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 My first post, I hope i dont bump the wrong thread. As to the above i belive the pdfimport command gives good better results compard to the paid softwares around, atleast when it comes to engineering drawings. Pdf s with lots of ills tend to be problematic, use incscape for those, or even better adobe illustrator if you have the budget. A follow up question on pdfimport command: I would like to build the (command "-PDFIMPORT" ...) into a lisp to batch it, for all pages within a pdf document Does someone have an insight in that? i have tried: (Command "-PDFIMPORT" strFilename 1 300,0 1.0 0) but it dosnt accept my filename string Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Have not tried yet but no idea how you would determine number of pages with Pdfattach maybe just do import 1-99. Maybe use a on-error to stop loading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradmh Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Did you ever find a way to get this working? I am trying to write a command to bulk convert vectorized pdfs back to cad files (new file import pdf at default coordinates and scale, save and close) for all files in a folder, but having an issue bringing in the files without the dialog box appearing - FILEDIA already set to 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 great question. I am also tracing over pdf's at my job right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Need to look at what the command is asking when using -pdfimport this works without dialouge appearing can be used in a script etc. (Command "-PDFIMPORT" "f" strFilename 1 300,0 1.0 0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addysmith97 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Well, I am not sure but you can try the Import PDF command. In this command, If you want to add PDF as an attachment it converts into DWG components or PDF file can be imported directly into the drawing file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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