Lyndel Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Could anyone help me with a file I need to be able to rework in Sketchup Pro. The architect has supplied a PDF of her CAD drawings only. I have opened in Illustrator , saved as a .dwg (and .dxf) and then imported into Sketchup Pro. In both Illustrator and in Sketchup the drawing is broken up into Blocks. I cannot edit any of it. How can I get it to import as an editable file?? Upstairs floorplan edits_p14.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Your dwg comes into AutoCAD showing missing PNG files. It seems that your PDF was a raster scan PDF and NOT a vector generated PDF. This can't just be saved back to a DWG. Can you share the PDF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyndel Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, f700es said: Your dwg comes into AutoCAD showing missing PNG files. It seems that your PDF was a raster scan PDF and NOT a vector generated PDF. This can't just be saved back to a DWG. Can you share the PDF? Yes here it is. Drawing_L1 14.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Yeah something up with that "CAD" PDF. It is a mix of raster and vector in Illustrator on my end. No way to get the real dwg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Here is your PDF in Illustrator...the faded out items are raster images while the black lines are vectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyndel Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) Thanks so much for looking at the file f700es. I'll go back and see if they can output it correctly for me. No they wont pass on the cad or dwg. Greatly appreciate your help! Edited March 10, 2020 by Lyndel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Not a problem, good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Lyndel said: No they wont pass on the cad or dwg. So, they want you to build a 3D model, but they won't supply you with their CAD file? Unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Offer to sign a confidentiality agreement so they can send you the dwg. Using Pdfimport 2020 most of the pdf is a raster with a solid background as already stated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 You need the drawing file or you will need to just trace over the raster portions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 13 hours ago, Cad64 said: So, they want you to build a 3D model, but they won't supply you with their CAD file? Unbelievable. Been there myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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