Convert to pdf
Convert to pdf
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I need to convert graphics files (e.g.AutoCAD) to pdf or other 'common' format. The SCALE and QUALITY of the drawing must be preserved i.e. it must look like the real thing. What software can I use to do the conversion ?
Thanks in advance...
Thanks in advance...






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corus
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However, I don't think your suggestion would provide a product of the same quality and scale as the original.
The final product should look as if printed from the original application, in this case, as if printed directly from AutoCAD.
Many (all ?) pdf converters downscale the document and also reduce the quality of lines. One can work around the scale problem by playing around with the scale setting when printing to the pdf printer; however, quality remains the problem.
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This will set up a PDF printer and all you do is print, selct the pdf995 printer and you have a PDf file of the drawing.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand
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pdf995 is free, if you can live with pop-ups.
pdf995 is $750 for a 100 user license
pdffactory is $3600 for a 100 user license
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand
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Make sure you print to the correct scale and not 'scaled to fit'.
If it's AutoCAD, you could always print a DWF?
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There is a virtual printer and editor (or as a bundle) and they work perfectly. I started using this fer I was having trouble with the massively bloated Adobe Acrobat. I now use this software for all drawing issues.
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If your Autocad drawings are not too big you can always select it, "Export" it as a wmf. Then load it into a "Word" document. I do this a lot with small drawings.
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I got best results here : http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get814.htm.
Thanks for your support...
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Full version of Adobe Acrobat is $250 US and will allow you to print anything to PDF that you can print to any other printer.
This includes AutoCAD files.
Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng
Construction Project Management
From conception to completion
www.kitsonengineering.com
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But look at my earlier message.
pdf995 is $750 for 100 users, $7.50 each.
Adobe Acrobat is $250 each.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand
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It is free and I was thinking of dowmloading it to try it out.
PDF Creator
It is an open source program.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator
Frank M.
Tradewind Resources
http://www.tr-usa.com
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Yes, I use PDF Creator on a regular basis. I have used it for almost a full year and have had no problems. I have not used any other PDF authoring software so I cannot comment on how it compares with others, but for my purposes PDF Creator is great.
I use it mainly for converting drawings to PDF so that they cannot be edited, and so that they can be read by people without AutoCad. I also use it to convert invoices from spreadsheet format to PDF so that they cannot be changed.
I suspect that it does not have all the options that the commercial program have, but it does what I need.
regards
Katmar
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Rob Campbell, PE
Finite Monkeys - www.livejournal.com/users/robcampbell
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Rob Campbell, PE
Finite Monkeys - www.livejournal.com/users/robcampbell
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FILE > PLOT > PLOT DEVICE > (SELECT "ACROBAT PDFWRITER" FROM THE PLOTTER CONFIGURATION)
Please note that if any text and/or dimensions (in the AutoCAD drawing) are yellow, it does not show very well in the .pdf file, so change it to something else prior to creating the file. But be careful, sometimes modifying the color in AutoCAD changes the size and location of the dimensions.
Good Luck.
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Follow the same steps previously mentioned except as follows:
Choose Acrobat Distiller instead of Acrobat PDFwriter.
As long as you have Adobe Acrobat, it opens the .pdf file within a few seconds automatically.