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saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

(OP)
how do i convert a cad drawing so it can be viewed as a pdf file? i have auto cad lt 2007 and a standard version of pdf viewer.  

thanks in advance

RE: saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

Just print it out as as a *.pdf file.  When the AutoCAD print window pops up pick the Adobe program instead of your normal printer.

Hope this helps.

RE: saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

You have to buy software to do that.  I use Adobe full version but here are lots of choices.

RE: saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

Acrobat Pro will also allow you to save as PDF with the layers intact so they can be turned on/off.

Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)

RE: saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

Have you tried DWGgateway? It is a very handy tool.

B. Long
Dell Precision 380
P 4 2.80 GHz
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Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
AutoCAD 2005

RE: saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

(OP)
thanks for all the help, i managed to do it using the plot option and printing it to file and changing the print option to dwg to pdf! thanks for all the help!!

RE: saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

You can also use a free program called pdf995.
It has worked very well for me.  Just use it as the printer choice, it will let you choose the paper size ...etc.

regards,

RE: saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

Use Foxit progam

RE: saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

I can second PDF995. We use it throughout the department.

Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice 2K3

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