Turning DWGs into PDF for issue
Turning DWGs into PDF for issue
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Hi,
When turning DWGs into PDFs for issue the file sizes become massive, too big to send in an email. I find this strange because the orginal DWGs were tiny. For example drawing M/002 was 272KB as a DWG but when converted it became 2.45MB. Any ideas why this is and how I could make them smaller?
I am using AutoCAD2004LT.
Thanks
When turning DWGs into PDFs for issue the file sizes become massive, too big to send in an email. I find this strange because the orginal DWGs were tiny. For example drawing M/002 was 272KB as a DWG but when converted it became 2.45MB. Any ideas why this is and how I could make them smaller?
I am using AutoCAD2004LT.
Thanks





RE: Turning DWGs into PDF for issue
RE: Turning DWGs into PDF for issue
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RE: Turning DWGs into PDF for issue
A more effective way of publishing a DWG drawing is using the DWF file format. Besides a smaller file size you'll get some other advantages - see:
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RE: Turning DWGs into PDF for issue
Reducing the quality settings in the pdf driver settings will likely result in much smaller file sizes with little to no loss in quality/readability of the dwg's
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RE: Turning DWGs into PDF for issue
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RE: Turning DWGs into PDF for issue
May want to try turning drawing into a block than convert into .PDF
RE: Turning DWGs into PDF for issue
To keep it simple AND free, I use PDF995. There are others. It allows problem free conversion of all drawings. Lineweights are perfectly preserved. Title blocks in P-Space are perfectly preserved. P-Space viewports of M-Space content is perfectly preserved. So are inserted picture bitmaps (I use both JPG's and TIF's depending on what's appropriate for the particular purpose.) Text and Dimensions are perfectly preserved. In short, its just a matter of selecting PDF995 as the target printer in the ACAD Plot command, and running the plot as usual. You edit the ACAD.CTB as usual for managing linewights per color as in any plot.
There are others that work as well, but this is the one I'm most familiar with.
Good luck !
RE: Turning DWGs into PDF for issue
I made page setups for the offices (for the standard page sizes) so it is easy to make every pdf the same and use the same plot style. (We use stb's primarily.) Prints out as expected every time.
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