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INSERT PDF INTO AUTOCAD

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mstg007 (Civil/Environmental) (OP)

4 Jun 03 13:22

Is there a way to either XREF or INSERT a PDF into autocad. so the PDF will show up, besides using a OLE Link.

Any ideas...

thanks

exit (Computer)

4 Jun 03 13:47

Some ideas:
Thread555-51604 Lothar

Win NT4.0 (SP6),
ACAD 2000i (SP2), ADT 3.0 (SP3),
ACAD 2002, ADT 3.3,
OCÈ 5200

architech (Computer)

23 Jun 03 18:20

Aside from using the OLE option.

Another option:
You can convert the PDF to a raster format in PHOTOSHOP. PHOTOSHOP can save the PDF to TIF/ JPG/ BMP/ etc ...
Then you can "image xref".

Hope that helps [spin1]

karole (Computer)

7 Aug 03 11:19

Hey,
I just spent about an hour trying to get a pdf into autocad 2002. Here's how I finally got decent quality:

First, I opened the page in Adobe Reader (6.0),
then used the "Select All" to get a bounding box around the entire page... then, I changed the zoom to 200 (This is how you can retain the quality). You can paste the image that's now on the clipboard directly into AutoCad, but I found that it took a very long time to process the paste, so, instead, I pasted into PowerPoint first, and resized. Then I selected the image from PowerPoint and did a copy. Then went to AutoCad and pasted. It acutally came in nice and clear.
I know I probably went the long way about doing this, but I didn't have any of the other programs mentioned by the other folks.

Anyway... hope it helps.

Karole

mstg007 (Civil/Environmental) (OP)

7 Aug 03 11:56

Dude... that is a great idea! So we know that PowerPoint can Hold Great High Quality!

Thanks!

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