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142846

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Jul 13, 2020
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How to convert dwg file to searchable pdf file?
thanks for any respond
 
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Autocad should have a "DWG to PDF" option in the plotter list, which would plot a PDF with searchable text. There are some Settings/Options in the printer setup that can affect that output, but I think default settings produce a searchable PDF.

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And what do you want to search for ?
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I need searchable pdf file because for example I want to know how many "psv" text is in the one pdf file.
 
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default settings produce a searchable PDF
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unfortunately autocad default settings dose not produce a searchable PDF. I tryed some settings/Options in the printer setup and could not have searchble pdf. for this reason I raised this question. only pdf to dwg.pc3 produce searchable pdf, but cad text are in the comments of pdf files.
 
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To prevent shx fonts appearing as comments in a PDF, set AutoCad variable PDFSHX to 0 before creating the PDF.
 
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CarlB (Civil/Environmental)
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I am not good on cad. Is it possible say how can I do this setting.
best regards.
 
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In Autocad, at the command prompt, type pdfshx and then 0 (the number zero)
 
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IFRs (Petroleum)
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Hello, I did Your solution, but the output is a nonsearchable pdf file. my question is:
Is there any way where we can convert the Autocad DWG file to searchable PDF without Autocad SHX Text?
thanks
 
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That's a shame because it says exactly what steps to do to get a searchable PDF. Perhaps you left out exactly what you did that didn't work?

Or, and this is just a guess, you are on such an old version of ACAD that none of that applies?

Another question - what FONTS DO YOU USE?
 
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3DDave (Aerospace)
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shame for what!? or for who!?
From Words to Do the distance is hundreds kilometers. Had you tried that yourself?
 
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I'm guessing English is your second language? Dave was not shaming you.

It looked to me like the support article should have answered the question, although I haven't tried the procedure.

The quote above truncated the address. Perhaps you didn't get the full path. Link
 
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If that's the problem, the link did work when I clicked it on my response.
But here it is if that fails for 142846

knowledge.autodesk.com/
support/
autocad/
troubleshooting/
caas/
sfdcarticles/
sfdcarticles/
How-to-create-selectable-and-searchable-text-in-a-PDF-from-AutoCAD.html

Again - WHAT VERSION OF AUTOCAD ARE YOU USING?
 
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I'm guessing English is your second language?
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you are right. thanks for your perfect attention and sorry (espacially from 3DDave) for any misunderastanding. I will try improve my english.
 
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