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Drawing Help
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Gene <mopac1@...>
Would anyone on the list be able to convert PDF files to AutoCAD DWG files?
If so, please contact me off list at mopac1 at classicnet dot net Thanks, Gene Semon
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Charlie Vlk
Gene-
I can go from CorelCad (AutoCad dwg) to Corel Draw and save to PDF. What do you have? Charlie Vlk From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gene Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 8:08 PM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [STMFC] Drawing Help Would anyone on the list be able to convert PDF files to AutoCAD DWG files? If so, please contact me off list at mopac1 at classicnet dot net Thanks, Gene Semon
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Charlie Vlk
Sorry to use up the bandwith, but I don't have an off-list email to respond
and the answer may be of general interest for others with similar freight car drawing conversion problems. PDFs are generally, if not starting from CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator original drawings, "dumb" pictures of lines. To go into AutoCad .dwg format these can be imported but they have no intelligence..they are not individual lines with specific points in space. There are some conversion routines to convert .jpg and .pdf into vector graphics but they are not magic. Charlie Vlk
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mopac1 <mopac1@...>
Charlie,
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What I have are PDF scans of drawings for the Ste Genevieve car ferry. I was hoping to get two of the drawing into CAD, the Lines & Offsets and the general arrangement. But it doesn't look good. So far it appears I'll need to go old school. Gene
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From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Vlk Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:09 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [STMFC] Drawing Help Gene- I can go from CorelCad (AutoCad dwg) to Corel Draw and save to PDF. What do you have? Charlie Vlk From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gene Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 8:08 PM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [STMFC] Drawing Help Would anyone on the list be able to convert PDF files to AutoCAD DWG files? If so, please contact me off list at mopac1 at classicnet dot net Thanks, Gene Semon ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
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Jack Burgess
<PDFs are generally, if not starting from CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator
<original drawings, "dumb" pictures of lines. To go into AutoCad .dwg <format these can be imported but they have no intelligence..they are not <individual lines with specific points in space. There are some <conversion <routines to convert .jpg and .pdf into vector graphics but they are not <magic. < < < <Charlie Vlk Charlie and Gene... Charlie's comment about "conversion routines" reminded me that I think Kalmbach's staff converts manually-drafted plans to Adobe Illustrator files for publication which allows them to control line weights, etc. Illustrator can also open a .jpg file and export it as either a .dwg file or .dxf file. Photoshop can convert "most" .pdf files to .jpg files. Adobe Acrobat (not the Reader) can Save As a .pdf to a .jpg format. So one approach would be to: Use Photoshop or Adobe Acrobat to convert the .pdf to a .jpg file Use Adobe Illustrator to open the .jpg and export it as a .dxf or .dwg file I have all of these programs but can't check the exporting from Illustrator since I don't have AutoCAD. I do have AutoDesk's AutoSketch which opens .dxf and .dwg files but that didn't work, possibly since I needed choose which version of AutoCAD to export to (R13. R14, or R2000). I did a quick Google search and found that AutoDWG (www.autodwg.com) will convert a .pdf file to .dwg file for $49 per file. I'd be happy to work with you to see if I can do it. Jack Burgess
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Clark Cooper
Jack,
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Adobe Illustrator (CS4, at least) can open PDFs, though only one page at a time. Export to AutoCad from there. -Clark Cooper
On Mar 13, 2012, at 6:58 PM, Jack Burgess wrote:
<PDFs are generally, if not starting from CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator
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John Hagen <sprinthag@...>
Even my old as the hills Illustrator 10 can open pdf files albeit some newer
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file formats won't open. Then I open them using CorelDRAW and save them as Illustrator 10. Then I can export it to AutoCad. John Hagen
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From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Clark Cooper Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 7:06 PM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [STMFC] Drawing Help Jack, Adobe Illustrator (CS4, at least) can open PDFs, though only one page at a time. Export to AutoCad from there. -Clark Cooper
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jerryglow2
A scan unless further converted is a bitmap not a vector image. You're probably best importing it in a vector based program and drawing a new image in another layer.
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Jerry Glow
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "mopac1" <mopac1@...> wrote:
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John H <sprinthag@...>
And, I just found out, I can a pdf as an AutoCad in my CorelDRAW X4.
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John Hagen
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, "John Hagen" <sprinthag@...> wrote:
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Jack Burgess
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<A scan unless further converted is a bitmap not a vector image. You're <probably best importing it in a vector based program and drawing a new <image in another layer. < <Jerry Glow That was my first answer too and converting a bitmapped image into a raster image isn't going to be a accurate as drawing from known dimensions. But the conversion program I mentioned is a $220 program...it must be pretty good or there won't be a market for it. Adobe Illustrator also has a Auto Trace command which does the same thing although not to the accuracy we want... Jack Burgess
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