Category Archives: PDF

Import PDF Geometery

Posted on March 18, 2016 by AutoCAD Tips

New in AutoCAD 2017 is the much-needed ability to import PDFs. This new feature will import geometry and True Type Fonts (.ttf) only. If your PDF file contains fonts that use an .shx font, that text will be imported as … Continue reading →

Posted in New in 2017, PDF, TIPS | 3 Comments

Helpful Settings for Plotting 3D Solids in AutoCAD

Posted on June 19, 2014 by AutoCAD Tips

This post isn’t a fix-all solution but it has helped printing/plotting issues that I’ve recently encountered. There are some helpful AutoCAD variables and an adjustment to your preferred “Visual style(s)” that can help make printing 3D solids look correct in … Continue reading →

Posted in Layout, Paper Space, PDF, Printing - Plotting, TIPS | 21 Comments

Free ways to convert PDFs to DWG

Posted on June 19, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Here are two ways to convert PDF documents into .DWG (drawing) files. These are in fact free and they do a great job for the price. They both work the same in that the free versions will not process layer … Continue reading →

Posted in Manage, Modifying, PDF | 14 Comments