[BigMike]

I have a PDF file that I would looove to have in dxf or dwg format, but I can also import it as a pict or jpeg.

anyone have any ideas?

I need it NOW!


I've downloaded a few programs, but none of them have worked

 

[LordOpie]

I have a PDF file that I would looove to have in dxf or dwg...

if those are vector based files, then the PDF would had to have been created in vectors -- lines vs pixels. Otherwise, you're out of luck.

Do you have Photoshop or Illustrator? Those would easily work with PDFs. Do you have a publishing program (eg. Quark XPress) that will import 'em? If so, you could import, then export 'em as various file types.

 

[BigMike]

if those are vector based files, then the PDF would had to have been created in vectors -- lines vs pixels. Otherwise, you're out of luck.

Do you have Photoshop or Illustrator? Those would easily work with PDFs. Do you have a publishing program (eg. Quark XPress) that will import 'em? If so, you could import, then export 'em as various file types.

it was. it was created in autocad, but I cant get in touch with the guy who sent it to me, he sent the wrong file.

I shoulda thought of Photo Shop! Think it will work?

I'm totally scatterbrained right now

 

[Toshi]

open it in photoshop. it will rasterize it (if it isn't already) and then you can save it in whatever image format your heart desires

 

[BigMike]

hrm.... that worked, but wont let me make it a pict.......
only a jpeg

I wish I could make it a DXF/DWG

 

[Toshi]

hrm.... that worked, but wont let me make it a pict.......
only a jpeg

I wish I could make it a DXF/DWG

i can't help you with the dxf format issue, but if you flatten the image and convert it to rgb color mode you should be able to save it as a pict.

 

[N8 v2.0]

Hey mon, open it in da photoshop. it will rastarize it.....

 

[BigMike]

BWAHAHAHAH!!
I WIN!

I found a way to do it. a program called pdf2vector. Everything you convert has a watermark until you register it, but they put the water mark in as an object, so I just deleted that object in VectorWorks

 

[Toshi]

http://www.bluemoontunes.com/pictures/rasta.jpg

heh. i prefer the more straightforward rasta of my salsa skewers , real rastafarians only cloud the issue

(the other side is green, of course. and sorry about the horrible sharpening halo on the singletrack text, that's my camera's [s30 for this pic] fault, i swear!)

 

[Ian F]

BWAHAHAHAH!!
I WIN!

I found a way to do it. a program called pdf2vector. Everything you convert has a watermark until you register it, but they put the water mark in as an object, so I just deleted that object in VectorWorks

LOL! I just had a conversation with our design manager about this... He wanted to send a client PDF's or PLT files so they couldn't "change" the drawings later. I basically told him that PDF's make it harder, but it really doesn't save you entirely.

 

[DVNT]

you can lock PDF's so they cannot be altered.
Adobe Rocks!

 

[binary visions]

LOL! I just had a conversation with our design manager about this... He wanted to send a client PDF's or PLT files so they couldn't "change" the drawings later. I basically told him that PDF's make it harder, but it really doesn't save you entirely.

Yeah, I'm constantly shocked at the number of people who think PDFs are actually a "secure" format. They aren't. They just make it a little more difficult for someone to change 'em.

That's like emailing a Word document with a read-only password and considering it secure. There's about six billion ways to unlock Word documents, including the most basic of copying and pasting into a new frickin' document.

 

[Lex]

Yeah, I'm constantly shocked at the number of people who think PDFs are actually a "secure" format. They aren't. They just make it a little more difficult for someone to change 'em.

That's like emailing a Word document with a read-only password and considering it secure. There's about six billion ways to unlock Word documents, including the most basic of copying and pasting into a new frickin' document.

You can lock and password protect any pdf file right down to preventing people from printing them. Seems pretty secure to me.

BigMike,
If the original drawing was done in a vector based program you can open it in Illustrator and it will come up as a drawing that you can edit and then export to either one of the formats you wanted.

 

[binary visions]

You can lock and password protect any pdf file right down to preventing people from printing them. Seems pretty secure to me.

...except they're not. There are hundreds of converters that will take a PDF and turn it into whatever you want. It's simply a deterrant, just like the password protector in word.

Just like a little cable bike lock. If someone wants to steal your bike, that little cable you wound around the wheels isn't going to stop 'em.

 

[DVNT]

NOTHING IS SECURE. But locking an engineering drawing as a PDF instead of a DXF is probably more than adequate for the application.