topic Re: pdf on worksheet is out of scale, skewed in Modeling

pdf on worksheet is out of scale, skewed

Anonymous — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:00:18 GMT

Have a pdf floor plan that is too narrow if the length is correct and too short if the width is correct. Do we have the ability to skew pdf's some way?

Re: pdf on worksheet is out of scale, skewed

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:19:44 GMT

Use the Figure Tool instead of the Drawing Tool to place the PDF. See "Scaling" here:

http://www.archicadwiki.com/DifferenceBetweenDrawingAndFigureTools

Re: pdf on worksheet is out of scale, skewed

Steve Jepson — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:43:45 GMT

Archimamamia wrote:
Have a pdf floor plan that is too narrow if the length is correct and too short if the width is correct. Do we have the ability to skew pdf's some way?

Did you try using stretch (Ctrl-H) rather than resize (Ctrl-K) ?
When you select a Figure there will be a a place to tweak the dimensions in the Info Box. You may need to click on the little chain links if you want to change height and width independently.

Re: pdf on worksheet is out of scale, skewed

Anonymous — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:10:37 GMT

Karl wrote:
Use the Figure Tool instead of the Drawing Tool to place the PDF.

Hi Karl,

Been trying that since I read that article, but putting .pdfs with multiple pages and no images inside have been unsuccessful.

I first placed the figure tool and then opened to locate the PDF the dimensions of the page does not come up. See attached image.

Thanks.

Re: pdf on worksheet is out of scale, skewed

Barry Kelly — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:40:44 GMT

The figure tool can't place PDF files on Windows machines - only works on Macs.
Barry.

Re: pdf on worksheet is out of scale, skewed

Anonymous — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:45:50 GMT

Barry wrote:
The figure tool can't place PDF files on Windows machines - only works on Macs.
Barry.

awwwww.

Re: pdf on worksheet is out of scale, skewed

Anonymous — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:05:02 GMT

You can't place PDF's but you can export to image from the PDF into something usable like TIFF, PNG, or JPEG. Well, I suppose that depends on your PDF reader but I this all the time.

Re: pdf on worksheet is out of scale, skewed

Anonymous — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:46:06 GMT

Actually, went and measured the interior of the building to create accurate "as-builts", verify the floor elevations, stairs, windows, etc. Took a lot of pictures and found another problem.

Our stairmaker will not let us use it to show old fire escapes in the "up" position, only down. Does anyone know how to show a fire escape "up"?

Re: pdf on worksheet is out of scale, skewed

ratnabhirud — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:00:46 GMT

Hello Archimamamia,

Here is the answer for your question.

Go to File - External content - place external drawing,
Then check proper file type i.e. pdf and select - place wherever you want.
You may place it on Plan or on Layout.

It works on both Windows and Mac.

Regards,

Ratna

Re: pdf on worksheet is out of scale, skewed

Anonymous — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:46:51 GMT

ratnabhirud wrote:
Hello Archimamamia,

Here is the answer for your question.

Go to File - External content - place external drawing,
Then check proper file type i.e. pdf and select - place wherever you want.
You may place it on Plan or on Layout.

It works on both Windows and Mac.

No - The original poster wanted to distort a PDF. As discussed earlier on in the thread, this can only be done using the figure tool on a mac. You don't have the option to do this on PC.