import PDF document in Plotmaker layout

[Anonymous]

How to place/import PDF document in a Plotmaker layout? I try import but it only shows the icon of PDF. I try copy/paste but same thing happen. Thanks your help ahead.

[TomWaltz]

You can't.

[Petros Ioannou]

You have to use an external application such as adobe illustrator, where you can open the pdf and convert it to DXF/DWG and import it to plotaker.
I am not sure what happens with the scale of the drawing.


Petros

[Anonymous]

ya, I can only import DWG drawing. I was trying to import some manufacturer details. But when I import the DWG drawing, all the arrows are changed to lines. I thought it is much easier to paste a PDF instead...but no luck.

[Anonymous]

eugenic wrote:
ya, I can only import DWG drawing. I was trying to import some manufacturer details. But when I import the DWG drawing, all the arrows are changed to lines. I thought it is much easier to paste a PDF instead...but no luck.

I'm certain there is a wish for PDF that you can vote for. Perhaps several. If I could vote multiple times, I would.

[Rakela Raul]

can you open it in photoshop, save as psd and import to pm ??

[TomWaltz]

Rakela wrote:
can you open it in photoshop, save as psd and import to pm ??

There are a lot of programs out there that allow you to save a PDF as something else (JPG, TIFF, etc). Any of those formats can be imported to Archicad and Plotmaker.

At this time, there is no way to directly import a PDF 😞

[Gerald Hoffman]

TomWaltz wrote:
You can't.

Tom I hate to disagree but I have been importing PDFs into Plotmater for quite awhile. It comes in as OLE. It may not work on MAC platform. Do I get a mug for this one?

Cheers,

[Richard Morrison]

Gerald wrote:

TomWaltz wrote:
You can't.

Tom I hate to disagree but I have been importing PDFs into Plotmater for quite awhile. It comes in as OLE. It may not work on MAC platform. Do I get a mug for this one?

Cheers,

My only gripe with this is that Plotmaker doesn't drop the PDF extension when using the filename for a title, the way it does with, say, a PMK or TIF.

Acrobat Pro itself converts PDF to a variety of formats, such as TIF, PNG, etc., all of which work very well in PM.

[Scott Bulmer]

We have been importing pdf's into PM as well, however only single page documents. When we attempt to import a multi-page pdf document, only the first page imports. Is there a way to import multi-page pdf's into PM? Adobe Reader cannot save single pages at a time as far as I know, which would be an option.
Thanks,
Scott