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IMPORTING PDF TO CAD LINEWORK

keily
Contributor

hey everyone,

 

i have linework in a pdf format that I wish to convert into linework in archicad, is there any way I can do this?

 

thanks heaps in advance - appreciated 

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Solution
Barry Kelly
Moderator

Place the PDF with the drawing tool.

If it is a vector PDF, you can then select it and 'Explode' it into line work.

If it is a scanned (bitmap) PDF then it will not explode.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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Solution
Barry Kelly
Moderator

Place the PDF with the drawing tool.

If it is a vector PDF, you can then select it and 'Explode' it into line work.

If it is a scanned (bitmap) PDF then it will not explode.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

thankyou barry! appreciated

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