What is the difference between the Figure & Drawing tools?

Anonymous · ‎2010-10-11

What is the difference between the Figure & Drawing tools?

Why are there two tools that are so similar?

Which tool would be best for me to bring in PDFs of architectural drawings so I can draw minor changes over them and then make a print of the original PDF showing the minor changes that I've made?

Laszlo Nagy · ‎2011-01-20

Yes, it is true. NO PDF with Figure Tool under Windows.
I never knew this is possible in Mac. But never missed it.
I guess if you don't know you could have something then you are not missing it that much.

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Steve Jepson · ‎2011-01-21

johncassel wrote:
...Which tool would be best for me to bring in PDFs of architectural drawings so I can draw minor changes over them and then make a print of the original PDF showing the minor changes that I've made?

http://www.autodwg.com/pdf-to-dwg-converter/?gclid=CIH2n9GIzKYCFQQFbAodUnHtHA

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Andreas _kerlund · ‎2013-11-07

Hi!

I don't know if someone has mentioned this before, but one more difference between drawing and figure is that a drawing can't be saved with a module (hotlink) while a figure can.

Andreas Åkerlund, Arkitekt SAR
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