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    • kenK Offline
      ken
      last edited by

      Well I don't get floor plans, but I do get a lot of PDFs. Sometimes for my use, I can convert the PDF to DWG or DFX, which works out very well. Note, the import to Sketchup may not be to scale in DFX, so I need to make sure I have a measurement that I can use to scale the imported DFX.

      As for PDF that will not convert, I use PicPick, a very good screen capture program. If I don't want the whole drawing, just parts, I expand the view until I have the part I wish to use to model and use PicPick to copy the screen. I then input into Sketchup. Now, here comes the tricky part. Images usually come in not to scale vertically and horizontally at the same time. So, I make the image a group. open the group and use the rotated rectangle to make a rectangle over areas that I know the measurement. Then I use one side (horizontally) of the rectangle to scale the image and then scale the other side (vertically). Oops! that not the native scale tool, that is Fredo's scale tools.

      Now, why don't I use a line, because, I have found I can place a box over lines to get a better fit. Complicated, but hey, sometimes that all I have to use.

      Hopes this helps.

      Ken

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      • JoelM3DMJ Offline
        JoelM3DM
        last edited by

        How do you convert your PDFs to DWG?

        || Joel Metzger 3D Modeling
        || story-shorts.net - Animation with SU

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        • kenK Offline
          ken
          last edited by

          I have two programs that will convert PDF to CAD. Both do the job, however, pdf2cad will allow you to convert to CAD and PDF 2 DXF will only convert to DXF.

          Not cheap.

          pdf2cad v8.5

          PDF 2 DXF 2, http://www.cadkas.de/downengpdf11.php

          And also online, http://dwg.autodwg.com/

          Hope this helps.

          Ken

          Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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          • charly2008C Offline
            charly2008
            last edited by

            Hi,

            I think with Inkscape it is also possible.

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            • charly2008C Offline
              charly2008
              last edited by

              I've tried it again. PDF opened in Inkscape and saved as DXF. Furthermore you can save as PNG or Bitmap


              PDF in Inkscape.jpg


              DXF in Sketchup.jpg

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              • xiombargX Offline
                xiombarg
                last edited by

                Photoshop, or if you need something that is free GIMP works quite well.

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                • JoelM3DMJ Offline
                  JoelM3DM
                  last edited by

                  Yes, I usually do a screenshot, and Photoshop works too. But they are both time consuming and take a bunch of steps. I might have 15 pages of plans in a pdf and that can take a long time.

                  I wonder if there is an app that converts easily automatically. I would think it is a common need.

                  || Joel Metzger 3D Modeling
                  || story-shorts.net - Animation with SU

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                  • JQLJ Offline
                    JQL
                    last edited by

                    As Xiombarg says, Gimp will do it fast. Just open a PDF in Gimp, choose dpi and wich pages you want to convert and you'll have the pdf2jpg in no time

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                    • JoelM3DMJ Offline
                      JoelM3DM
                      last edited by

                      Thanks!

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                      • sketch3d.deS Offline
                        sketch3d.de
                        last edited by

                        just open in your preferred PDF viewer and save in a raster format, preferrably not in the lossy compressed JPEG format (= artefacts on hard contrasts as e.g. black curves on white bg) but the losless compressed PNG or TIFF format.

                        if the PDF contains vectors you can use Adobe Illustrator to save to DWG/DXF (30 day trial avail.).

                        alternatively and if you wanna convert the raster data to vectors you may want use the capable Print2CAD for doing this (and much more).

                        hth,
                        Norbert

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                          NatanKook
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                          If you need to convert formats in the future, try using a service called Convertio.co. It's free and easy to use.

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