Converting PDF to JPG
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How do you convert your PDFs to DWG?
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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
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Hi,
I think with Inkscape it is also possible.
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I've tried it again. PDF opened in Inkscape and saved as DXF. Furthermore you can save as PNG or Bitmap
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Photoshop, or if you need something that is free GIMP works quite well.
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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.
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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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Thanks!
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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 -
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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