PDF to Acad converter...
PDF to Acad converter...I work at home and in an office. At home have one system and in office have yet another. In a few days now will be receiving a PDF type file at home of a plan, that was done by another, years ago. For years now, the customer cared little about how fast the project got done, for was a small firm and just cared that it got done in 2-3 months then. In time to move on to next project then. On this PDF file, they paid for everything, it got converted to the new page format and sat on their home computer a few years. The customer basically has a grading plan that is 6-10 years old, and does not meet today's standards. I need to not really re-drawn all of it, but update it then and get it signed off for a permit. He had it scanned and saved as a PDF, and now wants to get going on the project while bank loan costs are down.
As I often get donated (free) computers at home to work off from, I need a conversion program that can be used to convert this format. I used to use Ghostgum on the home computer for the occasional (twice per year) a conversion, but since going to a newer OS, that old comfortable computer bound up the well used hard drive and it stopped working. Now then something new again.
Here is the situation first which may need explaination. At home, got one computer connected to another via wire. One downloads things from internet, and the other one then works in Acad. No problem there for me. Thus the new conversion must easily work off the Internet computer, by itself, and not the secondary one (which has ACAD upon it). It has to run in a stand alone situation. I have found a few places with Trial Offers, only to find they require the latest and greatest edition of Autocad, lottsa RAM, a very high speed download program connection, and M-S Windows 7 now, plus a pre-payment of $500 or so. I got none of that at home. But I do have time, and if it takes 10-20 nimutes to download OK, (instead of being instant). But if the new freebie software is requiring the above then the deal is off. At a few web sites they do not tell you of such until you have in hand via purchase their software. I do not need anything that fancy or fast, for I only do such once or twice per year. Oh, you do not have the latest installed then we can't help you.
Got any suggestions for doing such an occasional type drawing on the old sly?
Wm. Then it is up to the client to provide the drawing in the best manner possible (one that can be opened and editted in AutoCAD without conversion) or absorb the cost of manually tracing it. Have you tried scan2cad?
As Tank and ReMark says, it's an either/or thing. Either they client awas a good drawing and have to pay for it. Or he wants an half-ased drawing that doesn't cost as much.
What you can do it show him how it looks when you do a pdf-to-dwg conversion with one of the free trial versions. If that is good enough for him, then go with it.
I have heard about such a product, but never used it. If it takes about 1-10 minutes to convert a drawing instead of the 2-3 days others are mentioning, will work out OK then.
Need a URL if possible.
Still have not received the origial PDF but it used to come as a type 4 or 5 to which I could then see.
Wm. Scan2Cad can be found here.
http://www.softcover.com/
Look on the left hand side.There is a trial download available. If you're using the drawing from PDF, modify it with photoshop if you have it you can erase the portions that need to be changed. save it as a tiff file or Ole.imoport it to autocad and make the changes you need.You could also use the wipeout command and make changes that way.Doing it this way you wouldnt have to trace out the whole drawing. If the client would provide it as a .tif them you could use the Acad Wiseimage add-on to work with it and even convert the raster to vector.
BUT can you justify the cost of Wiseimage if you are only going to us it twice a year?
I already have mounted up and going a version of R-2-V as they have mentioned. It works OK for me. Essentially what is contained in the Trial Version.
But, like before, their version that can accept a PDF file will only work on some high ended software. Need to read their mention in center column once again. My last purchase said that it only would crete files if I was using Windows 7 and had Acad 2010 loaded up onto some very expensive computer. Although the PDF file has not arrived yet, would have to increase conversion fee to well beyond that if I did the fieldwork etc. via hand. He isn't rich, but everyone thinks a developer must be then. Doubt he would go fora one time increase of about 2 1/2 times the going rate.
Wm. Then it sounds like you import a raster image and trace over it or you digitize it if you take me up on the offer I sent you via PM.
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