TEXT EXPORT TEST.ics TEXT EXPORT TEST.icd T-01 (EXPORT TO PDF).pdf T-01 (PRINT TO PDF).pdf T-01 (NITRO TO PDF).
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I hope this helps to narrow-in on a solution, as the export/print to PDF function is integral to getting drawings out the door.
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Using Nitro Pro to print to PDF seems to work correctly (although it took two attempts - the first attempt did not correctly print the weld note annotation, the same as "Microsoft Print to PDF"). The above snip shows the ICD as desired for export/print.Īs others have noted, the above snip shows that the Export to PDF feature does not export dimensions, view names, and other annotations.Īs you can see above, even with the bog-standard "Microsoft Print to PDF" operation, the weld note annotation does not get printed/exported into the PDF correctly (the weld symbols come in fine, but the note does not). The yellow highlighter indicates where an annotation is missing in the export. The green highlighter shows the correct/accounted-for annotations. The snips below show snips from ICD & the 3 attached PDFs, highlighting the included and missing annotations. I've attached here the parent ICS and ICD files along with 3 PDFs (using 3 different print/export settings).
I put together a simple test case to help determine what is/isn't working (as I am in the middle of putting together a fairly-extensive detail drawing package for work). Since the OP did not reply to me, I still don't know whether he found any of the suggestions helpful.To piggy-back off of this a bit as well. It is easiest to scale objects on import in Illustrator but it is possible to scale objects in Illustrator. Open AutoCAD and click on the Autocad logo button then Open (or press Ctrl+O), browse for the dwg file you want to convert to PDF and click Open You can print to PDF either from the Model view (your working area) or by using a predefined Layout. If you specify the scale, Illustrator will be prepared to export the image to that same scale. When you open the drawing in Illustrator, you get to choose a scale or original size. This plotter is not available in nanoCAD 5, but you can download any free PDF-plotter (for example, BULLZIP PDF printer) and use it. In nanoCAD Plus select Internal PDF-plotter. Illustrator can export the drawing to a format readable in Photoshop. Hello Chris, yes, you can export your files to PDF using PDF-plotter. If someone has a CAD drawing but does not have AutoCAD, they can use Illustrator to open it(assuming the DWG version is early enough). So if the plot is made to scale, the Photoshop file will be to scale. The default settings are to open it with the same page (artboard) size as the plot. The most likely cause of the OP's issues was not plotting to scale. Plotting to TIFF is another which had already been mentioned. Exporting to PDF does not guarantee a particular scale or size.
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He was posting on an AutoCAD newsgroup about how to export a drawing to scale. The OP question did not state "once you've created a PDF". Please hit the Accept as Solution button if my post fully solves your issue or answers your you are replying to a thread that is 15 months old. Make sure that if you are printing to one of these file formats, that you use a pen table that reflects your desired outcome such as monochrome, greyscale, or color. Once the data is in the PDF format, I can use File Open in Photoshop and open the PDF directly.
Printing to a high quality PDF (high resolution) file works quite well for me. I have found that printing to PNG or JPG typically is too low resolution to be useful for my purpose.
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ps file you would have to add a postscript printer driver and print to a file using it.Īnother method of obtaining a high quality file is to print to TIFF. To create the EPS file you can simply go to the File menu and select export to.
The drawings being brought into a format that is usable in PhotoShop will need to either be vector based such as an EPS or postscript file or in a raster/vector file of adequate resolution when output from AutoCAD. There is a wealth of information in this thread! I thought I would add my two cents just in case it sheds any more light on the subject.