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Free Autocad To PDF Convetor

  • 09-08-2013 9:11pm
    #1
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Anybody got any advice on where to get one?
    Basically i want to convert some drawings to PDF, so i can email them to another person and they can print to scale.

    thanks.

    Autocad 2012
    Windows 7 OS.


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  • #2
    Jacovs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭Jacovs


    AutoCad has a built in function for that.
    Just open the drawing in AutoCad, then plot/print, then under the printer/plotter in the "name" drop down box should be an option "dwg to pdf.pc3" or similar. Click OK, select destination folder for PDF output file. Viola.

    Edit: can also use "export" function to export to pdf.


  • #3
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Jacovs wrote: »
    AutoCad has a built in function for that.
    Just open the drawing in AutoCad, then plot/print, then under the printer/plotter in the "name" drop down box should be an option "dwg to pdf.pc3" or similar. Click OK, select destination folder for PDF output file. Viola.

    Edit: can also use "export" function to export to pdf.

    was trying to use the inbuilt one but it keeps cropping my paper space for some reason. Also im using the student version so get mega "student edition" stamps on it :(


  • #4
    ht9zni1gs28crp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭ht9zni1gs28crp


    Whoever is marking the drawings or advising on the drawings wont mind student edition if that's what they are being used for.


  • #5
    De Bhál
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,967 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    kceire wrote: »
    was trying to use the inbuilt one but it keeps cropping my paper space for some reason. Also im using the student version so get mega "student edition" stamps on it :(

    I use Bullzip

    simple to use


  • #6
    f1dan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭f1dan


    PrimoPDF is a good pdf free pdf converter.

    When I used the student version i used to print with a large margin and then crop the actual drawing out afterwards using a PDF tool.


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  • #7
    darragh o meara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,237 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    f1dan wrote: »
    PrimoPDF is a good pdf free pdf converter.

    When I used the student version i used to print with a large margin and then crop the actual drawing out afterwards using a PDF tool.

    I use primo or nitro PDF maker. However there is a setting to change from A4 to whatever size you require. Otherwise printing an A4 PDF blown up to A2 makes it look very bad.


  • #8
    galwaydude18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭galwaydude18


    cutepdf is what I use. Plot the drawing and use cutepdf as your plotter. It free as well


  • #9
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
    you can change the defaults so the pdf uses the filename

    check the dpi and set the paper size to A0 or whatever


  • #10
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,830 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    galwaydude18 wrote: »
    cutepdf is what I use. Plot the drawing and use cutepdf as your plotter. It free as well

    Ditto.
    have zero complaints as its incredibly easy to install & use.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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