[Equest-users] PDF to CAD converter suggestion

R B slv3sat at gmail.com
Fri Aug 2 07:57:58 PDT 2013


I have used AnyPDFtoDWGConvertor. Allows about 30 free conversions.
-Rohini


On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Matthew Baron <mbaron at wendelcompanies.com>wrote:

>  Hi,****
>
> The link below is for a free service that will convert vector pdfs (not
> raster scans) to .dwg files. I have used this several times and very
> pleased. You upload the pdf to the site and they email you back the .dwg
> file. I believe it is the same as the Able2Extract 8, but online you can do
> as many files as you need but I think its limited on file size.****
>
> http://www.convertpdftoautocad.com/****
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> Thanks,****
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> Matthew J. Baron****
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Brian Fountain
> *Sent:* Friday, August 02, 2013 10:44 AM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] PDF to CAD converter suggestion****
>
> ** **
>
> With summer vacations in full swing, I went looking for the CAD drawings
> for my latest project just after my client’s point of contact went away.
> So, I was looking for PDF to CAD converters as I did have a .PDF set of the
> drawings.****
>
> ** **
>
> I ended up trying 3 “trial” converters and had success with 1:****
>
> ** **
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> I started with the trial version of PDF2DXF2012.  On my machine, the
> installation did not seem to work and the trial seems to only give you a
> viewer rather than the actual .dxf file so I was not able to fully test
> this converter and didn’t have time to keep playing.****
>
> ** **
>
> Next was VectPDF – this tool seems to be a plug in with AutoCAD allowing
> you to make the conversion from within AutoCAD.  Sounds neat but I am not
> an AutoCAD user so that did not help my situation.****
>
> ** **
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> The third converter I was successful with was Able2Extract 8.  The trial
> is limited to 7 days and only 3 sheets per conversion but it installed and
> outputs either a .dxf or .dwg (with other options as well – Excel, Word &
> Powerpoint).  I selected the .dxf and was able to open the resulting file
> into eQUEST  to trace my model custom footprint and zoning.  There are
> probably other good tools out there but I was pleased to find one that
> worked with limited fuss and let me get on with my model.  The link for
> Able2Extract is investintech.com <http://www.investintech.com/> (Note – I
> am not affiliated with the company, just found the tool useful for what we
> do!)  The cost of the software is $100 or $35 for a  30-day subscription.*
> ***
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> ** **
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> Cheers,****
>
> Brian****
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