saving a cad drawing to a pdf file

[ollylandandwater]

how do i convert a cad drawing so it can be viewed as a pdf file? i have auto cad lt 2007 and a standard version of pdf viewer.

thanks in advance

 

[dogleg43]

Just print it out as as a *.pdf file. When the AutoCAD print window pops up pick the Adobe program instead of your normal printer.

Hope this helps.

 

[IFRs]

You have to buy software to do that. I use Adobe full version but here are lots of choices.

 

[francesca]

You do not have to buy software, there is plenty of open source software available. We use PDF Creator at home on WinXP.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

 

[ctopher]

Acrobat Pro will also allow you to save as PDF with the layers intact so they can be turned on/off.

Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)

 

[draftsman101]

Have you tried DWGgateway? It is a very handy tool.

B. Long
Dell Precision 380
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
AutoCAD 2005

 

[ollylandandwater]

thanks for all the help, i managed to do it using the plot option and printing it to file and changing the print option to dwg to pdf! thanks for all the help!!

 

[Golestan]

You can also use a free program called pdf995.
It has worked very well for me. Just use it as the printer choice, it will let you choose the paper size ...etc.

regards,

 

[Beantown89]

Use Foxit progam

 

[borgunit]

I can second PDF995. We use it throughout the department.

Using AutoCAD Mechanical 2006, UGNX4, XPsp2, MSOffice 2K3

http://mechcad-insider.blogspot.com/

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