PdfImport

PDF Entity 

CAD Entity

Picks the first of two points to convert a rectangular area of an underlay to CAD entities:

1. Pick a point in the drawing or specify x,y coordinates
2. Prompts you:
   Specify the opposite corner - pick the other point to form a rectangular area

Picks three or more points to convert a polygonal area of an underlay to CAD entities:

1. Specify first point - pick a point on the PDF or else or specify x,y coordinates
2. Specify next point or [Undo] - pick another point, or enter U to undo the last segment
3. Specify next point or [Undo] - pick another point, or else press Enter to continue

When you pick points that are not on the PDF, the program ignores your pick points, and you have to pick more.

Selects the entire PDF underlay for conversion to CAD entities.

Displays the PDF Import Settings section of the Settings dialog box; see below.

Keeps the PDF underlay in place, in addition to converting its vector portions to CAD entities.

Detaches the PDF underlay so that it is not longer a part of the drawing

Unloads the PDF underlay so that it is no longer seen in the drawing, but is still attached to the drawing.

Import Option

Description

Imports a specific page from the PDF file:

• Press Enter to import page 1, especially useful when the PDF file contains just one page
• Press ? (question mark) to list the page numbers in the PDF document; see below
• Specify the page number, such as 3.

Lists the page numbers in the PDF document; prompts you:

• Page(s) to list <* for all> [*] - press Enter, and then press F2 key to see the list in the Prompt History window, such as this:
      1
      2
      3
      4

To view the content of the pages before importing them, use File Manager's preview window or a PDF viewing program like Acrobat.

Displays the PDF Import Settings section of the Settings dialog box; see below.

Specifies the insertion point in the drawing:

• Press Enter to accept the default of 0,0 
• Pick a point in the drawing
• Enter x,y coordinates for the lower left corner of the imported file

Specifies the scaling factor for the inserted geometry:

• Press Enter to accept the default of 1 
• Enter a scale value

You cannot pick points in the drawing to show the size

Specifies the rotation angle:

• Press Enter to accept the default of 0 degrees 
• Enter an angle

You cannot pick points in the drawing to show the angle

Settings Option

Description

Determines how PDF layers are handled:

• 0 - use the layers in the PDF files; incoming layer names are prefixed with 'PDF-', such as
      PDF_A-ANNO-DIM
      PDF_A-STAIR
      PDF_DOOR
  
  
• 1 - segregate entities on separate layers, such as
      PDF_Geometry
      PDF_Images
      PDF_Text
      PDF_Solid Fills
  
  
• 2 - place entire PDF on the current layer

Determines if vector geometry is imported:

• Yes - imports and converts vector geometry
• No - does not import vector geometry

Determines if filled areas are imported:

• Yes - imports and converts solid fills, such as filled areas and wide lines into hatches
• No - does not import solid fills

Hatched areas are given 50% transparency,

Determines if TrueType text is imported:

• Yes - imports TrueType text and assigns them style names based on the font name, such as:
      PDF Arial
      PDF Arial Bold
      PDF Times New Roman Bold
  
  
• No - does not import text

SHX text is converted to polylines

Raster Images

Determines if raster images are imported:

• Yes - attaches raster images 
• No - does not import raster images

Raster images are saved as PNG files in a folder.

Imports the PDF and inserts it as a block.

Attempts to join lines and polylines into a single segment, when possible.

Gives imported lines with weight (width) a lineweight

Imports TrueType text as geometry, as is done with SHX text. The benefit here is if you do not have matching fonts.