PDFin is a plug-in and requires an Autodesk application to run
Open and Edit PDF files from within AutoCAD
The PDFin plug-in (formerly pdf2AutoCAD) opens PDF files for editing directly within AutoCAD and other Autodesk applications. It’s not just another PDF Viewer or Underlay… It’s more! It extracts editable objects and text from the PDF and presents you with a drawing that's good to go.
Certified and available via the Autodesk Exchange Store or directly from Visual Integrity, the PDFin plug-in unlocks a PDF drawing in one easy step. Once installed, you access the app via command line or from a toolbar icon. PDFin will immediately open any computer generated PDF file. These vector PDF files are created using save, export or print-to-file on a computer. PDFin is unable to extract drawings from scanned drawing or hand drawings.
All objects can be modified. Text will be editable as MTEXT as long as it was stored as characters in the original PDF file. If it was “plotted” as pen strokes, the text will appear but can not be edited. The PDFin plug-in is not for scanned drawings and other raster PDF file. The PDF Underlay feature in AutoCAD can be used for these files.
The PDFin plug-in opens one page PDF files. For multipage conversions, support for layers, custom rotation and other advanced options, consider purchasing pdf2cad.
Features in PDFin
- Directly opens PDF drawings in AutoCAD
- Tightly integrated with AutoCAD
- Operates via AutoCAD command line (pdfin), menus and ribbon toolbar
- Generates editable objects
- Intelligent object recognition
- Combines characters to form editable words and lines of text
- Plotted text is rendered as non-editable WYSIWYG objects
- Fonts matched or substituted closely when font is not installed on system
- Realtime feedback reporting of messages, warnings and errors
- Streamlined interface for fast, easy conversions
- IMPORTANT! PDFin is a plug-in and requires an Autodesk application to run
