Convert to PDF

[mickb]

How do I save my dwg as a pdf file?

[MARPOW]

The only way I know is to print to a PDF Printer like PDF Creator or Bluebeam.

[Robert.Hall]

PDF995 is free. Google it.

[rkmcswain]

How do I save my dwg as a pdf file?

You don't 'convert' to PDF.
A PDF file is the output from plotting.
Run the plot command, and select your PDF print driver.

[ekohles]

When I create a pdf in acad 07 it puts the paper size and pdf file suffix twicw.
how do I stop this?

[rkmcswain]

When I create a pdf in acad 07 it puts the paper size and pdf file suffix twicw.
how do I stop this?

Can you explain?
Do you mean it adds this to the plot file name or is there a problem in the dialog?

[sales.49456]

The only way I know is to print to a PDF Printer like PDF Creator or Bluebeam.

You can also use a third-party software like Slick! PdfPlus which also does batch conversion. You can download a demo from www.slickwin.com/slickpdfplusdownload.html.

[ekohles]

i pick DWG to PDF in the printer / ploter selection area in the plot model dialog box.
when i hit print, i am promopted to path it to where i want it saved.
it automaticly uses the file name that i have it saved as
but it adds the paper size dimmensions + .pdf.
when i hit save the file name looks this,
"filenamre"-"papersize".pdf.pdf

[s_morgan_b]

Is it actually adding the name of your viewport? Is your viewport labeled as your paper size?

[ekohles]

i don't name the viewports, howerver the drawing tabs are broke up into sheet sizes.
not sure why it would pull info from that though?

[cadfans1999]

The program below is probably the best way to do this. They give a free trial version.
http://anydwg.com/dwg2pdf/

[rkmcswain]

not sure why it would pull info from that though?

If you are publishing to individual files, it has to provide a separate file name for each plot file when more than one layout comes from the same drawing. So the template it uses is:
[Drawing Name]-[LayoutName].[file ext]