ATTACHING PDFs and SNAPPING TO LINE WORK OR POINTS

[timwglass368203]

We often receive plot plans and house footprints in PDF, which I attach to the drawing (File | Attach) and then trace over. I've noticed that some PDFs I can snap to points and lines, and other PDFs I can't. Why is that?

Tim

ACAD 2012 IN VMWARE ON MAC

[Tom Beauford]

I believe the snaps and layer options only work if the PDF was created with AutoCAD's DWG To PDF.pc3
It's all I use, and I've had the same issues with PDF's by others.

[Coloradomrg]

I think it depends on the version of the PDF, and possibly the creation program. We used to use an add on that would create PDF's that were snapable, but I can't remember the name of it...

[Jmurphy]

PDF's come in two versions, Vector or Raster. Vector is like an AutoCAD dwg and allows snapping, raster is like a bmp or image file and there is no snapping. Depending on what creates the
pdf and it's setting depends on if it's raster or vector format.

[Tom Beauford]

PDF's come in two versions, Vector or Raster. Vector is like an AutoCAD dwg and allows snapping, raster is like a bmp or image file and there is no snapping. Depending on what creates the
pdf and it's setting depends on if it's raster or vector format.

When Transparency is used I've heard all plot files are raster. Never used it myself, but it may have been used by whoever created those PDF's.

[Jmurphy]

When Transparency is used I've heard all plot files are raster. Never used it myself, but it may have been used by whoever created those PDF's.

When using the Autocad dwgtopdf plot config, yes it ceates a raster verion of a pdf. Also with Map3D any data connections will create the raster type by default when plotting to pdf.

[Tom Beauford]

When using the Autocad dwgtopdf plot config, yes it ceates a raster verion of a pdf. Also with Map3D any data connections will create the raster type by default when plotting to pdf.

By default are you saying it can be controlled? I'd always prefer vector if it were an option.

[Jmurphy]

By default are you saying it can be controlled? I'd always prefer vector if it were an option.

In 2011 I know you had to go back into the dwg2pdf.pc3 and reset it for each plot IIRC. To be honest I haven't try it in a year years after I report the issue and told it would be put on the listtttttttttttttttt to be looked at. I think that was in 2009 beta testing.

[Jmurphy]

By default are you saying it can be controlled? I'd always prefer vector if it were an option.

Ok now that I got a good nights sleep, it was the mapplottransparently command in the earlier versions of Map3D that would always reset to on when using data connect creating the raster PDF plots.