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Conversion of DWG to PDF

2007-10-25 08:42:06

TimJ

Registered: Oct 25 2007

Posts: 2

Hi,

Can anyone help with the above, we are looking to devlop via an API or similar using the Adobe tools; an ability to convert DWG type files to PDF and retain the ability to measure using Adobe Viewer 8.1 after conversion.

I believe that LifeCyle ES will allow the conversion via an API (I think) but can not find anything to indicate being able to retain scale?

Regards,
Tim

2008-05-13 09:46:40

lkassuba

Registered: Jun 28 2007

Posts: 3636

You don't need LiveCycle just Acrobat 3D or Professional. Here is more information on how Acrobat can maintain viewport scale on Tim Huff's blog at:
http://blogs.adobe.com/timhuff/2007/01/the_measuring_tools_in_acrobat.php#more

Also, you can convert DWGs to PDF in Acrobat 8 Pro. or 3D within having Autocad installed:
http://blogs.adobe.com/timhuff/2007/04/creating_pdfs_from_dwgs_withou_1.php

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