There is a specially designed application for converting PDF to CAD drawing named as VeryDOC PDF to DWG Converter which can convert the document of PDF to DWG or DXF format of CAD program. This command line application doesn’t rely on any other CAD program or PDF program in the conversion process. So it is a stand-alone application.
PDF to DWG Converter supports to create output files of AutoCAD 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2000, R14 etc. versions. In the conversion, you can also set several parameters for the target CAD drawing such as rotate, scale page and so on. There are only three steps for you to fulfill the task and you need to see the following contents.
Before the conversion from PDF to CAD, please download the command line application at https://www.verydoc.com/pdf2dwg.zip. From the link you can see it is a ZIP file which needs to be unzipped to some disk of your computer and then you will be use it instantly. The called program in the conversion is pdf2dwg.exe in the extracted package.
The first step in the conversion is opening MS-DOS interface which is the conversion plat form for inputting the command line. Please click “Start”—“Run” to open “Run” dialog box. You need to input “cmd” in “Open” combo box and click “OK” button in “Run” dialog box. You can also press “Window”+ “R” on the keyboard to open “Run” dialog box, which is the quick way.
The second step is inputting command line in MS-DOS interface. The command line includes three necessary parts: called program, source file and target file. You can also add some other parameters for realizing some functions you need. Please see the following command line example:
pdf2dwg.exe -rotate 45 C:\input.pdf C:\output.dxf
pdf2dwg.exe -xscale 0.5 -yscale 0.5 C:\test.pdf C:\out.dwg
You can follow the two commands above to write your own one.
In the command line,
pdf2dwg.exe notifies the called program. Please use its path in the command line for calling the file.
-rotate 45 is the parameter for rotating PDF document. You can rotate the document by any degree from 0-360.
-xscale 0.5 scales the PDF document by the factor 0.5 in X-direction.
-yscale 1.5 scales PDF document by the factor 1.5 in Y-direction.
C:\input.pdf stands for the path of input file.
C:\output.dxf is the name of output file.
NOTE: DWG and DXF are the file formats of CAD program and DWG can be opened by any CAD program while DXF is the unique file of AutoCAD.
The last step in the conversion from PDF to CAD is clicking “Enter” button to run the conversion.
If you want to learn more commands about the command line PDF to DWG Converter, please visit its homepage: https://www.verydoc.com/pdf-to-dwg-dxf.html where you can also buy the application.