For converting the document of PDF to DXF which is a kind of file AutoCAD compatible, please choose the command line application VeryDOC PDF to DWG Converter as your tool because it can convert many PDF documents to DXF or DWG files only by three steps. The stand-alone command line application doesn’t rely on any other Acrobat PDF or CAD programs when you make conversion.
For using the command line application, you can download it at https://www.verydoc.com/pdf2dwg.zip and unzip it to some disk of your computer. In the extracted package, you can use the executable file pdf2dwg.exe as the called program in the batch conversion. Just call it in MS-DOS interface.
There are two available licenses of PDF to DXF Converter. If you want to use the command line on a server, please use the server license. If you want to embed or redistribute the application to your developed software for implementing the function of converting PDF to CAD files, please choose the developer license. For purchasing any license of this command line, please enter its homepage at https://www.verydoc.com/pdf-to-dwg-dxf.html.
The first step—Open MS-DOS interface
You can use one of the following given ways to open MS-DOS interface for in it you can input the command line.
- You can click “Start”—“Run” to open “Run” dialog box and input “cmd” in “Open” combo box. Then click “OK” button.
- Use the hot key “Window”+ “R” combination on the keyboard to open “Run” dialog box and do the same work like the first way.
The second step—Input command line
The command line contains called program, source files and target files. The called program is the executable file pdf2dwg.exe, the source files are the PDF documents that you want to convert and the target file are the DXF files that you will get. The command line is like the following one:
pdf2dwg.exe D:\*.pdf D:\*.dxf
Where
pdf2dwg.exe stands for the called program.
D:\*.pdf stands for all the PDF documents to be converted in D:\.
D:\*.dxf stands for the path of target DXF files, which is specified as D:\, too.
Please remember to use the paths of each file appearing in the command line for accurately calling them.
The last step—Run the conversion
You need to hit “Enter” button on the keyboard to run the conversion from PDF to DXF. You can browse all the target files with some kind of CAD program such as AutoCAD in the specified location when the conversion comes to the end.