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Able2Extract can export a pdf to various formats: In my testing, I opened a 97mb pdf file in Bluebeam and extracted one page to a separate pdf file for conversion. I opened this pdf in Able2Extract an…
We often have to deal with data that hasn’t always “lived” in our CAD, BIM or Revit world. Take a hand sketch, for example – how can you get that into a format that can easily be used in AutoCAD or Re…
Did you know support of Sketchbook Designer is coming to an end? Check this out: Link:SketchBook Designer – Concept Design & Illustration Software – Autodesk I guess the story is a bit like Impression…
If you open PDF files using the embedded vector data (ie. lines), you can then use ADR (Autodesk Design Review) to snap to PDF lines in order to measure them. This may be useful to you if you are usin…
You can now filter Google Image Search to just show you SVG files. Here is an example search:“Nintendo” SVG files See Only Resize-Friendly Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) In Google Images | Lifehacker …
Sometimes you will have access to a PDF file, but not to the original DWG. Is there any way you can get the base vector data, such as lines and arcs, out of the PDF and back into a DWG? Yes, there is …
So, you try and print a view with an image in it, and Revit 2010 just decides to crash…and you can’t figure it out! Well, Revit wants you to choose ‘Raster’ instead of ‘Vector’ under the ‘Print’ dialo…