What Ron said. Plus, check out Bluebeam CAD (www.bluebeam.com). I haven't figured out half of what it does but I like it. It might do the PDF-DWG thing but I use it's stapler and combine the drawings into sets as well and they have a preview window. I use it in office and AutoCAD. Tom
Travis, Please, names of the, "really slick programs," you allude to. On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Travis Mack, SET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Todd: > > When I get CD's like that, I save the drawings to my machine. As I open the > PDFs to see what they are, I will rename the file (often, these files are > just named A1, A2, etc..) to a more descriptive term so I can easily > reference it. > > Also, if you have the full version of Adobe, you can combine the typical > PDFs that you use into a single file and create bookmarks for easy > reference. I have been finding this faster than going through paper > drawings. > > Finally, if the PDFs are generated straight from AutoCAD, there are some > really slick programs out there to convert from PDF to DWG. We have a > standard request of DWG backgrounds that we ask for. Sometimes, there are > some other drawings / sections that are really helpful. I just convert > these to DWG from the PDF. > > Lastly, you can do screen captures from the PDFs and create image files that > can be inserted into AutoCAD or AutoSprink. > > So, I have not run into the situation you describe and actually find it more > beneficial to have everything in PDF as well as DWG. > > Travis > > I am running into situations more and more where I am given PDF files > instead of paper copies of plans. Some of the CD's I am getting have 50 to > 60 drawings on them. I have to open each one, figure out what it is and plot > it if necessary. Then if I need to refer to something else, I have to start > opening files again and search through. This takes significantly more time > than going through a set of paper plans. There is a lot of additional time > and expense with PDFs, which I don't have built into my cost. Has anyone > been charging a surcharge for receiving PDFs only? I'm thinking about doing > that and was wondering if anyone else is? > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
