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How To Convert Your PDF To AutoCAD DWG… For Free.

25 Aug, 2010 by Josh Mings in RESOURCES
3D Human CAD Models

There are times in our life when we stand behind a wall, peek around the corner and snicker at someone pulling dimensions off a PDF document to sketch out a part. The tears roll down their overworked cheeks. If only they could convert the PDF to an .dwg file.

They can. It use to be that you had to take a PDF into Adobe Illustrator and export a .dxf file to get usable data out of the PDF file. That is no longer the case thanks to a handy little site called, wait for it… ConvertPDFtoAutoCAD.com. It’s different from other options in that it’s completely web-based.

All it requires is the PDF file, an email to send the converted file to and an attitude that says, “I’m gonna convert the PDF and you can’t stop ME!” It’s fast too. Here’s a quick look.

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Winner of Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended

28 Jul, 2008 by Josh Mings in CONTESTS

The random number generator from random.org picked the number 80. Out of 113 entries that means the winner is:

John D! John works for GageMaker, maker of, yep, fine gages. His PDF video idea was to, “use video in PDF’s to demonstrate the use of our gages and assembly procedures of our gages.”

So what did you think of the video ideas and new stuff in Adobe Acrobat 9? Did you know you can try it out?

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Adobe Launches Acrobat.com and Acrobat 9

02 Jun, 2008 by Josh Mings in RESOURCES

Close your eyes. Imagine sending a plain ol’ PDF to someone. Ok, now imagine sending a 3D PDF… got that?

Now, picture being slapped out of your daze by the Adobe Acrobat development team and having the ability to send someone all your project files in a single PDF, upload, share and discuss it with others in real-time and create other documents in a Flash-based environment. Yeah, the shock is almost to much to take. Hold your excitement and check out the juicy details.

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