To open PDF to draftsight

Asked By anonymous 7060 points N/A Posted on - 10/10/2013

How to open PDF drawing file into the draftsight?also how to edit it?I typed pdfattach but it didn't work.

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Answered By cyrilsia01 1065 points N/A #85166

To open PDF to draftsight

To open a PDF drawing file to Draftsight, you need to convert it to PNG or JPG with GIMP. Just simply open the PDF file with GIMP and then save it as .PNG or .JPG.

Sample PDF image file below:

Save it as PNG in GIMP:

Import the PNG file in Draftsight:

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Answered By Alexander Jose 0 points N/A #198767

To open PDF to draftsight

Convert PDF drawing file to Draftsight

To import a PDF drawing file into Draftsight, you should first convert it into DWG and DXF Autocad files. There are converters available online that can help you convert your PDF files into other file extensions.

Install any of these programs and convert your desired PDF files.

You can then easily open DWG and DXF file extension in Draftsight.

In order to edit these files you can get a Draftsight guide and follow the instructions. 

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