Large pdf imports blurry

[wkirkha]

I am trying to import an E size pdf under OS X 10.3 with the VW Architect beta. It always shows the size of the image to be 612x792 regardless of actual size (letter or E size), but the E size imports are all blurry. I can zoom into the PDFs just fine in Acrobat Reader or in Preview, it's just that VW seems to map it all to a lower resolution.

Anybody have any ideas?

--Bill

[Donald Wardlaw]

I am using 10.2 and VW not VWA. However I think there is no difference in the import capabilities. Anyhow, VW doesn't import pdfs properly. They come in at low resolution, I'd guess 72 dpi. What I do is open the pdf in photoshop first. There you can set the resolution or array size. Then save as a jpeg. Then import into vw. This will give good results.

Best,

Donald

[AndyM]

Try this:

Open the document in Acrobat, zoom way in and use the graphic select tool to select the whole page then copy/paste into VW and it will be at much higher resolution.

[wkirkha]

Donald and Andy--

Good advice! I don't have photoshop, but I have GraphicConverter. I allowed me to open a PDF with a specified resolution. I assume that is what's missing in Vectorworks. Converting the entire image to 1200 DPI gave excellent resolution, but there is plenty of time coffee while the computer works on it! (600 DPI was still jagged.)

I will probably select the portions of the image I need either use Andy's method or produce a pdf of that area.

Thanks!

--Bill

[Peter van der Elst]

I think that a pdf (even if it contains vector information) is imported as an (pixel) image. So all the vector information is lost. Is this true?