GK1 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 I am using Vectorworks 2016 SP6 on an IMac. I would like to import some structural drawings supplied by the engineer as PDF files. I just want to import them onto their own layer in my overall construction document file. I googled how to do this for VW 2016 and got instructions to go File>Import>Import PDF etc. The problem is there is no "Import PDF" option from those menus. There are options to Import dxfs/dwgs, image files, etc. I have tried to import it as an image file to no avail. Any suggestions? Oh, I am running Acrobat 8 Professional as well in case that matters for plug-ins. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 What workspace are you using? You can also just drag the pdf into the drawing. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted May 16, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 16, 2018 What modules do you have? Fundamentals 2016 on it's own would not have Import PDF. If you save the PDF as an image file (PNG, JPEG etc) in Preview or from Acrobat you should be able to import it as an image. 1 Quote Link to comment
GK1 Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 michaelk & JimW. I am in the Fundamentals workspace. I also tried dragging the .pdf into the layer and I get the following error message, " Files import via drag and drop is not supported i VW Fundamentals. Use the File>Import command to import the file." This seems to gibe with the comment left by JimW. As to what modules I have....I am not sure. Thanks both of you for replying BTW. Quote Link to comment
GK1 Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 I saved out the PDF as a Tiff and imported that way. It worked though I have to make sure the scale is true. Thanks for your help though I would love to know what module I need to make the import PDF functionality work. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted May 16, 2018 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 16, 2018 10 minutes ago, GK1 said: Thanks for your help though I would love to know what module I need to make the import PDF functionality work. You can check this under Vectorworks > About Vectorworks, "Licensed Products" will list what you have there. If it JUST lists Fundamentals, then that license can't import PDFs natively. If it lists anything else at all, like Architect, Landmark, Spotlight or Designer, then you should be able to import PDFs and it may just be a workspace issue that I can walk you through correcting. Quote Link to comment
Kevin Allen Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Can you dd the import command to your workspace? Quote Link to comment
TKA Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 if you are using Mac (I do) you can just open off in preview, than in a thumbnail preview select the page you want to import (don't select from the main window - it will come as a bitmap at screen resolution). If you select from the thumbnail (command 'C') than the page will maintain size and vector format (if it was saved as such originally) than just paste to an empty layer, either design or sheet. Quote Link to comment
GK1 Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 Jim W - I am just licensed for Fundamentals. Sigh. I will look into Architect. Kevin Allen - Is dd mean "drag & drop"? I am not sure what you mean. I see the Import command in my workspace just not an option to import PDFs specifically. Based on Jim W's response it sounds as if that feature isn't part of the functionality I have with my current VW licensed feature set. TKA - Tried your suggestion but I still get that error message about PDFs I mentioned earlier. Thanks for the responses. Seems the fix at this point is to convert to another image format and import that way. Quote Link to comment
TKA Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 tis is strange, I was fundamentals user till about 2 years ago and I have been using this method for as long as I remember (I have used VW since it was a minicad 3) Quote Link to comment
Kevin Allen Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 25 minutes ago, GK1 said: Jim W - I am just licensed for Fundamentals. Sigh. I will look into Architect. Kevin Allen - Is dd mean "drag & drop"? I am not sure what you mean. I see the Import command in my workspace just not an option to import PDFs specifically. Based on Jim W's response it sounds as if that feature isn't part of the functionality I have with my current VW licensed feature set. DD is a typo for 'add' Quote Link to comment
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