Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO Extended - Manual (Page 91)

85 USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED
Creating PDFs
Last updated 9/30/2011
Convert AutoCAD files to PDF (Windows)
Use PDFMaker to convert AutoCAD files from within the AutoCAD application. You can also use the Batch
Conversion feature to convert many AutoCAD files in one operation. Even if you don’t have AutoCAD, you can
convert AutoCAD files to PDF from Acrobat.
Acrobat PDFMaker allows you to preserve selected layers and layouts when converting AutoCAD files to PDF.
More Help topics
“ Adobe PDF conversion settings ” on page 99
“ What’s the best way to create a PDF? ” on page 59
“ Application-specific PDFMaker settings ” on page 87
Convert AutoCAD files when AutoCAD is not installed
The default Acrobat installation installs Autodesk filters. These filters allow you to convert files in DWG, DWF, DST,
DWT, and DXF format into PDF, without the native application installed.
1 In Acrobat, choose File > Create PDF > From File.
2 (Optional) From the Files Of Type menu, select Autodesk AutoCAD, then click the Settings button and change the
conversion settings as needed. The settings are the same as the AutoCAD-specific Acrobat PDFMaker settings, with
the following additions:
Convert Model Space To 3D When selected, the model space layout is converted to a 3D annotation in the PDF. Click
Choose 3D Settings to specify 3D conversion options.
Configuration Preferences Click this button to specify resource directories for SHX font files, plot configuration files,
and plot style tables for AutoCAD drawings. If an SHX Font File Search Path is not specified, all SHX fonts are replaced
with MyriadCAD in converted PDFs.
Always Show This Dialog During Conversion When selected, this dialog box appears during the conversion process.
3 Locate and select the AutoCAD file.
4 If the Adobe PDF Settings For Autodesk AutoCAD Documents dialog box appears, specify the settings as needed,
and click OK.
Convert AutoCAD files when AutoCAD is installed
When converting individual AutoCAD files, you don't usually need to change page size and plotting settings.
PDFMaker uses the appropriate layout page size and plotting information to create a correctly sized PDF file.
1 To change the PDF conversion settings, choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings in AutoCAD.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click a button in the Adobe PDF toolbar: Convert To Adobe PDF or Convert To Adobe PDF And Send For
Review .
• Choose Adobe PDF > Convert To Adobe PDF.
• Choose Adobe PDF > Convert To Adobe PDF And Email.
• Choose Adobe PDF > Convert To Adobe PDF And Send For Review.
3 In the Choose Layouts dialog box, add or remove layouts as needed. To reorder the layouts, select a layout from the
Layouts In PDF list, and click Move Up or Move Down.