martinconst Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 How can I convert my Architects PDF plan to Chief plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Trace over them, there is no conversion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinconst Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Perry, Thanks, that's what I thought. I though I saw a videos on this in the past? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinWaldron Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Not entirely true...... you can convert a file that was an original DWG file that was converted to a PDF back to a DWG file with programs like PDF2Cad and others. ( It can't be a scanned set of plans for and example from PDF back to a DWG..... only works if the file is saved as a PDF from a CAD DWG file. There are also programs like Simlabs Composer that can convert 3D PDF's into many formats as well....... but Chief hasn't gotten here yet....... but there is hope with Autodesk as the new owner.) From here you'd have to import into Chief as a DWG file and convert to walls........ Perry's suggestion is the fasts way for Chief. I mention this because we often need to convert parts or pieces of Engineering drawings...plot survey's etc that are PDF back to DWG so we can work on various pieces. ...... if you have a lot of detail it's eaiser to convert. One example might be a detaill cross section that you need to make modification to or add information. We usually don't go back into Chief for this kind of work but another cad program but a very handy tool in your arsenal. Blessings, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthd97 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Training Video 361. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Training Video 361. That video was pretty good. I've done a hundred as builts from scanned plans and never even knew there was a Point to Point Resize button. Great tool that I'll use from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl_C_Crane Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 That video was pretty good. I've done a hundred as builts from scanned plans and never even knew there was a Point to Point Resize button. Great tool that I'll use from now on. Larry, I think that that is my favorite tool. Use it all the time for everything from kitchens to terrain & cad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_Park Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I used that awhile back to resize a satellite image to overlay a survey. It worked really well for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryceEngstrom Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 .... but there is hope with Autodesk as the new owner.) Think you missed April Fool's day Kevin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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