AutoCAD 2018 and Inventor 2018 Tutorial By Tutorial Books (www.engbookspdf.com)

Part 1: AutoCAD Basics
On the ribbon, click Output > Export to
DWF/PDF > Export to PDF Options .
On the Export to PDF Options dialog, set
the Vector quality, Raster image quality, line
merge control, and Data options.
Importing to PDF
AutoCAD allows you to import a PDF into a
drawing file.
On the ribbon, click Insert > Import > PDF
Import .
The options in the Data section help you to include
layer information, hyperlinks, and create
bookmarks. Also, you can capture fonts used in the
drawing.
On the Select PDF File dialog, browse to the
location of the PDF file.
Select the PDF file and a preview appears in
the Preview area of the Select PDF File
dialog.
Click Open; the Import PDF dialog appears.
On the Import PDF dialog, specify the Scale
factor.
Under the PDF data to import section, check
the TrueType text option.
Under the Layers section, check the Use
PDF Layers option.
Click OK.
On the ribbon, click Output > Export
DWF/PDF > Export > PDF .
On the Save As PDF dialog, select a PDF
Preset to specify the PDF quality.
Examine the options in the Output Controls
section, Export, and Page Setup.
Specify the location of the PDF file and click
Save. A bubble appears on the status bar
after exporting the PDF file.
Open the PDF file in a PDF viewer and
notice the layers, bookmarks, hyperlinks in
the drawing. Also, you can find any text in
the drawing using the text search option in
the PDF viewer.
Click OK to insert the PDF into the drawing.
Combining Text of the Imported PDF
After importing the PDF into an AutoCAD drawing,
the text of the PDF is converted into single line text
objects. However, you can combine them into a
multi-line text using the Combine Text command.
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