PDF to CAD Conversion

Challenges faced in working with CAD conversion services

Understanding the CAD Conversion importance for your architectural PDF plans

Chandresh Chudasama
Building Information Modeling

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CAD conversion services play a crucial role in the architectural and construction industry. Contractors, architects, and engineers regularly work with AutoCAD and CAD conversion and because of this, it is a vital part of their work.

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CAD conversion services are not always that simple. Accurate CAD drafting need expertise and a lot of effort. Several factors make it a complex process. One without much knowledge might just ruin the CAD drafts.

The following are the issues that comprises CAD conversion services:

  • Converting the vector graphics
    While converting from PDF to CAD, the PDF ones don’t have any circles or arcs. The creation of these elements is a difficult process and requires time. Only the best software can create quality CAD circles and arcs quickly.
  • Line types
    It might get difficult maintaining the width of the line and all, all the while trying to create a quality conversion. This also leads to wrong width and color and can change the quality of the output.
  • Texts as string of characters
    All the texts present in a PDF file are formed as a string of characters. There is a particular position attached to the individual characters and that is how information is stored in them. It is a tedious task to convert such sentences and words into a CAD-based file. There are high chances of the drawing being ineligible due to the conversion.
  • Multiple raster file
    Storing gets difficult after converting into CAD. The raster images are turned into different files which take up a lot of storage. With great quality software, this does not happen and the whole raster file is created as one entity.

With the help of architectural CAD conversion services, it is ensured that the quality of the result is top-notch and isn’t degraded in any way. It provides an efficient way of converting PDF files without harming the data in them. This facilitates the architects and engineers in easing out their construction process.

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Chandresh Chudasama
Building Information Modeling

I am CEO at Archdraw Outsourcing which provides AutoCAD and Revit Services such as CAD Drafting, 3D Modeling, BIM, 3D Rendering, CAD Conversion, BIM Conversion.