How to render AutoCAD 2012 PDF file?

Asked By Rochelle T Tritt 10 points N/A Posted on - 05/10/2013

To all Techyv members, I hope everything is fine over there. I would like to know how to render AutoCAD 2012 pdf file. Do you know of a way how to do this? If so, what are the steps you recommend for rendering AutoCAD 2012 to PDF file? I'll be looking forward for your answers.

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Answered By Drake Vivian 30 points N/A #146391

How to render AutoCAD 2012 PDF file?

 

Hi there Rochelle T Tritt,

 

You can't render your AutoCAD drawing directly into a PDF document, so you will need either some kind of plugin for your AutoCAD or you will need to render the image and then convert it to a PDF document. I would suggest you to use the second method as the cheaper and simpler.

 

Here is a full step by step tutorial how to render a file in AutoCAD 2012: AutoCAD 2012 – Materials and Rendering.

 

Once your file is render and saved as image, just use the Acrobat Reader to create PDF document from the image.

 

Best regards,

Drake Vivian

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Answered By Heath Rohrbach 0 points N/A #146392

How to render AutoCAD 2012 PDF file?

Exporting PDF files from an AutoCAD drawing is an effortless two step procedure:

1. Hit  the export button

2. Write in a file name and click the ‘Save’ button.

The render to PDF command can simply be found on the ‘Export to DWF/PDF’ panel of the ‘Output’ tab.

The export can be done from the command line by typing ‘EXPORTPDF’.

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Answered By Huffman Serafin 0 points N/A #198385

How to render AutoCAD 2012 PDF file?

Hi,

In order for you to render your AutoCAD file to your PDF file, you have to Click the render tab on the ribbon and click the Advance Render Settings button (Small arrow on the edge to view the whole panel).

On the General Tab > Render Context > Output file name section, click the ellipsis or three dots.

On the dialog box, look down below on the files of types and select pdf, click ok and the file is ready on the pdf file.

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