Anyone have experience with a dwf to dwg converter/importer they would recommend?
a dwf is equivalent to a pdf. its a picture. you might as well scan the image & insert it into acad & trace it. there are some raster to vector. what i've seen isnt all that impressive. I would rather just trace it & not fight the incompatibility. You will have scaling issues, endpoint issues, some items like splines or ellipses may not show up. enjoy the ride.
I agree with you almost totally. However, the file in question consist of 36 "E" drawings. Plotting will cost $216.00. Scans will cost $144.00. Then I still have to trace over the entire mess. The average price for DWF to DWG is around $120.00. I tried raster to vector apps some time back and was not the least impressed (if I remember correctly Turbocad did the best job). Basically, I will use the conversions as reference only.
i envision paying the $120 , creating a major headache & countless hours trying to obtain the desired results, then still paying the $216 & $144, then tracing over them the old fashioned way. good luck.
You've been reading my life story haven't you! I plan to completely redraw the project itself. 20 some odd sheets of the file are only details and I just need to be able to refer to them. Thanks for the encouragement !?
I use a program called Any Dwf to Dwg converter, yes that is the name. Go to www.anydwg.com and dl the program. works real well IMO.
"reference" was a poor choice of words. I desire to x-ref them into the current drawing, visually refer to the details and when finished, detach them. IMHO this would be much better than having to deal with large paper drawing.
