purchasing pdf software - any thoughts

i am looking at purchasing adobe acrobat 6.0 professional to be able to create pdf files from 2004 and prob. 2005 in the near future. We will most likely use it within the office to create pdf files from other programs as well.

does anyone use this and have any input?

 

PDF's are great to use. Instead of faxing to clients, we will email the
pdf's. Then they can print out the pdf's with ease and without losing
resolution like a fax will for that detailed pages.

create pdf files from 2004 and prob. 2005 in the near future. We will most
likely use it within the office to create pdf files from other programs as
well.

 

We use a low cost program called ViewCompanion, works great when converting
plot files to PDF. Standard Version is $50.00, you can also dwonload a 30
day trial.

create pdf files from 2004 and prob. 2005 in the near future. We will most
likely use it within the office to create pdf files from other programs as
well.

 

You'll likely get all sorts of suggestions about low-cost and even free PDF
conversion programs. Most of them do a credible job. We also have Acrobat
6.0 Professional, and it does a superb job as well, and includes many, many
additional features dealing with security, multi-page documents, object and
page linking, etc. If it's within your budget, Acrobat is a great tool, and
extremely usable with just about any Windows app. If Acrobat turns out to
be too pricey, you'll still get good results with one or another of the
lower cost alternatives.
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i've priced it out, and it looks like we can get it for under $400... which in the grand scheme of things really isnt that bad. not like a seat of autocad anyways

i forsee using it for other programs / uses other that just autocad drawings, so i think this might be the way i go.

is it pretty easy to use from autocad to create pdf files though?

 

There will be a windows system printer installed on your computer when you install
the pdf software...no matter which brand you select.

This windows system "pdf writer" printer will appear in AutoCAD as a windows printer,
and you can modify it in the usual way creating a pc3 file.

It is as easy as any other printer-plotter, and similarly, has its own interesting
quirks to make your day more than a boring one.

Jack TAlsky

 

You might want to check out our AcroPlot Pro software at www.cadzation.com
which was specifically designed to batch convert AutoCAD and other formats
to PDF. We have a ton of important features like extracting out Titleblock
Attributes to use as the bookmark text and also our software can create PDF
files that support the lines merge from AutoCAD. Adobe isn't bad and they
do have a direct AutoCAD conversion but I don't think they support multiple
paperspace layouts yet and I know they don't support the lines merge. And
our PDF files can be considerably smaller than the ones from Adobe or other
programs.

There's a few other programs out there that are also much better than Adobe
for converting from AutoCAD also. Nothing against Adobe but they really
don't understand the Engineering World or AutoCAD as well as the other
companies that specialize in it.


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create pdf files from 2004 and prob. 2005 in the near future. We will most
likely use it within the office to create pdf files from other programs as
well.

 

Acrobat 6.0 Pro has a 45" page width limit.

"bshertzer" wrote in message

 

we use Bluebeam software and we like it very much.

 

We tried it and liked it too....except for the limited page size again.

in message

 

No, it doesn't. The limit is 200x200"; I don't think the limitation of
16-foot+ square plots would be much of a handicap to most shops.
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Here in our office we use BlueBeam software to create a pdf for our outcad. The newest edition now includes pdf from different programs. When BlueBeam is installed it creates 3 buttons right in autocad and it is pretty user friendly. Everyone here in the office is able to use it, even the Architects, haha! The cost I believe is 249 for a single seat and we us it all the time to email to our clients and the clarity is outstanding.
Hope this helps
Dawn

 

I don't recall the circumstances anymore, but between Adobe live support and
myself, we could not get proper pdf output from our long drawings. Have you
ever tried to create a 36" x 14' long pdf with full ortho photo background?
I'm curious how you achieved success with Acrobat.

Dave.

 

AcroPlot Pro because it handles lines merge better than any other we tried.
Also, it is a great interface and cheaper than a full version of Adobe. We
tried both and all of the production folks use AcroPlot Pro much more than
Adobe. Try the free demo before buying Adobe and you will not be
unsatisfied.

Brent

create pdf files from 2004 and prob. 2005 in the near future. We will most
likely use it within the office to create pdf files from other programs as
well.