pdf to dwg [Solved]

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Hi,
How do i convert a pdf file (that is exported and shared from a dwg file) to dwg using qcad api or script. I know that qcad allows to open the pdf from the gui. I am interested in writing a script that can be used from command line

I am using windows/linux and on qcad 3.28.1

Thanks,
Arun

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Hi Arun,

You can already convert a pdf to dwg with the QCAD command-line tool dwg2dwg / pdf2dwg.

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Oh thanks Husky. should have checked the command line tools better :laughing:

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Arun,
forgive me for asking, but wouldn’t those back and forth conversions result in significant data loss?
Referring to layers, blocks and so on.

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Regards,
CVH

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CVH, sorry for the late response.
I am yet to test this command line tool. AFAIK, if the conversion is from a vector pdf, there shouldn’t be a data loss (i am guessing :slight_smile: ).
Will test this out and post results here.

EDIT: You are right. There is a lot of data loss. Any idea if this can be avoided while converting from a pdf?

Arun