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Hello, you can print a drawing in .pdf format and when I open it with acrobat or other .pdf programs recognize me the texts that are in the drawing as written and not as lines?
Thank you.
 
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Hello, you can print a drawing in .pdf format and when I open it with acrobat or other .pdf programs recognize me the texts that are in the drawing as written and not as lines?
Thank you.
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Usually when I have to copy texts from pdf I open it with pdf-xcharge that until release 7 had the ocr conversion also in the free version, and from there I have all the selectable texts, even better can be ashampoopdf than in the free versions besides the ocr technology there is also the possibility to edit the texts directly, the only "fastidio" is that sometimes you open advertising windows.
 
generally, cad characters (e.g. with .shx extension in autocad) are of simple appearance, consisting of lines and can be exploded.
if your cad does not have plug-ins or add-ons that convert in characters the vectors that make them, pdf generated will therefore consider them not recognized as text.

having already generated pdf, some of the possible solutions are those provided by kaji.

if you start from a new document, it is preferable to use tt fonts, called “true type” which are part of windows, qualitatively better and recognizable as text in pdf generated.
 
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if you start from a new document, it is preferable to use tt fonts, called “true type” which are part of windows, qualitatively better and recognizable as text in pdf generated.
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I tried with the arial font, one of the most famous, and it does not work, I read on wikipedia that "was format distributed as "true type, 1990 e come Postscript in 1991", does it mean that it is no longer truetype and that is why when we press it is not recognized as text?
 
the font originally designated arial in windows, has been replaced in the most recent versions (for more than 10 years) by arial mt; if you have windows 7 or 10 as operating system you should already see it embedded in system fonts. all pdf documents made with various microsoft office software or other graphics software (no cad) and layout correctly incorporate this still current font.
different is the discourse for cad, for which obviously pdf generation via plotter printer or other, is not so discounted; Try to see if this procedure applicable to autocad can be used, with the necessary variations, even in your case.
 
try exporting the file to eps and convert it later to pdf with zamzar to verify whether the problem is at the origin or is of the internal pdf converter.
Have you tried with other fonts (e.g. calibers)?
if it gives you the problem too I think it is useful to ask advice to those who already use a cad as yours to see how to incorporate system fonts and any settings to be made.
 
I tried with calibers but the result is the same; thanks many of the suggestions, but in fact I had tried to be of help to the user and, because it is not a problem that should touch me directly since I have the help of the pdm and therefore codes and distinct I extract them from there already in excel format; surely pdf generate with selectable texts is an advantage for the people to whom we provide pdf
 
I used various fonts available also with windows arial, tahoma .. but nothing when I convert them to .pdf from the cad ..... if after I open them with acrobat does not recognize them as texts .. but lines!
 
probably the cad does not find the fonts and replaces them with its own.
in autocad there are two additional routes to use the true type ttf fonts:
1) autocad will read the font files that are in the same folder where a dwg file is opened.
2) you can configure a custom font folder and insert the path into options > file search path of support files in autocad.
Try to see if there is something similar in your system.
 
no cad has these fonts... I put them directly from the cad as a font!!
only that after doing the printing in .pdf does not recognize me as texts in .pdf!
 
I don't know how you generate the pdf file, but if you haven't already done it, I would use a virtual printer (no plotter) such as those inserted automatically by the various pdf management software when installing them, such as acrobat reader, pdf architet, pdf creator, etc.
 
I confirm that I create dm print in pdf by converting fonts into non-recognizable vector tracks as character. try this: in creo choose truetype fonts, then save the table in dwg and print in pdf by autocad or silimilari. the pdf so generated should maintain attribution, of course it is a menata.. .
 
the best known usual: arial, calibers, verdana etc. when imposed by creo dm you have to choose the option "pieno on"
 
I don't have the doubt as "tetrator" said.
...... if your cad does not have plug-ins or add-ons that convert in characters the carriers that make them, pdf generated will therefore consider them not recognized as text. . .
 
Kaji said:
hi, I just tried with arial filling on but to me with annotation does not work
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Yes, as I said annotation only print the vector pdf. in annotation you must set the arial font, save the table in dwg, reopen it in autocad, print in pdf and finally the font should be recognizable. . . .
 
this because the dxfdwg converter examines all primitives and converts the system fonts create dm in recognizable fonts from autocad
 

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