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After a PDF file type is selected, the Import PDF dialog is displayed and allows you to:
 Choose which page from the selected PDF file to import
 Specify the Scale, Rotation, and Insertion point of the imported geometry
 Control what type of data is imported from the PDF (Geometry, Solid fills, Text, and Raster
objects)
 Control how layers are assigned to imported objects
 Set different postprocessing options for imported geometry
Raster images are extracted as PNG files and attached to the drawing.
The “Convert solid fills to hatches” check box joins 2D solids with coincident edges and converts them
into hatch objects. Note that this option increases the processing time.
The “Apply lineweight properties” check box applies the lineweights in the PDF to the extracted
geometry. When cleared, all imported geometry is assigned AutoCAD’s default lineweight.
The “Infer linetypes from collinear dashes” check box looks at collections of collinear dash and dot
segments and replaces them with a single polyline. A dashed PDF_IMPORT linetype is created and
applied to the polyline and assigned a linetype scale based on the length of the dashes. This setting
reduces the number of objects and makes it easier to edit the geometry, but some fidelity is lost. If
cleared, each segment in a dashed line is imported as a separate pline.
In the Application tab of the Preferences dialog, you can specify the file location for image files that are
extracted from the PDF and attached to the drawing. The default path is in the PDF Images folder which