Specifications

Print2CAD OCR 2013 - 10
1. Introduction
1.1 What is Print2CAD?
Print2CAD is an application that converts PDF les into a DWG or DXF le that can be
imported and edited into any CAD system.
Print2CAD also converts PDF into raster formats (TIFF, JPEG, etc.).
Print2CAD also converts DWG or DXF les into PDFs.
Print2CAD is a stand alone program that works independently with all CAD systems. In
other words, you do not need a CAD program to use Print2CAD.
Print2CAD is based on the original Adobe PDF libraries and converts les directly into
DWG, DXF or raster les. The resulting les then have excellent accuracy and quality.
Print2CAD also supports the newest version of PDF.
Print2CAD converts les into DWG version 14, 2000-2011 or DXF version 12, 2000-
2011. All vectors, lines, circles, arcs, surfaces, splines, text and pixel images are trans-
ferred into DWG or DXF. The pixel images can be converted into vectors, embedded or
stored in separate les. Special functions generate circles and arcs. PDF layer structure
is supported, or if not available in the le, this can be created on the basis of color or line
widths. PDF characters are put together to create new texts. PDF properties such as line
widths and line types are also converted into CAD properties.
Print2CAD converts PDF colors into CAD indexed colors or full RGB colors. Print2CAD
also supports TTF fonts. With multi-page PDF documents, you can specify which pages
are to be converted.
1.2 What is a PDF?
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a le format created in 1993 by Adobe Systems for
document exchange.
Adobe PDF is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent
of the application software, hardware, and operating system. Each Adobe PDF le en-
capsulates a complete description of a xed-layout 2D document that includes the fonts,
images, and 2D vector graphics which compose the documents. Lately, 3D drawings
can be embedded into PDF documents with Acrobat 3D using U3D or PRC and various
other data formats.