DXF or Design Exchange Format is the format which can be used between any drawing and CAD program to exchange the drawings, images and text. There are only a few times when the 2D or 3D drawings are converted and saved in the PDF format. So, if you have scanned some drawings and want to convert them in the DXF format, you can use a PDF to DXF converter which will let you edit them in the AutoCAD or any drawing editing program.
You can either use the desktop programs or online services. The online services do not need to be installed on your computer and you can use them online from any operating system such as Mac OS X, Windows or Linux. Here’s the list of the 3 recommended online PDF to DXF converters.
PDFtoDXF is free online service to instantly convert the PDF files to DXF but it also provides a paid desktop converter to convert PDF to DXF files. The best thing about this online converter is the output quality and the converter promises to provide the best output quality among other online services. The steps to use PDFtoDXF are pretty simple, simply use the upload button to upload PDF file from your computer and hit the start button. You will also need to enter the e-mail address and the converted files will be emailed you. Lastly, there is no OCR feature present with this free service, so, if you have a scanned document, you will not be able to edit the recently converted file from your computer.
Unlike other two services, it provides an online converter which is pretty much same to the desktop converters available for your computer. Cometdocs is basically an online document management tool which can also convert or store your documents for longer period of time. You can upload the PDF files to their portable and later these files can be dragged to the converter to convert to DXF format. You can either signup their services or if you don’t want to sign up, you can enter your E-mail address and the converted files will be forwarded to your Email address. But the later will not store your files on your online service and the download link for the file will be removed within 24 hours.
Zamzar is one of the most popular online services to convert different file types to other formats. You can either convert the documents, media files or even the video files using their online service. Unlike Cometdocs, the user-interface is not highly intuitive and the conversion process takes place in three different steps. First, upload the PDF files from your computer. Secondly, select the output format for your PDF file, as we are converting to Design Exchange format, so, we will need to select DXF from the drop down menu. Lastly, enter your E-mail address and the converted file will be emailed to you and you can download in 48 hours.
Wondershare PDFelement is the perfect, convenient and easy to use PDF editor and converter to convert multiple PDF files at the same time. You can easily add new text, images or graphs to the existing PDF Files or can edit the already present text or images in the PDF File. The editing feature will also let you change the style of the PDF file such as changing orientation of the text, editing font or changing the size of the text.
Apart from editing features, the conversion features are also pretty powerful, you can either create PDF files from blank pages or convert multiple formats into PDF files. The professional feature in PDFelement is the presence of the “OCR” which will let you edit any text present in the scanned documents. All in all, PDFelement is the ultimately productivity tool to edit, convert, combine or split PDF files on Windows and Mac OS X.
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