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bmagnani1-Visitor
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April 12, 2017
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import a pdf into the sketch mode

  • April 12, 2017
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Does someone knows is it possible? In case, how...?

Thanks!!!

Best answer by MartinHanak

Hi,

I think it is not possible. Following file types are allowed.

MH

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MartinHanak24-Ruby IIIAnswer
24-Ruby III
April 12, 2017

Hi,

I think it is not possible. Following file types are allowed.

MH

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rrich-21-Visitor
1-Visitor
April 12, 2017

Try this.   Change the extension of the pdf to ai.   It works in reverse.  If you ever have an .ai file you can change it to pdf and open and view it.

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rrich-21-Visitor
1-Visitor
April 12, 2017

Unfortunately extension change does not seem to work in Creo Sketcher.  I have not had a chance to try it with a true AI file but I will and let you know.

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rrich-21-Visitor
1-Visitor
April 12, 2017

Does not seem to work with a native AI file either.  Has anyone ever had any luck bringing in AI files to sketcher?   My only success has been to bring a PDF or AI into Inkscape (a free vector drawing 2D program) then send it out as a DXF to import into Creo. 

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bmagnani1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
April 13, 2017

I am trying to import a pdf like an image in order to sketch over it. I know that it is possible to convert a pdf into an image or even in a AI file, but as an image (jpg,...)  the dimensions seems quite different; converting in a AI file I found too many segment and it's very difficult to manage.

Thanks a lot, anyway.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
April 13, 2017

Hi,

click View > Model Display > Images (in Creo 2.0). Then you can place image onto datum plane. In next step you can create sketch seeing the image.

MH

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bmagnani1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
April 13, 2017

Thanks, I know this procedure, but as you can see it is not possible to import directly a pdf.I have to convert it in an image but the dimensions are different.

The only way I see is to convert the pdf into an image and then to fit the image in the same dimensions.

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MauroStefanovic1-Visitor
1-Visitor
April 13, 2017

If your pdf is a vectorial file, not raster, you can convert it into a dxf or dwg, then you can import it. There are a lot of free programs that do that.

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