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DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional constraints to selected objects or points on objects.

DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension that starts from an extension line of a previously created dimension. The response was overwhelmingly positive: About three-quarters of attendees strongly agreed (and overall nearly 95 percent agreed) with the statement “I will use the PDF Import feature. DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark or the centerlines of circles and arcs. We previewed the AutoCAD 2017 PDF Import functionality at Autodesk University 2015 and then polled the audience to gauge their interest. Since then Autodesk has continued improving the quality and performance of the software’s PDF output and underlays. AutoCAD 2010 gave you the ability to attach PDF files as underlays to drawings. PDF files are a common way of publishing and sharing design data for review and markup.ĪutoCAD 2007 was the first AutoCAD release with PDF support it included a PDF plot driver that enabled you to easily print your AutoCAD drawings to PDF file format, no additional software required. If you’d rather get right to the meat of the feature, skip to the next section, “AutoCAD 2017 PDF Import: A Walkthrough.” PDF and AutoCAD: A Shared History To see PDF Import in action, check out the PDF Import overview video.īelow we take a quick look at how AutoCAD got here. You can then import everything or pick a polygonal or rectangular selection around the geometry you want to import. If you’ve already attached a PDF file to your drawing, you can select it and choose the new Import as Objects tool from the PDF Underlay ribbon tab. With AutoCAD 2017 you can convert PDF to AutoCAD geometry, TrueType™ text, and raster images-either from a specified page in a PDF file or from all or part of an attached PDF underlay. (For a quick overview of all the top new features in AutoCAD 2017, see “ AutoCAD 2017: It’s … Alive!“) Welcome to the first entry in my “What’s New in AutoCAD 2017?” blog series.