Expert: Bill DeShawn - 3/27/2007

Question
I have a scanned page I need to use in autocad but can't make it into anything I can use in cad. The only thing I can do is copy and paste. If there is any way to make it into something usable great. If I have to work on it as is I can do it but will be much more work. Any suggestions would be great.

Answer
You can do it this way:  Bring it up in the Adobe reader.  Go to File; Select All and copy the selection to the clipboard with CTRL+C or Edit;Copy.
Then Start Windows Paint (Pbrush.exe).  Press CTRL+V or Edit Paste. to get the image in PBRUSH.  Use the rectangular or poly-sided edit tool to copy the part the image to clipboard that you want to keep.
Start a new Paint session and do not save the image.  Paste the new contents of the clipboard in the new session and save as a GIF or JPEG file.  Then use the IMAGE command to start the image manager and attach the image you just saved.  That image can be printed in AutoCAD very easily.  It works best if you use a large monitor with the best resolution setting.

Also, look for PDF2CAD on Google for a PDF to CAD converter.  It's not the greatest, but It's OK.  

Better result can be achieved with Paint.net:
http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

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