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Suggestions for Creating PDF from AutoCAD for Large Drawings with High Resolution Aerials

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Gene Kooper
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I see that Adobe just increased their subscription for Acrobat Pro to $312 per year. I create PDFs with high resolution background images such as, satellite imagery, aerial photos and drone images. I am looking for an alternative. I use Autodesk Map 3D, 2021 on a Windows 10 machine with 64 GB or RAM.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions. 


 
Posted : June 22, 2025 3:04 pm
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Have you tried the DWG to PDF plotter that comes with ACAD?


 
Posted : June 22, 2025 6:29 pm
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Thanks John.

I tried that decades ago and didn't get good results, but that was on a Windows XP machine with Map 2004. I'll check it out and see how it handles large files now. I have a 1.7 GB drone image I need make prints for geologic mapping at a fossil quarry.


 
Posted : June 22, 2025 7:50 pm
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Edit to previous post: It was a later version than Map 2004.


 
Posted : June 22, 2025 8:54 pm
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We use Kofax and Bluebeam, I prefer the latter for editing reasons.


 
Posted : June 22, 2025 11:53 pm