PDF-PLOT · DESKTOP WORKFLOW

PDF to DWG,
inside AutoCAD.

Open PDF-Plot, geolocate a CAD/vector PDF, and generate a native DWG in your drawing coordinate system.

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Your PDF-Plot workflow, connected to CAD
A short route through the workflow

Place your PDF.
Generate your DWG.

Use the installed PDF-Plot Bridge connection for drawing context. Geolocation and DWG download also work in your browser.

  1. 01
    Open PDF-Plot

    From the installed PDF-Plot ribbon in your CAD application.

  2. 02
    Sign in and upload

    Use a native vector PDF exported from CAD.

  3. 03
    Select PLSS control

    Review the PLSSID/location fields, choose a PLSS corner, then select its monument center on the drawing.

  4. 04
    Send or download

    Saving CAD geolocation generates the projected DWG. Import native objects with the updated Bridge, send supported polylines, or download the DWG.

The active drawing must use the PDF result's CRS and units, including the correct foot definition. Native import retains restored modelspace blocks, hatches, text and styling, excluding sheet layouts, and reports a committed import. It requires the updated Bridge; installed desktop support is not yet verified. Send linework remains available through /draw with an omission report: queued requests are not insertion confirmations.

PDF-Plot Bridge functions

Available functions

Open the app, geolocate your PDF, send linework, or download DWG. Each function has a downloadable PDF guide; the send guide explains supported geometry and omissions.

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