Plot to PDF EXACTLY as I see it? (no color changes)

[MSasu]

You may try to export the drawing in EPS format and edit it later with an image editor to get what you are looking for.

Or can do what RobDraw suggested (screen shots) on areas of the drawing and combine them together in an image editor.

 

Regards,

Mircea

[SLW210]

What size PDF are you making?

 

Try using TIFF

[eldon]

That's hogwash. PDFs are used for graphic purposes all the time with black background! (logos, signs, flyers)

 

OK, thank you for gently putting me right.

 

Perhaps with more application to Googling, you would have seen this, which does what you want. You make the PDF from AutoCAD in the normal way, but Adobe Reader can reverse the colours.

 

You still have not confirmed that you are using a Black background in AutoCAD, but from your comments, we can assume it is so.

[eldon]

Here is a screen shot of such a file in Adobe Reader. You can turn all lines to white, or just the text.

[Jack_O'neill]

Alright guys...I think I found a way around this. First of all, you'll need to plot your drawing to either a jpg or png using one of these plotters:

 

Then follow these 4 steps to create the file, with any background color you wish:

 

This will work with either png or jpg files. You then insert that file into your pdf with photoshop or word or whatever you use.

This method created this image:

 

It's a few extra steps, but it will get you where you want to go. Make the image larger than you need and shrink it down. That will look much better than trying to stretch a small image.

[djbeatsent]

OK, thank you for gently putting me right.

 

Perhaps with more application to Googling, you would have seen this, which does what you want. You make the PDF from AutoCAD in the normal way, but Adobe Reader can reverse the colours.

 

You still have not confirmed that you are using a Black background in AutoCAD, but from your comments, we can assume it is so.

 

AHHHH THANK YOU ELDON! THIS WORKED! THANK YOU!! As promised...

 

Eldon, you are the smartest person I know!

[ReMark]

46 posts. I don't think you broke the record with this one but you gave it a good try guys.

 

Glad to hear Eldon saved the day for you.

 

Who knew working with PDFs could be so much fun?

[Jack_O'neill]

Ah, Eldon beat me to it with something simpler. Hey, whatever works.

[Dana W]

There is something about this file that has made me lose all interest in this thread.

You mean this? Sometimes it soesn't mean the file, but the website. No wonder your work blocks it.

bingo.doc

[Jack_O'neill]

Norton 360 didn't like that site either.