tmelancon Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 We have a new client who has a disaster of plans, some of them .dwg and some of them this odd .pad file format. For the life of me I cannot find anything on this file type nor can I convert it to dwg which is what I need to complete this leg of work. Can someone pleas chime in and assist me on getting these properly converted if you have prior knowledge. Thanks so much in advance to everyone in the CadTutor community! Quote
ReMark Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 What business is your client in? Are you sure of the file type? Did someone specifically tell you the .pad file was of a drawing? Could it be a data file of some type? Corel's ArtDabbler program produced .pad files but it was an entry level natural painting program which isn't anything I would associate with creating a drawing. At one time ArtDabbler was bundled with Wacom graphics tablets. Quote
tmelancon Posted February 15, 2017 Author Posted February 15, 2017 It is offshore oil & gas platforms. These .PAD files in particular are pipe rack details showing the piping throughout the entire facility. Quote
tmelancon Posted February 15, 2017 Author Posted February 15, 2017 Yes, they are actual piping rack drawing details. I have a super old view called PDMS Plot Viewer that I am using to open and print as a pdf using the Adobe PDF printer driver. Thats about as far as i've gotten into this. Quote
ReMark Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 OK...then my next guess is that the file may have been generated when the original drawing was scanned. Quote
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