Portable Document Format (.pdf) Import/Export

Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open standard for document exchange.

Import

To open, import or insert a file

  1. From the File menu, click Open, Insert, or Import.

  2. In the dialog box, select a supported file type.
  3. Click Open and configure the settings.
    When you open a non-3dm file and save the model, its filename will be the default 3dm filename.

PDF Import Options

Scale

Fit to default screen

Scales the objects to be visible in the default Top viewport.

Preserve units

Sets how to convert the file unit into the Rhino unit.

Import fills as

Hatches

Imports fills and their boundary curves. Fills are imported differently based on types:

Boundary curves

Ignores all fills and only imports their boundary curves.

Load Text

Imports text strings.

Always use these settings. Do not show this dialog again.

Saves the current settings and turns off the dialog display.

To turn the message back on

See also: ResetMessageBoxes command.

PDF Page Select

When a PDF has multiple pages, you can select to import all pages, a single page or a range of pages. The pages will be imported vertically in the Top viewport.

Pages

Enter comma-separated list of page numbers or ranges. For example: 1, 2, 4-8.

All (n pages)

Imports all pages in a PDF. The total page number is displayed.

Notes

See also

Wikipedia: Portable Document Format

 

 

 

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