{"id":83,"date":"2008-01-14T20:47:36","date_gmt":"2008-01-14T20:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/83-converting-scanned-autocad-pdfs-with-ocr.html"},"modified":"2019-09-13T12:05:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T12:05:45","slug":"converting-scanned-autocad-pdfs-with-ocr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/archives\/83-converting-scanned-autocad-pdfs-with-ocr.html","title":{"rendered":"Converting Scanned AutoCAD PDFs With OCR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the new 2008 year rolls on, so does the work and no doubt, the PDF conversions as well. Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019re at it too. And every now and again, amidst troubleshooting and developing, we get an email from clients having difficulties with AutoCAD PDFs:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI downloaded and installed your Pro version as a trial.\u00a0 When I tried to convert a PDF file which was an AutoCAD drawing scanned and saved as such, it seems as if it was working but it opens Excel and nothing is converted in?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re experiencing or have experienced the same problem without any luck, don\u2019t give up yet. Here\u2019s a conversion tip: try resizing the image-based\/scanned PDF.<\/p>\n<p>This is because AutoCAD files are usually created with huge page dimensions that measure up to 30&#8243; by 40&#8243;. In addition, it is difficult for the OCR engine to determine the size (in points) of any letter on an OCR page.\u00a0 So the OCR engine is oftentimes unable to extract legible text from AutoCAD documents due to the small text size (hence the empty Excel output).<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">The only way it can determine the size of the text is by comparing it relative to the size of a stated PDF page which the OCR engine can read and support. <\/span>The OCR engine in Able2Extract Professional can only support AutoCAD file dimensions of up to 22&#8243; by 22&#8243;.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">To resize the PDF:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">1) Open the PDF in either Adobe Reader or Acrobat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">2) Select File &gt; Print <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">3) Change the Printer Name to &#8216;Adobe PDF&#8217; in the drop box <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">4) Under the Page Scaling section ensure that \u2018Choose Paper Source by PDF page size\u2019 is deselected <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"AutoCAD\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investintech.com\/resources\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/AutoCAD.jpg\" alt=\"AutoCad Print\" width=\"344\" height=\"551\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5) Click OK to print a new PDF<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">You can also resize the PDF with our trial version of Sonic PDF Creator 2.0.\u00a0 After installing Sonic, select \u2018Sonic PDF\u2019 as a printer (as opposed to Adobe PDF in step 3).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">After you\u2019ve resized the PDF, try the conversion again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hope this tip helps!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the new 2008 year rolls on, so does the work and no doubt, the PDF conversions as well. Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019re at it too. 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