How to Export AutoCAD to PDF with layers [HIGH QUALITY]

Today's video is how to export Autocad files as PDF with layers, how to setup sheets in Autocad, how to scale AutoCAD drawings, and import them to Photoshop for architectural rendering.

CAD stands for 'computer-aided design'—Autodesk has developed the most famous software. Autodesk is honoured to be a 'leader in 3D design, development and animation applications' on its website. AutoCAD and several other software programs are available free of charge through their website for students. Adobe Portable Document Format ( PDF) is a compressed electronic document format which can be viewed on multiple platforms. PDF files are commonly used for the transfer of drawing data across the Internet.

✅Commands that Create PDF files:
There are many commands and techniques that you may use to create PDF files. Use these guidelines to choose the most effective approach.

Export model space or a single layout to a PDF file ⇾ The PLOT or EXPORTPDF command
Export all layouts of a drawing to a PDF file ⇾The EXPORTPDF command
Export selected layouts of a drawing to PDF ⇾ The PUBLISH command
Export model space and selected layouts to PDF ⇾The PUBLISH command
Export multiple drawing files to PDF ⇾ The PUBLISH command
Export a sheet set to a PDF file ⇾ The Publish to PDF option in the Sheet Set Manager

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✅Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome to the video
00:08 Preparing file for export
00:50 Creating sheets
04:45 Exporting the layers
05:21 Importing to Photoshop

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[shirale]

You are amazing !!!! I learnt in 5 minutes things I've been struggling with the entire semester !!! Thank you soo much ! Sooo helpful !!! All your videos! I'm binge watching haha

[driscalrush]

Excellent walk through with great break down of why you do what you do!!

[DissectArchitecture]

Thank you for this tutorial! Congrats on 100k subs!! You deserve it!

[hareskitchen]

Congratulations on the 100k subs, you deserve it!!

[grishmaregmi]

Omg. You should've done this video one year ago. Now i know most of it..except importing psd with layers.That was 🔥 😮😮

[andrestorres]

Great job !!! following every video :D happy 100k subs

[arghakolay]

Hello, I'm from Mumbai, India. Your videos are really helpful and easy to understand. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I really look up for videos.

[entzi]

Great video ! Please do easy videos for begginers such as editing plans and presentation sheets! Carry on!

[hrvpictures]

Thanks for the video. I need to export my cad file to pdf format with visual layers so I can turn off/on them individually when it is needed, however when I export it in pdf format, all the visual layers come in one layer but when I export it only with wire frames view they are individual. can you please help me with this? Many thanks

[Twinand]

Surviving Architecture Thank you for another very useful video. Have a nice day:)

[abhinavanand_]

Hi
Can you do couple of more videos on autocad
Although it's basic but there are lot of things we don't know

Thanks for this tutorial

[jordanhanna]

does anyone know how to link AutoCAD to adobe? There is a way I know it, but I just don't know how to do it. Want to adjust layers in cad and have them update within adobe.

[applebite]

Thank you for the tutorial, I have a quick question. Is it possible to export a clearer PDF using Relaistic View Style?

[mshaz]

Hi! Thanks for the tutorial it was very helpful.
I use AutoCAD Architecture and I have a problem of printing into pdf especially when I have to show transparency of some of the Hatches that I use as shadows in the elevations. After setting up the layout (dwg to pdf) and adjusting the scale I do ' Ctrl + P ' and my PC starts freezing and it takes a lot of time to make me a PDF file and when the PDF is ready it is always so so heavy (like 40 MB even though its a simple elevation with 5 transparent hatches and the quality is normal '100' :') ). Is there a way to fix it? :'(
If I export to PDF as you did in the tutorial it shows the hatches in the raster and not in vectors.

[nasehikiwamakepikotrudo]

Hi there, can you please explain why we should export CAD layers seperately and have all of them under a complete floor plan in photoshop (ain't we just have all the seperate layers on top of each other)?

[mariamnabil]

i have a problem !, it doesnot open all layers in photoshop and didnot merge them ! just load every layer separtely and not all of them :(

[justme]

Hi, i import my layers and when i open them in photoshop they come in disorder not on top of each other 😕 !!!please help!!!!

[jpadilla]

Hiii, this is always necessary to export one layer by one ? Because during my 1st year I just learned to export my drawing with all the layers on it . What is make the difference ? Thank you for all your amazing works :)

[fernref]

Hi! do you have a tip for putting the title block in a way that is actually centered in the sheet? idk if i made myself understood:/ btw i love your videos!!! ❤️

[ZerroTo]

does anyone have a problem when you convert the draw into a pdf, some part are missiing and gone oncluding things like block ans stuff ?