| Feature | Vector PDF Source | Raster (Scanned) PDF Source | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Usually preserved (PDF layers become DWG layers) | Flattened (Everything lands on Layer 0) | | Text | Becomes editable MTEXT or single-line text | Becomes traced polylines (not editable as text) | | Dimensions | May explode into lines+text | Lines only; associative dimension lost | | Scaling | Highly accurate (if PDF scale is correct) | Requires manual scaling (ALIGN command in CAD) | | File Size | Moderate | Large (due to polyline density) |
Converting PDF to DWG is not a simple file renaming process. It requires a translation engine that interprets PDF instructions (e.g., "move pen to X,Y") and maps them to DWG entities (e.g., a "Line" object). pdf to dwg anyconv
: Since it is a browser-based tool, it works on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. | Feature | Vector PDF Source | Raster