GhostScript and pstoedit PDF -> DXF. I have to explode everything?

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by Chicken, Aug 8, 2008.

  1. Chicken

    Chicken Guest

    We are using Ghostscript with GSView (http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/
    ~ghost/) and pstoedit (http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit) to convert
    PDF files into editable AutoCAD drawings. It's free, and it works very
    nicely.


    My problem is that everything in the drawing needs to be exploded
    after converting to .DXF, as the individual lines look doubled (or
    boxed?). I am not an AutoCAD expert, but I can give you screenshots of
    what it looks like.

    This is the drawing straight out of pstoedit's convert to vector, and
    using the dxf (not dxf_s) setting. http://i36.tinypic.com/m7dgk3.jpg

    This is what the drawing should look like, and it looks like this
    after selecting all and exploding. http://i35.tinypic.com/ehkis4.jpg


    Is there a way to automate this explode task? Can I set up GhostScript
    and pstoedit so that it will produce a result that does not need to be
    exploded? Obviously, this would save the drafters some time.
     
    Chicken, Aug 8, 2008
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