Convert DWG to 3D PDF | Share CAD Designs Easily

Convert DWG to PDF so that your 3D models can be shared with anyone, anywhere. Combine data from multiple sources and output a single PDF for 3D visualization and automate your workflows in FME.

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View AutoCAD Drawings with 3D PDF

Visualize, document, and share 3D AutoCAD drawings by converting DWG to PDF in FME. More than just a conversion tool, FME lets you integrate CAD drawings with other data such as orthophotos or a TIN surface. You can highlight important objects through appearance styling, even grouping features on conditional statements.

Interactively Visualize CAD Drawings

Send and share PDFs across your organization and allow other people without CAD software to interact and view 3D CAD drawings using 3D PDFs. With 3D PDF, you can rotate the model, turn on and off layers, select features related in the PDF’s Model Tree, and adjust the lighting for viewing from different perspectives.

Example: Converting Data to 3D PDF

Style Appearances of Drawings

Use the AppearanceSetter transformer to add appearances and colours to features to highlight attributes using conditional statements like ‘buildings above a height of 40m will be blue’. Adjust the transparency, shininess, and colour of objects for display.

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the model tree in the pdf viewer for the SketchUp model.

Preserve Layer Hierarchy

FME allows you to document, visualize, and share your 3D CAD drawings in a 3D format that preserves layer hierarchy. Toggle layers on and off in the PDF’s Model Tree or select layers and their corresponding features in one click.

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Common Conversions

FME lets you integrate many applications and file formats. Here are some of the ways our users convert Autodesk AutoCAD (DWG) and 3D PDF.

MapInfo

Autodesk AutoCAD (DWG)

MapInfo (MIF/MID)

Autodesk AutoCAD (DWG)

Esri Geodatabase (Personal Geodb)

Autodesk AutoCAD (DWG)

Database File (DBF)

Autodesk AutoCAD (DWG)

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Autodesk AutoCAD (DWG)

AutoCAD is design and drafting software used primarily by architects, project managers, and engineers for the creation of accurate digital drawings and models of their plans.

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3D PDF

PDF files are universally accessible through the freely available Acrobat Reader. It provides a means of sharing files with others who don't have the application they were created in.

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FME is the data integration platform with the best support for spatial data. Save time by using its drag-and-drop interface to connect data from hundreds of formats and applications, transform data in limitless ways, and automate virtually any data workflow.

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