How to print AutoCAD drawing to PDF

You can print AutoCAD drawing to PDF using its default settings and no external tool or plugin is required for that.

Drawing exported in PDF also contains data like layers, views, annotations, links, sheets and more.

The quality of PDF output can also be controlled using settings of PDF plotters.

So, in this article, I will show you some basic methods with which you can get output in PDF format from your AutoCAD drawing with many different settings.

Plot to PDF

To plot a drawing to PDF press CTRL+P on keyboard or type PLOT on the command line and press enter, this will open plot window in AutoCAD.

Select DWG to PDF.pc3 plotter from the list of plotters.

If you are using AutoCAD 2016 or later version then you can also select other PDF plotters with some predefined settings.

These presets are AutoCAD PDF (General documentation).pc3 which has a resolution of 1200 dpi and AutoCAD PDF (High Quality print).pc3 which has a resolution of 2400 dpi.

You can also select Publish to web JPG.pc3, Publish to web PNG.pc3 or TIFF plotters to get output in image formats.

You can also get high resolution images from AutoCAD by configuring custom plotter.

You can set rest of the options of Plot window as per your output requirement.