D3R Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 Hi all, Is it possible to import layered PDF made in AutoCAD to the affinity photo in a way that it would keep the same layers? If that would be possible it would unlock workflow that would be unbelievably helpful to me. thank you, D3R original file.pdf Quote
D3R Posted June 17, 2019 Author Posted June 17, 2019 anyway, the point of this to request this ability. To my understanding affinity designer and photo and their shared core is trying to import editable pdf from photoshop or illustrator. But if I would be able to tick or select and potion to import the pdf layers the way as shown on the diagram above in the original post It would allow me to drastically improve upon my workflow. I am even willing to support or pay a developer who would do this. Quote
walt.farrell Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, D3R said: still nothing ? anyone ? The answer to your question seems to be, as you can see by experimentation, no it's not possible today. Serif generally doesn't comment on feature requests. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
D3R Posted July 14, 2019 Author Posted July 14, 2019 On 7/12/2019 at 6:30 PM, walt.farrell said: The answer to your question seems to be, as you can see by experimentation, no it's not possible today. Serif generally doesn't comment on feature requests. Hi Walt, Thank You for clearing that up. How about that other part? This ability of pdf import together with barrel shadows and macros would enable totally new workflow for architecture drawings. I am sure that many architects would be interested in these features. Seems like these features don't require too much of new programing but just little bit of tweaking of the current capabilities. I am willing to participate in the development of these features. Is it possible to get this to the attention of the team? regards, D. Quote
walt.farrell Posted July 14, 2019 Posted July 14, 2019 1 hour ago, D3R said: Is it possible to get this to the attention of the team? They read this forum, so your posts here will reach them. Just don't expect a response from them Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
D3R Posted July 16, 2019 Author Posted July 16, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 12:44 PM, walt.farrell said: They read this forum, so your posts here will reach them. Just don't expect a response from them I understand that the development team is busy and cannot respond to every feature request. But I think, I am here showing enough enthusiasm and hinting on a single vision of how these features would be used. I don't know of many areas or workflows, where the Affinity trio can beat Adobe suite. I would hope that somebody would be at least interested in hearing me out. I am prepared to prepare even more elaborate feature request than these two. But I don't want to waste several days of work and be ignored. What I want to be able to do is to automate as much as possible the process of rendering architectural floorplan. Something that is done manually in this video: Quote
Claudia K. Posted July 13, 2022 Posted July 13, 2022 I have the same problem with a pdf import from an architectural line drawing. It did create 100s of layers in a random, unmanageable way. I know I can flatten all layers. But it would be useful to keeping some elements separate. Is there any way to pre-set or manage this? Thanks Quote
Fixx Posted July 13, 2022 Posted July 13, 2022 I think the core problem is that CAD software does not group or layer objects in PDF any useful way, but rather randomly. It may be because CAD developers see PDF only as delivery format, not a transfer format. I usually work CAD to PDF exports in Designer. Quote
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