Hi, I am trying to import a picture with only text and line features into a drawing but I am losing resolution. I am starting with a PDF and tried various exporting formats-jpeg, tiff, png, bmp, and various importing techniques into Solidworks DWG such as insert--> picture, and insert Word Document then inserting a picture from in Word. None of these methods are preserving the resolution of the text and lines. Is there a better way to insert a PDF into a drawing? I am using Solidworks 2015.
Mike,
Can you clarify how you are exporting an image from the PDF ... you say export from Adobe, which application specifically, Acrobat Reader, Photoshop, Illustrator ...?
In general, a DXF would give the best results if the contents of the PDF are vectors, one exception being that if it's very complex with several thousand entities, it would be difficult to move around and slow down working with the SolidWorks drawing. The other potential issues might be text formatting and line weights. In those cases an image might be preferable to having to reformat blocks of text or modify line weight.
Can you share the PDF?