Command Line Usage

Convert a single file

dp.exe /InFile source-file-name /OutFile destination-pdf-file-name

Parameters:
/InFile Input file name, e.g. D:\DWGs\Building.dwg
/OutFile Output file name, e.g. D:\PDFs\Building.pdf

Example: Convert sample.dwg to sample.pdf
dp.exe /InFile D:\sample.dwg /OutFile E:\sample.pdf

Convert a folder

dp.exe /InFolder source-folder /OutFolder destination-folder /ConvertType conversion-type [/IncSubFolder]

Parameters:
/InFolder          Input folder name, e.g. D:\DWGs
/OutFolder        Output folder name, e.g. E:\PDFs
/OutToOneFile   All drawings combined into one PDF file, e.g. E:\PDFs\All2PDF.pdf
/IncSubFolder   Include subdirectories.
/ConvertType   Conversion type, available values:
                       DWG2PDF        Convert DWG to PDF
                       DXF2PDF         Convert DXF to PDF
                       DWF2PDF         Convert DWF to PDF
                       ALL2PDF          Convert DWG, DXF and DWF to PDF

Example 1: Convert all DWG files to PDF files
dp.exe /InFolder D:\DWGs /OutFolder F:\PDFs /ConvertType DWG2PDF /IncSubFolder

Example 2: Convert all DWG, DXF and DWF files to PDF files
dp.exe /InFolder D:\DWGs /OutFolder F:\PDFs /ConvertType ALL2PDF /IncSubFolder

Optional Parameters

Note: the following parameters are not required. If the parameter is not specified, then it will default to the GUI setting.

/Hide	Hide the result window and the message dialog
/PDFWidth	PDF width in millimeters, e.g. /PDFWidth 210
/PDFHeight	PDF height in millimeters, e.g. /PDFHeight 297
/DisableAutoSize	Disable the "Automatically adjust the page size based on the drawing" option
/PDFMargin	Margin in millimeters, e.g. /PDFMargin 5
/PDFColor	Output color, available values: TrueColors, GrayScale, BlackWhite. TrueColors: True Colors GrayScale: Gray-scale BlackWhite: Black/White For example: /PDFColor TrueColors
/PDFQuality	PDF quality, available values: Normal, Medium, High, Highest. e.g. /PDFQuality Highest
/OutMode	Output mode option, available values: ByLayout, ByDrawing, AlltoOne. ByLayout: One PDF per layout ByDrawing: One PDF per drawing AlltoOne: All drawings combined into on PDF file For example: /OutMode ByLayout
/Overwrite	Overwrite existing PDF file
/OutLayout	Output layout, available values: All, Model, Paper, Active, ByName:layoutname. All: All layouts Model: Model space Paper: All paper spaces Active: Last active layout ByName: Ouput by layout name For example: /OutLayout Paper /OutLayout ByName:Layout1
/OutArea	Output area, available values: ZoomExtents, LastSavedView. ZoomExtents: Zoom extents LastSavedView: Last saved view of drawing For example: /OutArea ZoomExtents
/LineWidth	Line width, available values: Default, CADDefault, ByColor. Default: Default width CADDefault: Use the CAD default line weight ByColor: Customer by color For example: /LineWidth CADDefault
/LineScale	Set the line width scale, e.g. /LineScale 4
/PDFAuthor	Set the PDF author, e.g. /PDFAuthor author name
/PDFTitle	Set the PDF title, e.g. /PDFTitle title
/PDFSubject	Set the PDF subject, e.g. /PDFSubject subject
/PDFKeyword	Set the PDF keywords, e.g. /PDFKeyword keywords1, keywords2
/DisablePDFBookmark	Disable the "Create PDF bookmark" option
/DisableFillTTF	Disable the "Fill TTF font in the drawing" option
/DisableOutImage	Disable the "Export Image/Excel file in the drawing" option
/Recover	If the program freezes on certain files, please use this parameter. It will recover the drawing if the drawing is damaged. To improve the performance, please don't use this parameter.
/Options	Open the Options dialog

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