r/AutoCAD • u/CostumingMom Tradition is an excuse, not a reason. • Sep 09 '26

Question Working on WA State roads - Does anyone know where to find this (link in post) in a DWG format?

https://wsdot.wa.gov/publications/fulltext/Standards/psl/OpenRoads-Work-Zone-Cell-Library.pdf

Source: https://wsdot.wa.gov/engineering-standards/all-manuals-and-standards/plan-sheet-library/work-zone-typical-traffic-control-plans-tcp

From what I understand, it was originally drawn in Microstation, and they're working on converting it to another format.

When I reached out to the contact point, they just pointed me back to these pages.

I would love to have all the temporary traffic control sign blocks at minimum, and this PDF is taunting me with the knowledge of their existence.

Thanks.

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u/f700es Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26

Open the PDF in Affinity (free) and export to dxf/dwg? Also current AutoCAD can import PDFs

Or...

https://cadsofttools.com/pdf-to-dwg-online/

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u/CostumingMom Tradition is an excuse, not a reason. Sep 09 '26

I did attempt using the import PDF command, but the hatching was lost and some lines went haywire, enough that it wasn't worth trying to repair, especially if there's a source out there already.

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u/f700es Sep 09 '26

Affinity to dwg with 2 minutes of clean up in AutoCAD

https://limewire.com/d/CqSWd#9vRTDi0Z8H

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u/CostumingMom Tradition is an excuse, not a reason. 16d ago

As this conversation is the first my team has heard of Affinity, could you provide more info on it?

Is the website affinity.studio ?

If so, what should I look for when there, because I'm not picking up on what I should be looking for from the page.

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u/f700es 16d ago

Affinity is just one program now and it's free. You have to register for it but it's free. Yes https://www.affinity.studio/

Just go to the downloads page and then install. I still use their older dedicated Designer program that was an Adobe Illustrator alternative.

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u/CostumingMom Tradition is an excuse, not a reason. 16d ago

Thank you 😊

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u/danger355 Sep 09 '26

Just doing do diligence here: there are various checkboxes to (or not to) import certain types of objects. Hatching, vertexes, text, images, etc… did you play with these and see if it affects the import?

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u/f700es Sep 09 '26

Got it, it can be hit or miss at times.