Design Converters
2 toolsTwo converters for vector source files that other people cannot open. Both share the same honest limitation, stated up front: the artwork is rendered and embedded as an image, so the PDF preserves exactly what you see and not editable vector paths.
Why is the PDF output rasterized rather than vector?
Because faithfully translating SVG or DXF into PDF drawing operators means reimplementing two large specifications, and every partial implementation fails silently on the interesting cases — CSS-styled SVG, gradients, filters, clipping paths, DXF splines and hatch patterns. Rendering through the browser instead means the PDF shows precisely what the browser shows, which is a result you can verify by looking at it. Artwork is rendered at twice its source dimensions to keep edges clean at normal viewing and printing sizes. If you need editable vector paths in the PDF, export directly from Inkscape, Illustrator or your CAD application.
When is a rasterized PDF the right answer anyway?
Whenever the PDF is the final artefact rather than an intermediate one. Sending a logo to a printer, attaching a floor plan to a permit application, circulating a drawing for comment, adding a diagram to a report, handing brand assets to a client — in all of those the recipient is going to look at the file, not edit its paths. The rasterized PDF opens everywhere, looks identical everywhere, and cannot be accidentally modified. Keep the SVG or DXF as your source of truth and treat the PDF as the deliverable.
What happens to text inside the artwork?
It becomes part of the image, so labels on a drawing or type in a logo are no longer selectable or searchable in the PDF. For a floor plan or a logo that is usually irrelevant. It matters when someone downstream needs to search for a room name or a part number, in which case export from the originating application instead, or keep a separate text schedule alongside the PDF. The tool pages say this plainly rather than leaving you to discover it after sending the file.
Every tool in this category runs on your device
There is no upload step and no processing server. Open your browser’s network panel and run any of them — the only requests are for the page itself.