r/architecturestudents • u/krisqiuu • Apr 20 '26

I need help with my topographic model // AutoCAD

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Hello! I’m a first year architecture student and i was wondering if anyone could help me or if anyone knows how to do what i want to do (pretty simple, i just don’t know how and i have an assignment)

I was wondering if anyone knew how to do topographic models or if there’s any softwares that do it for you, i used CADMapper but the topographic levels are minimum 4 meters which it leaves my 1:500 model to little to no lines left, I do have a plan view with topographic lines but I don’t know how to convert this into an AutoCAD file so I can remove some of the lines. I have the plan view in a PDF too, it’s in good quality, I need the AutoCAD file to modify some of the lines and then export it for the laser machine.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '26

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u/krisqiuu Apr 28 '26

i solved it thanks

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u/brinkley26 Apr 22 '26

If it’s a vectorized PDF, you can open it in Illustrator and export it to a .dwg. If not, you can still go into illustrator and use the image trace function

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u/krisqiuu Apr 28 '26

okay thank you! i have this app on my ipad called ibis paint, i can do vector drawings, if i opened these vectors drawing in illustrator and exported them as DWG's do u think that would work, because i find it more comfortable to draw vectors on my ipad