does pitstop pro overwrite native acrobat tools

Remember, originally, ArchiCAD pensets were matched to the specific pens of output plotters, back when large-format output was using literal pen-based plotters - you can use pensets as a major power-tool to help you manage print output differentiated between many different devices with care and time invested.Ģ) As Wolff pointed out so correctly in their comment, Illustrator's Select Same tool makes bulk colour conversions so simple and easy that you don't really need a lot more than that.ģ) ArchiCAD DWGs will work fine in Illustrator, as will DXFs, but they will be just as segmented as the PDF linework, and cannot carry colour or greyscale properties well, and so cannot, for example, bring shadows in elevations, whereas the PDFs can.Ĥ) In my personal ArchiCAD-to-Illustrator pipeline, I output from ArchiCAD via PDF, as I get best scale control that way, and can carry colour and greyscale info without trouble. There are pre-made GDL objects which output the entire penset as a colour grid on a test sheet, which will help you do your conversion testing. Thus, even though ArchiCAD has no intrinsic CMYK support, it functionally doesn't matter if you take the time to typify your best conversions. This means you can have pensets in ArchiCAD which are effectively colour palettes aimed for use on a particular device, in the same way you output graphic design with a specific colour profile embedded for the target device it you're working at that level of control. Read point (1) through carefully please - it's critical to your question.ġ) ArchiCAD (as Joojaa has correctly commented) has no intrinsic CMYK support, however you can define the specifics of a given pen colour in the pen tables to whatever you need, and there can be dozens of pensets in an ArchiCAD file, so you can specify one to a given RGB that you already know has a decent CMYK conversion, or at least one you've typified with your output device.

Some more of my ArchiCAD-Illustrator example images I can add a few thoughts, as the ArchiCAD-to-Illustrator workflow is one I spent a long time perfecting both for on-screen and print output, with a need to match specific paint chips, brick tones, and occasionally Pantone chip colours - note colour key at bottom right of image.

Does pitstop pro overwrite native acrobat tools