Autocad vs PDF

[amayo]

My client is wondering if sending the autocad files will help lower the cost of the design work for the PDF files I had quoted.

Does anyone know if they are easier to work with than PDF's?

[matiasc]

Mmmm.. When I worked in a petrochemical business the engineers used to use AutoCad a lot... I remeber having to install a plugin to AutoCad to show some 3D PDF.
In my opinion the PDF is much more simple to handle/edit.. But, an edition on AutoCad might be more.. ehm.. accurate?
Just my opinion...

[amayo]

Okay. So you think autocad would be better quality and PDF would be cheaper to work with in that case?

[danielr]

Cheaper can be more expensieve. Making editable a PDF can cause a big loss of functions and details. We have talked about the process in this thread:
SDL wins the battle for AutoCADs