ppmtoacad Command Examples

Convert a PPM image to an AutoCAD database or slide. More information: https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/ppmtoacad.html.

• Convert a PPM image to an AutoCAD slide:

ppmtoacad {{path/to/file.ppm}} > {{path/to/file.acad}}

• Convert a PPM image to an AutoCAD binary database import file:

ppmtoacad -dxb {{path/to/file.ppm}} > {{path/to/file.dxb}}

• Restrict the colors in the output to 8 RGB shades:

ppmtoacad -8 {{path/to/file.ppm}} > {{path/to/file.dxb}}