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I want to see if a pdf file has geographic data and how to access them. In the properties of the PDF document I see the pdf file was made in "AutoCAD Map 3D 2013," and have 6 layers.
In QGIS 2.14, when I add a vector layer, appears only 3 layers and the attribute tables only show the ID field. I read somewhere that something must be processed first to see more data but I can´t find it anymore.
It is true that to see more data is required to use some command in QGIS or process something?
A PDF file can have raster and vector data. On the command line (e.g. in the OSGEO4W shell) you can run gdalinfo and ogrinfo on the file to gather information on the layers that can be read by GDAL. See How to have GDAL print layers of GeoPDF AND say which are raster vs vector for examples on that.
QGIS might hang up rasterizing a vector layer, so it might be a help to extract the sublayers with gdal_translate and ogr2ogr to formats that QGIS can read easily (GeoTiff, shapefile or spatialite).
