PDF Arranger — The Complete Guide: Assembling Calc Packages and Drawing Sets From Many Files
PDF Arranger is a small application that shows every page of a PDF as a thumbnail. You open several files, drag pages into the right order and save a new file. That is exactly what you need when assembling a structural calculation package, a submission to an authority or a drawing set from several sources.
PDF Arranger
PDF Arranger project
Merge, split, rotate, crop and reorder PDF pages by drag and drop — for assembling calc packages, submittals and drawing sets.
Get it from the vendorWhat you get
- Merging — several files into one.
- Drag-and-drop ordering — reorder pages across files.
- Rotate and crop margins — for scanned pages or landscape sheets.
- Delete and split — drop unneeded pages and split into separate files.
- Open licence — GPL-3.0, free including commercial use.
What it does not do
It works on whole pages only — it does not edit text or content inside a page. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux; on Linux it is also available from Flathub and distribution package managers.
Related tools
For batch splitting and merging — PDFsam Basic. For annotations and advanced editing — PDF4QT. For fast viewing — SumatraPDF.
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A tiny, very fast PDF reader for Windows — opens heavy drawings instantly, and reads ePub and DjVu too.
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Visual comparison of two PDF versions — see at once what changed between revisions of a drawing or report.
Get it from the vendorThe bottom line
When you only need to arrange pages, not edit them, PDF Arranger is the simple and fast way to do it.