I’d like to Hyperlink some text on my layout sheets, so when I open my PDF’s the text can be clicked and the intended web page opens ? Is this possible, I can’t seem to get it work on my PDF sheets 
The Hyperlink information that can be attached to an object in Rhino does not automatically morph into a clickable link in a PDF created by printing that file.
The Hyperlink is internal to Rhino.
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thanks for the answer John, such a shame that, a must needed feature imho 
I can add it as a future request.
I have no idea how much work it would be, or if it’s even possible.
A further complication is understanding how many other Rhino users would be helped with that development work.
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Cheers John , I’m sure this has been discussed in the past, @Mary I think has heard this a few times 
Hi @milezee
I can’t test it on a Mac right now, but hyperlinks work on Windows.
Does the link in the attached PDF work on Mac? Maybe there is a security setting in your reader…
testUrl.pdf (29.3 KB)
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@Jess yes that works 🤷🤷, this would make my life so much better 
, I just use preview on my Mac for viewing PDF’s, and its fine with any documents which have embedded hyperlinks within them ?
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@milezee now I tested on the Mac and noticed that no text was saved when I exported to PDF format.
But I’ve got it to work by running the Print command and then in the print dialog on the lower left in the PDF dialog choose “Save as PDF”.
Strange somehow… maybe there’s a better way?
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Ok, had time to test, if I paste a link into text and attach a hyperlink it works. If I have some text which I want to add a hyperlink too it fails ?? pdf attached Untitled.pdf (2.5 MB)
Any hope for attention on this one? Is it a major development effort? It would be great to produce hyperlinks in output pdfs.
I love the thought of being able to add hyperlinks to objects and clickable after printing. Even without text, how great would it be to hand over a set of drawings to a contractor and they are able to click on electrical fixtures, plumbing fixtures, hvac specs just through the digital drawings. Could be a game changer.
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It really should be. 2024. I’d actually use Rhino for at least some part of documentation if hyperlinks into pdfs was available. Instead, I say **** it and this surrender costs us a good deal of time and money before and during construction.
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I found this post after stumbling upon the hyperlink button in Rhino. Like many others are saying, being able to create clickable pdfs would be a major added value in design/construction docs.
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That part seems to work on both Windows and macOS.
I’ve added a note to RH-42809 Include Print Option to include Hyperlinks in PDF Output
-wim
This is probably stupid, but I’ve done a bit of searching but cannot seem to figure out how to produce a text object like this. Say, a text object with the text “Link”, a URL to link to, and once a PDF containing that text object is printed, “Link” prints as a clickable hyperlink. Any tips?
I read that as “making text with a url that can be used as a link from the PDF document”.
PDF with Link.pdf (24.6 KB)
That’s RH-42809 Include Print Option to include Hyperlinks in PDF Output
-wim
That sounds like a Bluebeam issue then…
I’ve also tested this with Adobe PDF Reader on Windows.
-wim
Are we really so sure? For me, that “link” also fails when the PDF is opened in Firefox, but works in Chrome.
I can generate PDFs with links that work, to my knowledge and experience, across the board of PDF viewers with mid-2010s AutoCAD without any issue except that dealing with hyperlinks in AutoCAD fields is so tedious without lisping it’s just not worth it in a construction drawing set.