Erase Drawing tool does nothing when trying to erase a door in a house drawing - why?

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April 3, 2022
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On April 3, 2022, I tried using the "Erase Drawing" tool in the Comments tool.

When I drag (holdind down left mouse button) the eraser over the optional door in a drawing in my PDF, it does nothing.

Why does the eraser tool fail to erase?

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Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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The easiest way to tell a raster (pixel) image from a vector image is to zoom in really large. If you see pixels, it's raster; if you see smooth curves, it vector. There is a bit of both in your PDF:

This PDF was created from Adobe Illustrator. so the best option is to go back to the original Illustrator file. However, I can't tell if the art itself was created in Illustrator or placed into it. Although not recommended, I was able to open the PDF page 3 in Illustrator and delete the door way.

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HillspireDC.pdf

Bernd Alheit

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Try the redaction tool of Acrobat Pro.

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Frederick23877130wjl3Author

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That redaction tool has two unwanted side-effects that make it unsuitable for the task I'm trying to accomplish:

it doesn't just erase the lines, it also leaves a big white splot behind and it removed the thick line I had manually added to show that the door was replaced by a wall.
previously added comment text boxes are now blurry looking. I was hoping

I'm really hoping there is a way to remove, even if it has to be pixel-by-pixel, at high magification, the door and it's even thinner door-swing from the PDF without other unwanted side-effects.