Any way to compress or simplify imported PDF file made with autocad ?

Hello guys
I'm working on some layouts for property developer, and the architect who prepare all the floor plans, elevations etc... gave me bunch of PDF files, which I find really hard to use.
These are vector files, fairly small, from 500kb to 1mb, but despite their simple look, they are extremly complex and made of huge number of vectors.
Every single line is made of tens separate lines. To help you visualize, try to imagine 5cm stright line made of 2mm segments. It's very hard to select anything as it takes millions
of clicks just to clear small parts I don't need. Even a DOT in text content (project description and layout info) is made of 6 to 10 tiny vectors.
Secondly, there are millions of cliping masks. Whenever I select something to delete, I keep clearing unrelated parts of the drawing in totally different locations. I select tiny line
at the bottom of the elevation, and somewhere on top a tiny part of window will disapear... Releasing the cleaping masks is very time consuming...
My question is, can I import that PDF and export in some way to simplyfi, combine and minimize the number of vectors, the reimport the file to AI so it's more friendly to work with?
This has been wasting so much of my time, it's driving me crazy, top that, I have really well powered machine that handles files mach larger with ease, but it become barely usable
when I open these vector based PDFs. I single scroll or zoom in/out takes 30 to 50 seconds to refresh...
These files are killing me, please help
thank you for taking the time to read and sincerely hope you can share your expertise.
best regards
Mona

When I have no other option, I convert CAD drawings to high-res images and use PS or another image editor to remove unwanted items. This is usually fast and unobtrusive to the client.
This all is far faster and easier to do in another CAD application. When I can, I have requested either subsets of the original DWGs or DXFs because because my work--hence what I will bill out--is far faster with the originals. Then the cleaned up versions are PDF'd for placement.
If I have to leave the drawings as vector and cannot obtain WG or DXF versions, I load them separately in Illy and en masse deleted as much as possible to get past the worse of the sluggishness. I join as many of the lines as possible and group sections. I do a few Save As along the way to dump undo.
Take care, Mike

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