Is it possible to get a multilayered PDF into Photoshop?

No matter the programs I use, or methods, it always seems to combine my multi layered pdf into a single photoshop rastered image.
Is it possible to somehow get multi layered pdfs into a layered PSD file?
You know, I  would've thought that by owning Photoshop AND Acrobat Professional, this would've been a pretty straightforward thing to acheive, but it seems harder than Russian Algebra at the moment.

No problem then, slightly dissapointing. Layers and objects have completely different meaning in AutoCad, Maya or 3DS Max yet you can transfer between these different programs.
Would've thought Adobe could've had something here.
In any case, I just wrote a batch export script from the program generating the PDF's to make it so it exports one PDF per layer then in PS I can use that default script to load images into layers or whatever it calls. There's always a way I guess!

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