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Acad to PDF Plotting drops objects!!

Acad to PDF Plotting drops objects!!

Acad to PDF Plotting drops objects!!

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First thanks in advance for any help you can give. My office has been finding that our pdf files generated by Acad occasionally have lines, notes, etc. "dropped". In other words when we generate a pdf file through Acad the resulting image will sometimes leave off notes or lines that are present in the drawing file.

I've upgraded to Acad 2011 and others in the office are using 2008, or 2009 but the problem crosses all platforms. We're also using different Adobe Pro versions, but the issue is the same regardless. It doesn't happen often, but it has eroded our confidence enough that we are hesitant to provide pdf files of drawings when the customers request them.

Has anyone else experienced this and if so were you able to resolve it?

 

RE: Acad to PDF Plotting drops objects!!

I use PDFill Writer - a free download.  Seems to work better than any Adobe I have tried - in many ways!!

RE: Acad to PDF Plotting drops objects!!

I have also experienced this. It appears to be completely random. I have had very good success with plotting to the Adobe PDF driver, not using the AutoDesk driver.

RE: Acad to PDF Plotting drops objects!!

Some Acad notes and dimensions are in a silly yellow font by default.  If you don't specify the pdf file to be in black + white, these notes fade away to nothing in the pdf file.

RE: Acad to PDF Plotting drops objects!!


Jukin, we all have used the download, 'PDF995' for about 5 years, and liked it so well that we paid for a site license!

Rocky

Cheers . . . Rocky
 

RE: Acad to PDF Plotting drops objects!!

Are you sure that "items" that were dropped, are not on layers that are marked "NOT TO BE PLOTTED" ...OR on defpoint layer?

RE: Acad to PDF Plotting drops objects!!

I had a similar problem with drawing text fonts not being created in the PDF plot. Check "Custom Properties" for the Autocad DWG To PDF printer and set the Font Handling option to "Capture All" (my system default was "Capture Some"). This should fix the font plotting problem.

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