The plot preview seems to be fine also as I can see the drawing OK.
I have AutoCAD 2012 and when printing to PDF on this drawing only it’s coming out blank (nothing in the PDF). Alternatively, consider using the DWF publishing format.Īs an alternative, recreate the drawing geometry as a raster image in a image editor (such as Photoshop) and then embed the image into the AutoCAD drawing. AutoCad :: Printing To PDF - Drawing Coming Out Blank Feb 1, 2012. It might be necessary to increase its resolution/precision setting via the PDF options.
Note: Solid hatches in AutoCAD drawings published to PDF files may contain random lines. It is recommend to use the AutoCAD internal PDF drivers such as AutoCAD PDF.pc3 or DWG to PDF.pc3.
If you get the same results, you may want to open a support case with Autodesk as it points to something not right with AutoCAD or the drawing file(s). Try setting that to 0.Īlso - are the missing objects Express blocks? We have had _serious_ problems with Express objects when converting to PDF since AutoCAD 2004.Īnother item that was suggested to me was to try the Autodesk DWG to PDF pc3 printer and see if that gets the same results. It’s a good idea to leave this turned on. Is he on AutoCAD 2009 or above? There is another option called "PUBLISHCOLLATE" available in AutoCAD 2009. ‘System printer spool alert’ will let you know if the printer didn’t receive your plot file correctly. Also, you could like at the resolution settings for the image conversion in the distiller joboptions file - mine are set to default (rescale color and greyscale images to 150ppi and 300ppi for monochrome). It might be worth playing around with that setting a bit. I am sorry that the fix did not help you.ĭepending on the drawing complexity, you may need to go higher on the RASTERTHRESHOLD- try 100 or higher. This is a common issue in AutoCAD drawings with raster images and has been discussed extensively in Autodesks forum. Has anyone else come across a setting which resolves this? When plotting an AutoCAD drawing that contains imagery (either imported with Plex.Earth or otherwise embedded into your file) to PDF, part of that imagery may not show up in the final output, although it appears correctly in the plot preview. From a production standpoint, it seems to be a bit better in that it is immediately obvious if there is a problem with the PDF rather than my engineers having to stare at every PDF and potentially miss something subtle, but this is still a major issue. The black only extends to the edges of the viewport obviously. Now, instead of a couple of blocks or texts being missing, nearly the whole drawing will be blank on a problem PDF. Lastly, whether you print from model space or a layout, make sure the printer setting for Lines Merge/Lines Overwrite is set to Lines Overwrite Here is a normal print (screen capture of a printed DWF file) Here is the same drawing printed with a black background. This last setting has created a new behavior. The last setting (DPI) was changed from 300 to 150. We have been able to lessen the issue with the following settings: I spoke to Adobe support on several occastions.
Free DWG to JPG Batch Converter There’s a simple file converter which can convert files in batches to JPEG, TIFF, PDF, PNG Docufreezer. We are on AutoCAD MEP 2008 and we have been seeing this issue with Acrobat 9.1.2 and have observed this behavior from v9.0, This program can automate conversion or printing DWG and DXF files without AutoCAD on a daily basis.