Is there a trick to generating a PDF with GDT symbols?
If I create a PDF, and view the PDF on my computer, which has Inventor installed, the GDT symbols appear as expected. When the PDF is opened on a computer which does not have Inventor installed, the GDT symbols (Flatness. Parrallelism, and Perpendicularity as examples) do not come through on the PDF. It just shows a generic letter which has relation to the actual symbol.
Any ideas??
Thanks,
Chris
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How are you creating this PDF?
There are options to embed fonts
For my PDF printer the option is rely on document fonts or rely on system fonts..
If exporting from Inventor then I'm not sure.. I would expect that Inventor would automatically embed the fonts into the document.
Its that AIGDT.ttf font..
@CHriS wrote:
I'm using IV2014 to export as PDF.
Where are you seeing an option to embed fonts? That does not appear in the Options when creating the pdf in IV.
@mcgyvr wrote:
For my PDF printer the option is rely on document fonts or rely on system fonts..
If exporting from Inventor then I'm not sure.. I would expect that Inventor would automatically embed the fonts into the document.
I don't use Inventors built in PDF export tool.. As I said above.. I just print to a "pdf driver" as then I have all the options/full control over whatever I want..
So those options are in the printing preferences for my PDF printer.. and I don't know where those settings are for Inventor or if they are even accessible at all.. They clearly aren't in the options in the export pdf save dialog..
I would expect that Autodesk embeds the fonts automatically so there is no setting but I guess not.
What font are you using?
I beleve that there have been several post in the past wehere certin fonts have caused this and other problems
I've been producing PDFs from IDW files for about 10 years with out problems, I ONLY use TIMES NEW ROMAN font which is pritty much supported by all programs, it also a neet loking font.
Have you chnecked to see if your settings in both the PDF export program your using and the PDF viewer
These are the settings that I'm using in Abode Pro XI
Try using CutePDF
It's free and I've never had problems with any missing text or symbols.
Mike