Just started using the new trial of AutCAD LT for Mac and I am having problems when plotting to PDF. I have no problem saving the file as a PDF but once it has saved and I open to view it in preview lots of the lines don't show. The lines are there (they have plotted) as when I do quickview (pressing the space bar to view a file) the file shows up complete with all the lines. Im not sure if this is a problem with my CAD or Preview.
I ruled out...
all layers I need were on whilst plotting
all layers were selected to print
all lines show in quickview but not preview
quickview - when you press the spacebar to view a file.
I printed the file and it came out fine, its only when its viewed in preview that the lines disappear. as in i saved the drawing as a pdf and opening it in mac preview doesnt seem to work
Obviously attaching files to an email to reply doesn't work!
Hopefully they will attach this time.
Regards
Nathan
Plus, I can see all lines in Preview app on Mavericks:
Maxim
I have the same problem. Lines are missing on AutoCAD PDF prints in Mac Preview app. PDF's displays fine in Adobe Acrobat.
I have attached the original file to this post.
Appreciate any suggestions?
Hi,
The lines you mentioned are visible in Preview app when you se zoom to 400%:
The weight of the strokes of the "invisible" lines is "0 mm" and the color is light-gray:
So there is nothing to do with this issue in Preview app - this is the way of how Preview app render PDF files with thin lines.
If you need to see these "zero-width" lines with less zoom factor, yhan you need to use Acrobar reader.
Maxim
It would be really nice to find a way to have these lines display as my office has used these lineweight settings for a very long time and we are happy with the look of the drawings (when they display propoerly). This is a new issue in Yosemite. Prior to this OS they would display normally.
If anyone has any developments on this please post.
I've had the same issue whihc has only surfaced recently in the last couple of months. At first I thought it was an issue related to my XREF file, which was a Vectorworks export.
Had a similar issue on my lastest drawing and this was an ArchiCAD export.
Forward the files to Autodesk and after five days the only comment from AutoDESK was that the Xref file was not a correct DWG and therefore the issue must lie with the XREF file.
I like several other here have suspect the Preview App on the mac and the only work around I have found is to use Adobe, but the current Adobe DC preview is slow and therefore have managed to download a version 11 which seems to work beterr & quick.
But I have now been told by my client that they are having issues plotting out the PDF's, so I am suspecting that something larger is afoot with the way the Mac OSX process the plot to PDF.
What about when you share your drawing? Will you ask others to use Adobe instead of Preview to open it?
I've got the same problem and I need to be sure my pdfs are visualised correctly by anyone using widely diffused software (i.e. Preview.app)
I'm not aware of it being a massive issue for 3rd parties yet - I think the majority of people we deal with use PC so aren't affected. On the odd rare occasion then yes I advise using Adobe.
Interestingly though, the same issue appears if the file is viewed on iPad.
I haven't experimented to see if there is any difference between PDFs created on a Mac vs PC, but that would be the logical next step.