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benjanowitz
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problem export pdf

hello everyone.

I'm having problems exporting my dwg to a pdf in autocad 2014 (Mavericks).

The dwg seems pretty good, but as soon as I export it lots of fillet lines and arcs in general (but even straight lines, sometimes) are not joined or messy.

here you are some examples of what I mean:

 

Screen Shot 2014-05-31 at 08.41.35.png

 

 

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Screen Shot 2014-05-31 at 08.43.17.png

 

 

Screen Shot 2014-05-31 at 08.43.42.png

 

 

 

 

Screen Shot 2014-05-31 at 15.57.54.png

 

 

the draw is in 1:1 (meters) and I need to export in 1:5000

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Message 2 of 22
pendean
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Message 3 of 22
maxim_k
in reply to: benjanowitz

Hi benjanowitz,

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In AutoCAD for Mac version you can not set resolution for vectors for PDF output as you can do in PC version of AutoCAD and as was advised here:

 

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2013-2014-2015/PROBLEM-WITH-COMMAND-quot-FILLET-quot/td-p/5066...

 

BUT!

You can use one simple trick to get output even better than on PC.

Here it is:

Create huge Custom paper size (in your file I used paper size 2100 cm x 2970 cm, save PDF from your drawing with scale 10:1 (or 1:0.1),

than open it in Preview.app (Adobe Reader can not handle such huge PDF files), then start Print it to A2 paper size with scale 2%, and select Open PDF in Preview - now you have your PDF in A2 size at 1:5000 scale (see attached)

 

The quality of the PDF is good.

 

Maxim


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Message 4 of 22
maxim_k
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Hi Dean,

Thanks for pointing me there.

Maxim

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Message 5 of 22
benjanowitz
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thanks a million!!!

you've saved my life 😄

 

it works!! thanks!!

Message 6 of 22
maxim_k
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Hi Ben,

 

Here is short screen cast i created in order to explain my way to create HiRes PDF from AutoCAD for Mac:

 

 

Maxim


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Message 7 of 22
benjanowitz
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Hey maxim, thanks so much for the video. It's great!

I keep doing something wrong.

When I do the scale 1:10 (1:17 of the video) my draw becomes super-tiny. and I tried to export it like that, but it's super f-up.

What am I doing wrong?

Message 8 of 22
maxim_k
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Hi Ben,

The scale for viewport on the video is 10:1, but not 1:10 or 1:17.
You need to set scale to 10:1

Maxim

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Message 9 of 22
benjanowitz
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Yes, sorry. I meant 10:1 🙂

And 1:17 is the minutes on the video! 🙂

Message 10 of 22
maxim_k
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I attached your DWG with Viewport of desired scale in Layout1.

 

You need to have Custom paper size with name "Huge A2"  (2100cm x 2970cm with 0 cm margins) in order to be able to save to PDF this layout.

 

Is your problem solved?

 

Maxim


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Message 11 of 22
benjanowitz
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I've made a video, it's easier! 🙂

 

 

 

 

(Thanks to helping me so much!!)

Message 12 of 22
maxim_k
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Could you send your video to my e-mail: mkanaev at yandex.ru ? Youtube is blocked in my office :((
And - Could you post DWG with your settings?

 

Maxim


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Message 13 of 22
benjanowitz
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Yeah, sure!

 

 

Message 14 of 22
maxim_k
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That is because you scale down everything in Model space by 500 times for some reason.

I scaled your Model space by 500 times and everything is OK now.

 

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Message 15 of 22
benjanowitz
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Sorry, what do you mean?

Message 16 of 22
maxim_k
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I mean:
when I was looking at your drawing for the first time (the file from your first post here) everything was 500 times bigger in size in Model space, so I advised such scale as 10:1.

Maxim

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Message 17 of 22
benjanowitz
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Ok, so I don't need to do the step of scaling to 10:1?

Message 18 of 22
maxim_k
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You don't need to touch geometry in your drawing - it should be in your usual scale: 1 AutoCAD unit = 1 meter, as it was in your first drawing.
You only need to change viewport scale in Layout an set it to 10:1 for the paper size I have suggested you.

Maxim

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Message 19 of 22
benjanowitz
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Yes, but when I change the scale in layout, it becomes tiny!

Message 20 of 22
maxim_k
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Do you mean tiny lineweights?

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