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Tables won't show in pdf once exported

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 03:58:58 GMT

I am working on a construction drawings assignment in Cad 2018, and when I export my pages from paper space to pdf, the tables (lines bordering the legends and schedules) won't show up. I have tried adjusting the layer and putting them on different layers, they are NOT frozen or locked, the plot icon is NOT crossed out…..I'm out of ideas. Please help.

Re: Tables won't show in pdf once exported

pendean — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:17:03 GMT

Post your DWG file, let us try it.

Re: Tables won't show in pdf once exported

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:25:37 GMT

There is one table that I made but all the other ones I added using the
table command. Thank you!

Re: Tables won't show in pdf once exported

pendean — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:58:04 GMT

Nothing attached, try again by coming to the website.

Re: Tables won't show in pdf once exported

cara.smithCJFUK — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:01:59 GMT

How about this time?

Re: Tables won't show in pdf once exported

pendean — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:14:37 GMT

Got the file, thanks: which table and where is the one that does not show in PDF?

Re: Tables won't show in pdf once exported

cara.smithCJFUK — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:18:55 GMT

All of them.... there is one or two on almost every page.

Re: Tables won't show in pdf once exported

dany_rochefort — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 15:39:51 GMT

Re: Tables won't show in pdf once exported

pendean — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:56:57 GMT

@dany_rochefort the OP has "display plot styles" selected in PAGESETUP for each layout, that's why colors change. Read up about it in HELP, it has nothing to do with the issue at hand.

Re: Tables won't show in pdf once exported

pendean — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:07:35 GMT

I notice you really have not set up a single one of your FOUR table styles for correct use: each has manual overrides for text sizing, table cell sizing, and more. That's kind of the long hard way to do tables.

Or are these meant to be annotative tables (and text), but someone unchecked that box to dumb them down?

Your problem table style is the one called DRAWING LEGEND: redefining the three cell types lines of the table to be visible (not invisible) seems to be the fix. your file also needs recovery.

Re: Tables won't show in pdf once exported

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 18:36:07 GMT

Hello,

Sorry I didn't respond sooner, I was very busy with finals and my other courses. I was able to get the tables to show up by exploding them, thank you.

I'm not totally clear on how to set the tables up right so there's no doubt that they don't make sense. I appreciate your help and I'm going to look into that ASAP.

Cheers!

Re: Tables won't show in pdf once exported

ChicagoLooper — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:18:54 GMT

The EXPLODE command is overused, overrated and used as a catch-and-fix-all-the-bad-stuff method when you run out of options. If stress is what a user feels when he doesn't know what's going on, then the Explode button is frequently clicked when a user doesn't know what's really going on.

Just like Text styles, Mleaders style, Dimension styles, there are TABLE STYLES. A Style, for example an mleader style, has many customizable settings. A closed filled arrow vs. an open 90 degree arrow. Spline vs. straight. A landing vs. no-landing. Your choice of fonts and text height. And many, many more. Instead of setting those parameters in the Properties Palette each time the mleader command is used, you can create an 'mleader style' that applies your, or your firm's, customizations. You could say an mleader style stores your customizations so you may call them up whenever you need them. Storing and retrieving the nit-picky stuff ensures consistency, lets you draw efficiently and enables your work product to present a high level of professionalism.

An individual user can easily switch from one mleader style to another simply by switching styles. A firm can easily update a company standard so all team members operate on the same level.

Whether mleader style or TABLE Style, a Style is considered a best practice. Without Styles, you'll resort to using a default table then applying overrides to that table in the Properties Palette. Establish one or several Table Styles, e.g. a legend style, a parts schedule, a table of contents, and you'll be fine. Dismiss the importance of Table Styles and your drawing will be clunky and have no STYLE.