https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/pdf-plotting-issue/m-p/5944378#M347984 <P>The drawing views are probably set to Raster View Only. If there is a light green corner border around the drawing view, it is a raster view.</P><P>Right click on the view and select Make View Precise from the menu.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>When placing drawings view you can select whether to place them as precise views or raster views.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><IMG src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/205683iE548C5A2A24C75E8/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" alt="Raster View.jpg" title="Raster View.jpg" border="0" /></P> Wed, 09 Dec 2015 19:32:31 GMT Anonymous 2015-12-09T19:32:31Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/pdf-plotting-issue/m-p/5944307#M347983 <P>When I plot a drawing to PDF, the dimensions are shown as vector elements in the PDF but the view are plaotted as image. Some details are lost due to this problem. Does anyone know the reason why this happens and how to fix it?</P><P>See picture below, the text are fine when zoomed in, but the drawing showes like dots.</P><P><IMG title="plotting issue.png" alt="plotting issue.png" src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/205676iE751FD5264E21D83/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" /></P> Wed, 09 Dec 2015 18:55:41 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/pdf-plotting-issue/m-p/5944307#M347983 bwang-tecoustics 2015-12-09T18:55:41Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/pdf-plotting-issue/m-p/5944378#M347984 <P>The drawing views are probably set to Raster View Only. If there is a light green corner border around the drawing view, it is a raster view.</P><P>Right click on the view and select Make View Precise from the menu.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>When placing drawings view you can select whether to place them as precise views or raster views.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><IMG src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/205683iE548C5A2A24C75E8/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" alt="Raster View.jpg" title="Raster View.jpg" border="0" /></P> Wed, 09 Dec 2015 19:32:31 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/pdf-plotting-issue/m-p/5944378#M347984 Anonymous 2015-12-09T19:32:31Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/pdf-plotting-issue/m-p/5944448#M347985 <P>Also change the PDF settings from "Standard" to "High Quality" in the Output settings.</P> Wed, 09 Dec 2015 20:21:12 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/pdf-plotting-issue/m-p/5944448#M347985 blair 2015-12-09T20:21:12Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/pdf-plotting-issue/m-p/5946164#M347986 <P>Thanks for the replies. It seems there were are windows updating in the way which blockes the PDF plotting setting. After I shut down my computer and restart, everything goes well. Thanks again.</P> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:00:43 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/pdf-plotting-issue/m-p/5946164#M347986 bwang-tecoustics 2015-12-10T18:00:43Z