HELP! Autocad crashes when i plot and save to pdf or ps

[Anonymous]

Please Help.

Autocad for mac crashes whenever i Plot even after updating and changing the print suport search path.

My Computer:

Hardware Overview:

  Model Name:    MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier:    MacBookPro5,3
  Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:    2.8 GHz
  Number Of Processors:    1
  Total Number Of Cores:    2
  L2 Cache:    6 MB
  Memory:    8 GB
  Bus Speed:    1.07 GHz

I've tried everything even reinstalling and the problem persists. This is affecting my productivity - please help.

[maxim_k]

Hi,

Does it crashes when you select "Preview" (not PDF) in Print dialog?

Could you Preview you print output?

Maxim

[Anonymous]

It does not crash when i preview.

I usually print by previewing first and then print in adobe acrobat which is not very efficient.

[maxim_k]

I think, that I don't open a big secret - if you save preview of print from Preview.app, the quality will be the same as when you Save As PDF, or Save As Adobe PDF (believe me, sometimes it is better, than Adobe PDF).

So you can use Save from Preview.app without crashes. Please - have a try, and response if this helps you.

Maxim

[Anonymous]

Yes I understand that as well. But I don't see why i have to accept Autocad crashing as a solution.

[Anonymous]

HI I have the same problem, what do you mean by preview.app?could you explain more? thanks! 

[maxim_k]

Hi,

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@Anonymous wrote:

... what do you mean by preview.app?could you explain more? thanks! 

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preview.app is Preview.app

To be seriously:

When you pick "Preview" button in Print dialog (see my message #2 above), AutoCAD creates preview for current print setup and opens it in standard Mac OS application named "Prewiew.app".

If in your case you can see preview after you pick on preview button, then you can save file from Preview.app (just select Save from File menu and select folder to save, you can also give another name to saved PDF file).

HTH

Maxim

[Anonymous]

Spoiler

Hi Maxim, thanks for the responds. I thought it was some thing autocad developed for ploting PDF files. Didn't realize that you meant the Preview button. I always use that, at the beginning it worked. but as the size of drawing getting bigger, it started this crash. when I say bigger, it's only about 2.7 MB. 

Spoiler

I have also tried your method of fake IP ploter and change the file path, nothing seems working.  I also try to install update 1 and 2, but when i ran the Update, it told me it can't find any autocad application on my computer!  ( what a joke)  Or if the update status in Autocad says my application is up to date, that means I 've already had both of the Update packages