2016 Project Navigator PDF Publish

[Anonymous]

I'm using MEP 2016, I was using MEP 2015 & MEP 2013 in the same manner.

I publish via Project Navigator using the "Publish to Alternate Page Setup" option. I have a Template file on the network that has every plotter/page setup we use, including DWG to PDF. I'm having issues with the PDF.

When I publish a single sheet, it works completely fine, but if I attempt to publish more than 1 sheet to a multipage PDF (publishcollate-1) I get an error every time. ERROR DID NOT PLOT, ERROR: DEVICE NOT FOUND. Same using the regualr Publish, not via Project Navigator.

I've edited the Template in 2016 with the new PDF options and still the same issue. Any idea what I'm missing?

[wispoxy]

You can have different publish settings per page / paperspace layout. Just reset.Issue: When attempting to publish to DWF in AutoCAD, no file is created and the following error message is displayed:

Device not found

Solution: Reset AutoCAD to defaults (see How to reset AutoCAD to defaults).

Article ID: kA230000000tatT

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Error-D...

[Anonymous]

This article doesn't say it applies to Autocad MEP 2016 and the issue it addresses is DWF.

[leothebuilder]

If you are using Project Navigator to publish to PDF, why not use "Publish to PDF" instead of "Publish to Alternate Page Setup".

Does that work for you?

[Anonymous]

I tried, same result. ERROR DID NOT PLOT, ERROR: DEVICE NOT FOUND.

Many Projects in our office require different Page Set Up options (page size, pen settings, etc.), this would mean changing each project Navigator's Page Setup Options, not ideal or efficient since all old jobs would need editing and there are many.

Publish using the Page Setups in the template takes the guess work out for many of the users since they are pre-set and accessible via any Project.

[leothebuilder]

I agree, page setups are great...use them myself with ACA.

If you get a message that the device is not found it is probably missing.

What happens is you use "export to PDF" on a single sheet?

[leothebuilder]

P.s. does every user in your office have the sampe problem, or just you.

[pendean]

Share your Template file, let's all have a look at it and test publishing with it, if it really is a plain AutoCAD issue, we should be able to replicate it quite easily and see the problem.

Otherwise the MEP forum is way over there, "project navigator" is not a plain AutoCAD feature, the forum you are posting in... http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-mep/ct-p/2036

[Anonymous]

So Far just me, I'm testing out 2016 to see if its worth upgrading to at the moment, so far NO -.-

[leothebuilder]

Ok...so you are using 2016 and have this problem.

The other users are using an older version of MEP and don't have this problem.

That probably means that the template is formatted for your older version of MEP and does not work, or partially works with 2016.

Do your other page setups work in the 2016 version?

E.g. print to plotter or printer?

[Anonymous]

Sorry I don't usually get many replies in MEP , so I tried my luck here.

[leothebuilder]

and what happens if you "export to PDF" a single sheet in 2016?

[Anonymous]

All others work fine, i saved the template to 2016 thinking that was it. Nope.

[leothebuilder]

I don;t have 2016 so I'm not sure if the PDF plotter within Autocad was changed from previous versions.

If all else works fine it seems that just the PDF is kaput in 2016.

Why not create a page setup override for 2016 PDF plotting and see if that works.

[Anonymous]

Export to PDF results in a blank PDF

[Anonymous]

In 2016 i made a new PDF page setup, same result. Error, no PDF 

[Anonymous]

Also note that with Publishcollate set to 0, it allows me to print multiple sheets to PDF, but they are single PDF files.

It seems that trying to get a single PDF file with multi-sheets is the problem.

[pendean]

FWIW I believe the 2016 versions of AutoCAD have an all new PDF driver and PDF features.

[dbroad]

When that happens to me it is usually because I am using a special PDF printer that is not available where I am, such as the Adobe Acrobat printer driver or another PDF driver not supplied by AutoDesk.  When you choose publish to pdf in 2016, it specifically gives you a choice of 3 new built-in PDF drivers that won't choke on you.  Hope that helps.

[wispoxy]

My first post suggestion fixes MEP too. Gotta love people who assume just because an article doesn't list a product, it has nothing to do with it.