Error: Device Not Found When Using Overrides from SSM and DWGToPDF.pc3

[Jason.Piercey]

Using vanilla 2016, anyone else having same error?  2015 works fine.

Manually plotting using the pagesetup defined in the template works fine.  Using SSM overrides pointing to same template/pagesetup produces the error.

I'll have to go back to 2015 until this is resolved in 2016.

[Jason.Piercey]

To keep the PDF from opening after creation it appears you must modify both the DwgToPDF and General Documentation PC3 files. Anyone else finding the same results?

[Anonymous]

I just figured out to day that the custom paper sizes I had created for my DWGtoPDF PC3 file were not being honored... until I pointed the default (General Documentation) PC3 file to the same PMP file that had those custom sizes.  Granted this was only happening when I was trying to publish multiple sheets at the same time.  It did not matter if I used the SSM, or went through the Publish Dialog Box.  As long as I was trying to publish more than one sheet, I had this issue.

It DOES appear that any customizations you make to your DWGtoPDF file should be carried over to the General Documentation file for them to take full affect.

[Jason.Piercey]

Interesting.  So now it is technically twice the amount of work as it used to be.  Makes you wonder what the purpose of including this General Documentation PC3 was.  At this point it seems like change for the sake of change.

Still curious about the textmask and other pen weight inconsistency.  I'll have to keep an eye on those, unfortunately.

[Jason.Piercey]

On the penweight issue:  I use a CTB file and have one color defined with a 0% screen so it does not print (yes I could use no-plot status on a layer but that is not the point).

Printing hard copies works fine, geometry with this color is not printed.  On the PDF this geometry is visible when it should not be. So it seems either of the required PC3 files for PDF printing still have some issues.

[Jason.Piercey]

This specific case of 0% screening not working can be solvevd by no-plot layer status, but I use the same 0% screen in other cases where a no-plot status will NOT work, so this will likely continue to be an issue and I may have to go back to 2015.

[ricksr]

Thank you.  This worked perfice for me

[Anonymous]

Worked like a charm! Thank you for explaining the logic behind why it works. It was frustrating to actually find the solution, and since I'm mostly a designer this back-end type stuff isn't really "what I do"... but I figured it out easily enough through this forum thread.

Now I can batch plot to PDF my whole sheet set at half scale (15x21 from 30x42), which gives me a smaller end file size, and also makes my plot stamp legible when printing to paper at that half scale.