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[Anonymous]

I have a design in Fusion 360. I have two drwaing made from this one design. I can output the first drawing to PDF format fine. I cannot output the second drawing in PDF. Ive tried this with several designs, same result. The drawing made fisrt outputs fine, the second.....nothing.

[kris_berg]

Hi @Anonymous,

I am sorry you are having issues.  In the data panel, can you right click on the drawing you are having issues with and select "share public link" and send me( kris.berg@autodesk.com) the link?  To keep your design and drawing private, you should not post the link on the forum, just send me an email with the link.

Once I have it, I will investigate.

Thank you,

Kris Berg

Fusion 360 Development

[Anonymous]

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[kris_berg · Accepted solution]

Thanks @scot1911 and I forgot to welcome you to the forum in my first post.  Welcome!  

I was able to reproduce your problem on Windows, but not on the Mac.  I assume you are on Windows, correct?  I was also able to find the cause of the issue and have a workaround for you.

The cause of the issue is the ":" in the drawing filename.  On Windows, when we create a pdf file, we default the pdf filename to the name of the drawing.  The problem is that the ":" is not valid in a filename on Windows.  This error causes the file dialog to not display.  I will enter a defect and we will fix it.  To workaround this problem, close the drawing if it is open, then right click on the drawing in the data panel and select "Rename", remove the ":" character in the drawing name.  Be sure to hit enter after you have removed the ":" character.

Let me know if this does not fix the issue for you.

Thank you,

Kris Berg

Fusion 360 Development

[Anonymous]

Thank you!

Who would have known?

[kris_berg]

Hi @Anonymous,

Yeah I was surprised by this myself.  It was good there was an easy workaround.

Kris Berg

Fusion 360 Development