Inventor adds extra invisible views which are shown in PDF

[m.vanosch]

Hi there,

I have a problem with my drawing where Inventor automatically adds different views which aren't visible to me in the tree.

They come "alive" when I export the drawings to PDF and when I copy the sheet in the same drawing the views are shown in the tree as raster view.

I have attached the screenshots below so it's more clear what the problem is (page 2 on the PDF)

You'll see 6 pages, 3 original pages and 3 copied pages.

Is this a bug in my Inventor Installation? It began occurring after my Inventor 2025 installation. I'm using our companies template and my fellow collegue is using the same template but doesn't have this problem.

I hope someone can give me a explanation or solution to this.

Thanks in advance!

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Is  this an idw file or a dwg file? We are hearing some users reporting the same thing but so far we are not able to reproduce the behavior. To purge the corrupted views, copy the sheet and paste it to the same file. The hidden views will reappear. You may delete the hidden views.

Many thanks!

[m.vanosch]

Hi, yes I saw another post after I posted mine with the same problem.

Thanks for the tip, I was already using this to delete the views.

I think the problem occurs when there are multiple different parts displayed on the same sheet. It's in the IDW file and usually after I export the .IDW to a .PDF file.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! If you find out how to reproduce the corruption, please let us know asap. This is a serious corruption bug.

Many thanks!

[m.vanosch]

Hi,

I think I can reproduce it, but I don't know what causes it.

I'm using a .STEP model from a client which is converted to Inventor parts. I edited the parts by changing the sheet metal rules, holes etc... Then I make a single sheet in my drawing with all the sheet metal parts on it for our bending center.

If i convert this .idw drawing to a PDF file it gives me a popup with the following "one or more drawing views are currently in raster state. Raster views differ from final views in quality and may produce visually different results".

I can send you my .idw file if necessary.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Yes, please send me the files (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com). You mentioned that you were able to reproduce the behavior by following the exact steps you described above, right?

Many thanks!

[m.vanosch]

I've sent you an email with some parts and a drawing where I reproduced the problem.

I did the following steps;

1. import STEP/STP into inventor;
2. convert IPT files to Sheet Metal parts;
3. add multiple sheet metal parts into 1 sheet on a .IDW;
4. create a sketch on the .IDW (borders between te different parts)
5. export IDW to PDF and the message "one or more drawing views are currently in raster state. Raster views differ from final views in quality and may produce visually different results" pops up;

Hopefully you can generate the problem which those steps.

You can see the views on the PDF in the email I sent you.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Many thanks for sharing the files! I have confirmed the behavior. However, I still cannot reproduce the behavior from scratch. I am wondering if this behavior has anything to do with the multi-threaded option. Go to Tools -> App Options -> Drawing -> go to the bottom -> uncheck "Enable background update."

After that, are you able to reproduce the behavior?

Thanks again!

[m.vanosch]

Hi John,

You're welcome, hopefuly you can do something with it.

I checked my Application Options and I see that the option is already checked off "Enable background update". So the behaviour is already produced while the option was checked off.

Should I reproduce it without this option?

EDIT:

I think there is more going on, because I also have some cache problems. Sometimes it says that there are files in my cache which are newer than the file I'm working in. While this is practically impossible.

Maybe this has to do something with the problem above.

EDIT2:

I think it also has to do with the PDF Export function. Usually after this I get the problems with my drawing. Missing views etc..

[m.vanosch]

Dear Johnson,

Is there a solution for this yet?

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Unfortunately, I have not made much progress. I still cannot reproduce the behavior from scratch. Are you able to reproduce it persistently? If yes, please share the steps and the files.

Many thanks!

[peter.roman]

I've noticed this issue on 2 unrelated occasions.

It seems to be placing raster views of other open files.

I can see the issue has occurred only on publishing (raster view warning & view shows in pdf), the extra part shows in replace model references list, and the extra part shows in design assistant.

Technically the assemblies contain imported step files as well but it it doesn't seem directly related.

The most recent, I had an existing multi part multi sheet drawing, added a new sheet, flat pattern view, folded part views.

The added view was of another open file, a higher level assembly.

Using the copy and paste sheets, I can see that the view was created between the flat pattern and folded views (I don't recall doing anything significant).

I've attempted but can't replicate the issue.

The other time: I have a drawing "template" that uses ilogic to replace the model on save-as to a different number (used extensively without issue).

Recently during publishing I noticed a raster view of a layout assembly (higher level to the drawn component assembly).

During this process no new views actually get created, just replaced references in ilogic (but the previous example doesn't involve replacing references).