Topic: PDF driver for "Publish"

[Mark]

Does anyone know what PDF driver gets used when you an issue the Publish command? I am having a quality issue between that and the DWG to PDF.pc3. *shrug*

Thanks

[ChrisCarlson]

Should be DWG to PDF.pc3

[Rob...]

That's what I thought.

[Daniel J. Ellis]

That's what I thought.

Likewise.

If you need a workaround - save a pagesetup in one of the drawings you want to publish using DWG to PDF.  When you're in your publish command set all sheets to this pagesetup and set your publish "destination" to "printer specified in page setup."

dJE

[Mark]

That's what I thought.

I did too but i get different results in the quality of pdf. *shrug*

If you do Output -> Export -> PDF it seems fine.

[mjfarrell]

Does anyone know what PDF driver gets used when you an issue the Publish command? I am having a quality issue between that and the DWG to PDF.pc3. *shrug*

Thanks

as others have said...best to use a named page setup...then you should know what you will ALWAYS get

[ROBBO]

The device name can be be found in the Plot and Publish Details Dialogue box.

[Mark]

The device name can be be found in the Plot and Publish Details Dialogue box.

Sure enough!

Thanks.

[ChrisCarlson]

Is it not DWG to PDF?

[Mark]

Is it not DWG to PDF?

No. It is DWG to PDF! *shrug*


Here's another one to ponder. Under Publish options: Multi-sheet file does not produce a single PDF file when I use Plotter named in page setup.

[ronjonp]

Is it not DWG to PDF?

No. It is DWG to PDF! *shrug*


Here's another one to ponder. Under Publish options: Multi-sheet file does not produce a single PDF file when I use Plotter named in page setup.

I've never gotten that multi option to work.

[ChrisCarlson]

The publish command ran though Acad / Publish is odd. Why not make a shell sheet set and publish that way?

[Jeff H]

Is it not DWG to PDF?

No. It is DWG to PDF! *shrug*


Here's another one to ponder. Under Publish options: Multi-sheet file does not produce a single PDF file when I use Plotter named in page setup.

PUBLISHCOLLATE = 1

[rkmcswain]

Strange that you bring this up because....

I almost exclusively publish to PDF from the SSM, and I never have any issues. My page setups are *usually* set to "DWG to PDF.PC3", but on occasion I do publish an older sheet set where the page setup may be set to something else. Still, no issues..

Other people here "PLOT" using "DWG to PDF.PC3" (everyone is mapped to the same PC3/PMP files and plot styles), and frequently have issues with wipeouts, background masking, and similar oddities.

I've always felt that publishing is doing something different that PLOT even though both are using the same PC3/PMP files.

[ChrisCarlson]

We have a lingering issue with Publish / Plot to PDF where Adobe does not like or render solid hatches correctly. Just always attributed it to Adobe mucking about. Might have to dig more into it.

[DIW_CADtech]

With wipe-outs we have always had mixed results, but 9/10 times it's wrong in the PDF.. we avoid them like the plague.   as an alternate option image clipping and xfref clipping.. or.. iembed the image and clip out what you don't want with the raster tools.   Wipe-outs tend to be a crutch, and a painful one at that.  It seems at times they work on one machine and not on another even thou both machines were set up identically.  In any case.. very buggy with adobe.. and it doesn't matter much which PDF driver you use.. it almost seems random weather it works or not.

[hudster]

We had the same issue, I solved it by upping the DPI in the Precision dropdown. The defaults are 200 DPI, I created a custom version and changed the DPI to 300 and it seemed to solve most of the hatch issues.

[Bryco]

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Here's another one to ponder. Under Publish options: Multi-sheet file does not produce a single PDF file when I use Plotter named in page setup.I found setting  "EXPORTPAPERSPACE", 0 before exporting will always give a single sheet
"EXPORTPAPERSPACE",1  will always give a multi sheet. ( I do it with code).
Now I have to figure out how not to use export due to the insane text boxes added in acad 2016 for .shx fonts which we use almost exclusively

[Peter2]

Does anyone know what PDF driver gets used when you an issue the Publish command?...

I know, the question is some weeks old, but .. - you could look at the File-properties of the created PDF. There is "PDF producer" and "application". Maybe it helps.