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CAD Forums => CAD General => Topic started by: chrisdarmanin on April 23, 2009, 06:29:03 AM
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i got this... :-( :-(
can anyone help?
using acad 2010
Job: - Canceled
Job ID: 1
Sheet set name:
Date and time started: 23/04/2009 12:30:09
Date and time completed: 23/04/2009 12:30:14
UserID: Cdarm
Profile ID:
Total sheets: 1
Sheets plotted: 1
Number of errors: 1
Number of warnings: 0
Sheet: MIA GROUND FLOOR-Model - Plotted with Error(s)
File: G:\Medairco\Technical Dept\Contracts\2008\C2091 - MIA\Drawings\CHRIS DRAWINGS\MIA As Fitted Drawings\MIA GROUND FLOOR.dwg
Category name:
Page setup:
Device name: DWG To PDF.pc3 - plotted to file
Plot file path: C:\Documents and Settings\Cdarm\Desktop\MIA GROUND FLOOR.pdf
Paper size: ISO full bleed A1 (594.00 x 841.00 MM)
ERROR: Internal Error: Null Pointer
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Are you using the DWG to PDF.pc3 that came with AutoCAD 2010, or did you migrate the old one?
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Kate, is the new one broken? I ask b/c the 08 version was broken, and the work around was to bring the 07 version forward
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Considering Autodesk's track record when it comes to actually fixing stuff that should be working to begin with....
Hey! I've got an idea. Instead of using our time to fix the bugs, let's totally revamp the way our software looks. Hmmm... but how? Oh, I know!! Let's make it look like Microsoft Office! Let's just "borrow" their ideas and call it our own!
Ummmm... no comment. :roll: :wink:
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Kate, is the new one broken? I ask b/c the 08 version was broken, and the work around was to bring the 07 version forward
No, using an old PC3 is what causes the problem.
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Kate, is the new one broken? I ask b/c the 08 version was broken, and the work around was to bring the 07 version forward
No, using an old PC3 is what causes the problem.
UH OHHH :oops: :cry:
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Kate, is the new one broken? I ask b/c the 08 version was broken, and the work around was to bring the 07 version forward
No, using an old PC3 is what causes the problem.
UH OHHH :oops: :cry:
What? Is it really THAT troublesome to create new ones?
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Kate, is the new one broken? I ask b/c the 08 version was broken, and the work around was to bring the 07 version forward
No, using an old PC3 is what causes the problem.
UH OHHH :oops: :cry:
What? Is it really THAT troublesome to create new ones?
No Cotton but it felt good in saying that and you like it.
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Uhhh.... What? :?
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Kate, is the new one broken? I ask b/c the 08 version was broken, and the work around was to bring the 07 version forward
No, using an old PC3 is what causes the problem.
UH OHHH :oops: :cry:
What? Is it really THAT troublesome to create new ones?
No Cotton but it felt good in saying that and you like it.
Antithenes!?!?! Where ya been buddy!
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back to the topic...
i clicked on export from the big 'A' in the corner, i tried it from the ribbon and also used the dwg to pdf plotter but nothing worked. oh and even from the publish command. then i did like always and used cutepdfwriter... (i like that little piece of software :) )
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I still use Acroplot, makes a small file size with great detail and extremely high rate of compatability.
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what i liked is that i cam batch print to pdf with the built in pdf writer. with other software i have to print one by one.. (if its not set up as the default printer in the page setup)
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back to the topic...
i clicked on export from the big 'A' in the corner, i tried it from the ribbon and also used the dwg to pdf plotter but nothing worked. oh and even from the publish command. then i did like always and used cutepdfwriter... (i like that little piece of software :) )
Right the question is WHICH dwg-to-pdf plotter you're using. (The method of plotting/exporting doesn't matter if the PC3 file is messed up.) If you migrated the PC3 from an earlier version, delete it and use the one that came with 2010.
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i only got one dwg to pdf (see attached image) and that doesn't work :-(
any ideas what to do?
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i only got one dwg to pdf (see attached image) and that doesn't work :-(
any ideas what to do?
perhaps a re-install is required...
could you try with this lisp http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=28078.0 (http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=28078.0) - the pdf will be output to the same folder as the dwg and have the same name etc...
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hmmm... i deleted the dwg to pdf printer in the plotter manager and added it again from the add a plotter wizard and now its working! thanks :)
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Kate, is the new one broken? I ask b/c the 08 version was broken, and the work around was to bring the 07 version forward
No, using an old PC3 is what causes the problem.
UH OHHH :oops: :cry:
What? Is it really THAT troublesome to create new ones?
No Cotton but it felt good in saying that and you like it.
Antithenes!?!?! Where ya been buddy!
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
Gotcha Mav...Antihissy, Antithingy, Antithenes, whatever, is a female. :lmao: :lmao:
Oh BTW, we overcame the problem by purchasing the Adobe software. Have never had a problem since. And we currently use 2010.
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hey alan :D
but adobe still doesnt batch plot....
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I think the batch plot effort is an acad thing...using the adobe plotter. I really don't know too much about that. All I know is you have to take plot by plot to assign a logical name to each plot, and that is a current pain in the a r s e. Adobe assigns a default plot name to all plots. The other problem is that adobe shoves every plot up into a window so you can see it. Individual windows for each plot. But apart from all that, no real problems.
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The other problem is that adobe shoves every plot up into a window so you can see it. Individual windows for each plot.
cutepdfwriter doesnt do that ;)
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Chris...stick with what you are comfortable with...I have just found annoying little problems with other writers that don't happen with full blown adobe. But at the end of the day use what you like.
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hey alan :D
but adobe still doesnt batch plot....
Batch plotting is always going to be a problem.
PDF is lousy for large format plotting translation. Always has been.
It kills resources turning each sheet itself into an image (usually huge in virtual memory).
I've seen an 8 MB PDF become 3 GB in virtual memory plotting.
TIFF is still much more efficient in that regard for plotting.
Most plotting companies convert them all to tiff before ever plotting large runs because of that fact.
DWF & TIFF have much better return on time and resources when it comes to production.
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Usually, when we need to create a PDF file, it's not because WE want it. We'd be perfectly happy to use DWF instead. It's our customers who specifically want PDFs, and do not want to be told to use some other format instead. That might change once everyone is on Vista and can open DWFs in IE, but right now, people don't want to even download a free DWF viewer. They want their PDF.
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Usually, when we need to create a PDF file, it's not because WE want it. We'd be perfectly happy to use DWF instead. It's our customers who specifically want PDFs, and do not want to be told to use some other format instead. That might change once everyone is on Vista and can open DWFs in IE, but right now, people don't want to even download a free DWF viewer. They want their PDF.
yea...what he said...
ohh and for what its worth Autodesk have fixed the DWG to PDF driver - it now has the same features as the DWG to DWF one:
- layers
- text is text
- optimized PDF
Just try it :-)
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Usually, when we need to create a PDF file, it's not because WE want it. We'd be perfectly happy to use DWF instead. It's our customers who specifically want PDFs, and do not want to be told to use some other format instead. That might change once everyone is on Vista and can open DWFs in IE, but right now, people don't want to even download a free DWF viewer. They want their PDF.
yea...what he said...
ohh and for what its worth Autodesk have fixed the DWG to PDF driver - it now has the same features as the DWG to DWF one:
- layers
- text is text
- optimized PDF
Just try it :-)
I will when I get a chance, still debugging a few things I have been juggling.
Converting entire libraries of blocks to dynamic and renaming them to what they really are, updating all of the routines accordingly, removing all obsolete routines, updating for use in 2009 still if absolutley necessary. Lots of joy :lol:
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yea i prefer to send in dwf... file sizes are much smaller but as you said people want it in pdf
i never experimented with tiff...
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One of the reasons I also liked Acroplot also is because I can instantly convert dwf to pdf, tiff, etc...
Often I get pdf's that wont plot, usually I convert them to tiff and back to pdf for people and end up with a nice clean compressed & completely compatable pdf file. If I try batch plotting pdf's using windows explorer the file names wont collate, but they do with tiff. Another reason I hate pdf :pissed:
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Just for the record, I was able to create pdf's in ACAD LT 2010. But they had an icon in the upper left that said to "click to create a pdf using Acrobat.com". They're competing with ACAD's pdf? Click me, click me!
Bob G.
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Dont worry, Adobe will have an update forcing 4 restarts of windows and block it all to ruin any sense of productivity you may have now. :lmao: