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ELOQUINTET

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« on: October 04, 2004, 12:47:19 PM »
who here has experience with printing dwf files? we just received a bunch of architecturals but when i try to print them all that prints out is blanks sheets about 48 x 11 after ihave specified 48 x 36. It seem like some kind of cut method error to me but i can't figure out how to solve it. I just want to print these out in a large enough size to read for bidding so how can this be easily done. i have no experience with dwf's.
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M-dub

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« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2004, 12:57:25 PM »
I print them all the time (from DrawingSearcher) and it's a little less than perfect, but I've never had the problem you're mentioning.  Are you printing them from Acad?
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ELOQUINTET

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« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2004, 01:04:18 PM »
no trying to use dwf viewer how do you view and print dwf's from searcher mdub?
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hendie

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« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2004, 01:08:20 PM »
depending upon the viewer you have... don't use the "Print" from the menu.
You have to right-click on the dwf and use the "Print" option from there.
I think the problem has been fixed on later viewers
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M-dub

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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2004, 01:08:26 PM »
Well, the drawing pops up in DWF Viewer, but that's where they are generated from.

Did you try 'Force All Geometry to Black'?
Do you have the latest version?  I believe Autodesk just released an update.
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M-dub

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« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2004, 01:09:35 PM »
Quote from: hendie
depending upon the viewer you have... don't use the "Print" from the menu.
You have to right-click on the dwf and use the "Print" option from there.
I think the problem has been fixed on later viewers


Oh yeah, forgot that part....Good Tip, Hendie
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ELOQUINTET

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« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2004, 01:11:16 PM »
i was thinking it could be an internal thing like a driver issue or something. i'm using the latest viewer #5 and just tried your method but nothing is printing out  :?
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M-dub

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« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2004, 01:12:02 PM »
You don't have to, but could you send me one of the files by any chance?
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ELOQUINTET

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« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2004, 01:14:18 PM »
they are trying to tell me here to insert each one into autocad then scale them up and i have about 50 of them. i'm thinkin it will be fasterfor now and in the long run  to learn the proper way, correct  :wink:
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ELOQUINTET

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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2004, 01:15:14 PM »
sure mdub it's on the way
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M-dub

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« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2004, 01:16:01 PM »
If you can get one to print properly in Acad, try the Batchplot utility...
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ELOQUINTET

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« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2004, 01:20:31 PM »
it's the cutting and pasting and scaling up that i'd like to avoid. i tried doing one using this method and it took forever. there's also an issue of our plotter being 36" wide so i'd have to rotate the ole. the lineweights on the one i printed also came out real screwy in acad. basically i'd rather not do it that way.
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hendie

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« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2004, 01:25:00 PM »
can you actually see the DWF correctly in the viewer ?
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M-dub

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« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2004, 01:26:00 PM »
Well, I don't know...I had no problems plotting it out in DWF Viewer.
Can you post a screenshot of your 'print' dialog box?
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ELOQUINTET

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« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2004, 01:26:31 PM »
yeah it looks fine i was just seeing that. they are using a bold font for all text which views ok in the viewer but in acad it's big blobs
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M-dub

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« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2004, 01:29:42 PM »
"Some of the fonts used on this page are missing. They have been substituted with default system fonts. - Missing Font(s): Futura Lt BT [Arial]"

Arial is what it replaced it with.  check you options to see what it's replacing missing fonts with.
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ELOQUINTET

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« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2004, 01:40:49 PM »
yeah i saw that and i changed my substitution to arial but it's still blobs when i insert
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ELOQUINTET

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« Reply #17 on: October 04, 2004, 01:43:09 PM »
o yeah my screenshot is in the pond. speaking of the pond how can i easily get my link to put in my post. or how can i have mozilla not download everything to my desktop. sheeeeesh will something go right today  :roll:
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M-dub

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« Reply #18 on: October 04, 2004, 01:48:25 PM »
when you upload a file to the lily pond, right click on it and select "Copy Link Location" and paste it into your message.
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ELOQUINTET

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« Reply #19 on: October 04, 2004, 01:55:35 PM »
ok i'll try

http://theswamp.org/lilly_pond/dan/dwf.doc?nossi=1

(takes rope slowly from around neck)
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M-dub

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« Reply #20 on: October 04, 2004, 02:15:00 PM »
It worked!  (one small hint for future screenshots...ALT+PrntScrn then paste into Paint etc and save as a jpg or png...)

One thing I noticed was near the top...
Type: Generic / Text Only

Might be something in your plotter properties...
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ELOQUINTET

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« Reply #21 on: October 04, 2004, 02:32:36 PM »
ah nevermind i told them i thought it had to do with our plotter settings which is not my job it is the it guys (well not in those exact words but close). thanks for the tip mdub
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M-dub

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« Reply #22 on: October 04, 2004, 02:33:41 PM »
Ok...Good Luck!
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