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I need HELP- Placed pdf on layout plot blank or partly blank

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:17:08 GMT

Huh. An when I believed all is swell it stars again (had this issue some years ago) the job that just a weeks ago plotted perfectly is full of blank and partially blank pdfs in layouts

PDF created from Word 2008 with save as PDF selected printed Acrobat 8 and placed with place drawing command
– I have tried other printers same result
- I tried placing the pdfs with Adobe Reader 9
- I have tried creating the pdfs using Acrobat 8 printer

The job is a firehouse with 100 layouts and hundreds of pdfs so copy paste a screen capture is a nightmare

AC 13 built 3600 MACtel 10.6 MacBook Pro 2010 HP1050C plus

Re: I need HELP- Placed pdf on layout plot blank or partly b

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:56:42 GMT

There are two 8.5x11 pdfs on the plt (30x42) and it print only the bottom of page one

Cold someone verify

Re: I need HELP- Placed pdf on layout plot blank or partly b

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:14:23 GMT

Do you have a custom boundary for your drawing? Try setting the drawing to Fit frame to Drawing, or a rectangular shape.

Re: I need HELP- Placed pdf on layout plot blank or partly b

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:01:52 GMT

I have tried everything imaginable including unlinking and fit to drawing.
Shortening the path to the minimum.
( reinstall archicad reinstall the plotter driver)

This all happened after installing the last AC patch and one Apple update

I have noticed something weird see source file path in the attached pict

Could be the background but it is impossible to set it ti transparent.

Re: I need HELP- Placed pdf on layout plot blank or partly b

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:04:51 GMT

here is the attachment

Re: I need HELP- Placed pdf on layout plot blank or partly b

David Maudlin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:19:37 GMT

Albert:

Have you tried using the Figure Tool rather than the Drawing Tool to place the pdf file, does it make a difference?

David

Re: I need HELP- Placed pdf on layout plot blank or partly b

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:14:34 GMT

Thanks David
The problem there is that the figure is not an updatable link and then with figure you have access only to the first page of a pfd.

Of course one could copy paste clipping but that is such a barbarous way for hundreds of pages

What is interesting is that a published pdf layout reimported (placed as a drawing) in a layout prints but the quality is miserable