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I have been trying to print a 240 acre base map via pdf (both office and at Kinko's). I take my VW 2008 drawing and export to pdf. The file size is less than 2MB. The resulting document will flatten to about 1-5% and the the program shuts down. My OS is Vista Also, is it possible to export it as a JPEG? My computer just crashes when I try that. Any advice on this? Thanks in advance.

No way to tell who you will mesh with or what their specialty is. I tried most of the trainers in my area and found only one willing to work with me and proficient in my areas. The others had as much trouble finding commands as I did! I also recommend the VW one on one training via phone and on screen. For $100 an hour, plus no travel, its hard to beat and they really know their stuff.

In a bigger office, I can see DWorks point - with people working differently, the system probably will end up somewhere in between a detailed list of layers/classes and a simple one, where everyone can agree. I gather the over riding goal is to use as few as possible but enough to separate the drawing into logical chunks? I am a one man office after parting ways with my drafter who preferred to start anew in every document. I can never find layers, etc. because he used a unique name every time that suited him that day! I do more landscape work and have read a few different takes on layers/classes that kind of work. Arhonocad manuals suggest floors for architects and work groups for LA's I have set up my classes to follow all the items on my standard bid form, also using prefixes matched to the schedule (i.e. D for Drainage, just like my bid form) so they show up in order I am familar with in the drag down menu. I also use hyphens to create classes, sub-classes and sub-sub-classes (for example Drainage-Pipe-12")to reduce scrolling through a mile long menu. As for layers, do most of you have separate layers for grading, drainage, planting, irrigation, etc. or do you just follow the design process - base maps, analysis, prelim, and construction dox and let the classes, visibility settings, etc. separate work items? Thanks in advance!