Vectorworks not publishing channel and circuit numbers to pdf

[E.S.P.]

Hello,

 

I have published a sheet. In the sheet preview, I can see my channel, circuit name, and circuit number. After I publish it, that information doesn't show up in the PDF. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

[TomWhiteLight]

Hmm thats weird, It could be that your pdf reader cannot display that font. In the export options try rasterizing the text.

 

[E.S.P.]

I just tried that. It didn't work. I am at a loss here. This is all I need to do today. Just print these sheets. So here is what I did. I made a generic LED fixture. I have made the fixtures symbols, and made them into a lighting device. Am I missing something there?                                                            

[Pat Stanford]

Can you turn off the Classes that the text are in, Recalculate the Worksheet, then turn the classes back on?

[E.S.P.]

Here is what is happening. It is on the sheet. After publishing it disappears. 

[E.S.P.]

Hi Pat.

 

What do you mean by recalculate? Hit the update button?

[Pat Stanford]

Sorry, I mixed this up with a different thread.

 

How are you making the PDFs?  If you are using Publish, have you tried the Export PDF option? Or if you are on a Mac, have you tried the Save as PDF option in the printer driver?

 

Can you try and switch to a different font?  Maybe you have a corrupt font that is not displaying properly.

[E.S.P.]

I have just tried all of the above. Still nothing. When I go to advanced properties and hit preview it all disappears. I have been checking and unchecking boxes there and still nothing comes back up. 

 

 

[E.S.P.]

In the process of making my own fixture, I made one symbol. The fixture is a 1m LED tube. I arranged four of these to make a square. I took all four LED pieces and made a symbol out of that. After making that a symbol I made it a lighting device. After that I used spotlight numbering and labeled all of the fixtures. I have Channel, Circuit name, and circuit number activated.

 

Out of curiosity. I currently have replaced my made up symbol with a lighting symbol. I just used an ADJ fixture. This solved the problem of getting it to the pdf with the information on it. What am I doing wrong with my made up symbols? Is there a proper way to create your own symbol and make it a lighting device so this information shows up on the pdf?
 

Thanks!

[E.S.P.]

I just needed to add a 2d symbol to my 3d. That was all. 

 

Thanks