Mat Caird Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Hi All The export to PDF command was not working on my WinXP machine. I used the workspace editor to remove "Export PDF(Quartz)" then added in Eport PDF (Batch) and Export PDF. Now it works.... Mat Quote Link to comment
Mat Caird Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 That Export PDF (batch) command will save us hours. Thanks NNA Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Not working for me, Export PDF works ok, But when i try use Export PDF(Batch) and then click on it just goes back to the drawing screen and does nothing Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Batch PDF export will only work if you have sheets and saved views in the drawing. If this criteria is not met, then there's nothing "batch" to export. Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 i have 15 sheets, a click on add all then click on export, nothing happens Quote Link to comment
Mat Caird Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 did you remove then add back in the menu command as I described in my first opst? Mat Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Yea i removed them then added them back into the work space, Export PDF works but Export PDF (batch) doesnt. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 (edited) Are you getting the problem immediately when you select Export>Export PDF Batch? OR are you getting the problem once you've added the sheets and click ok ? What DPI do you have set for your sheet layers? Have you tried with other files, or just this one file? Edited September 18, 2006 by Katie Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Tried with differnet files, i goto export-Export PDF bath and then add the files that i want, then click export, it just goes back to the drawing screen and nothing happens. Sheets are at the defult of 72 DPI. Have tried with differnt files, new ones to yet no luck Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 anyone else having this problem? Have got it on two different computers, its getting really annoying having to Export each page individualy. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Can you try another workspace ? Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Are you using the Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Machine Design or Designer workspace? If you are using one of the Foundation (standard, classic) workspaces, the batch export won't work. Likewise, if none of this seems to make a difference, contact tech support or customer service to verify your serial number is authorized for one of the industry specific products. If it is, then you should request a 12.5 installation disk be sent to you. I then recommend installing from the disk, after completely uninstalling the current copy, and trying again. If it still doesn't work, contact tech support. Quote Link to comment
aaronmason Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Katie, Is there a way to have it name the .pdf files the same as the sheet layer name? If not, can this be added to the feature wish list. Thanks. Aaron Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 i tried my Export PDF (Batch) on my windows machine and it works OK. But you have to have sheet layers or saved views in the drawing Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Katie, Tried using Architect, Architect Classic, Architect New Zealand and also a custom workspace, no luck though Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Are you logged in as the Administrator account to the local computer? Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Yes im logged in as the admin Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 anyone know how i can fix it? is there a file that can be replaced? Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 You may want to go ahead and get the installation disk, uninstall and reinstall from the disk. It sounds like something didn't get written properly. Did the updater complete when you first ran it? Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 (edited) na it froze when i tried the first time, so i did a complete unistall then put on 12.1 then did the upgrade again and it worked fine. edit: although when i went to test in on another computer it went through first time no worries. and that is having the same problem Edited September 26, 2006 by Xsasinator Quote Link to comment
JonPM Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I am having the same issues with "some" files. VW2015 wont Publish or Export from Sheet Layers as a pdf (Even if I have opened a VW2014 file and resaved it as a VW2015 file) on certain files that I have pasted jpeg images to compliment my drawings. It behaves like is is processing the data but no file will show up on my computer when it is finished. These certain files will export from a Design Layer but they give me a damaged pdf when I try to open it in Acrobat Pro 11. I am working on an iMac 27", OS 10.9.3. When I creat a new file in VW2015, it publishes and exports just fine. ??? When I delete a particular jpeg image I pasted into my VW2104 drawing that I opened in VW2015 and try exporting as a pdf, it exports just fine and opens as a PDF with no issues??? Somewhere in the software there is a glitch in how it exports image files that are inserted into a file? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 11, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 11, 2014 Did you already update to 2015 SP1? If you open the PDFs in Preview instead of an Adobe product, do they appear correctly? If you create a new blank file in 2015 and add one or more of the suspected images into it, does it allow publishing or still fail? Quote Link to comment
JonPM Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I did updated to 2015 last week. We have multiple users of the software in our office and waited to update until everyone was ready. I have kept 2014 on my computer for just the scenario I am experiencing. The pdf's will not open in preview either. I get a damage file warning. If I place the suspected jpeg image in a newly created file, it will export it as a pdf but will not open in adobe or preview. Damged file note for both. Quote Link to comment
Art V Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I'm having a similar issue with some VW2014 files containing a jpeg image opened in VW2015 en then try to publish to PDF. It will only show half of the image in Adobe Acrobat. In Bluebeam it does in the end show the entire image, though with quite a bit of a delay. When published to PDF in VW2014 it works fine. After exporting from VW2015 to VW2014 and then publish to PDF it also works fine. If this applies to pre-VW2014 files as well then it is going to be a pain to rely on only VW2015 for publishing to PDF if there are jpeg images in the VW file. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 11, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 11, 2014 I did updated to 2015 last week. I mean specifically, did you just install Vectorworks 2015, or did you already update to 2015 SP1? This can be found under the About Vectorworks screen next to Application Version. Quote Link to comment
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