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imported pdf won't keep position when outputting pdf or printing


acdeslx

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Okay, that subject sounds confusing to me and I wrote it.

Using VW2012, I've imported a .pdf drawing into it's own layer. I've then changed the layer's opacity to 25%.

I've added my own layers of actual VW drawing on top of it.

Now, when I export it to a .pdf, the imported .pdf shifts up and to the left with relation to the other layers.

If I just print it out, the same thing happens.

It looks great on the Top or Top/Plan view on the screen.

I've tried "align layer views" and various "unified view" options but it makes no difference.

What could I be doing wrong here?

Thanks.

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I was just about to clarify that I mean cmd G, not cmd K. Sorry it had no effect.

What happens if you make the pdf layer full opacity?

Did the page boundary/drawing origin change for any of the layers?

Does it matter if you print/save directly from design layers or in a sheet layer viewport?

Did you test this in a new fresh file with just the pdf and a few objects on other layers? With some other pdf?

-B

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Wow, this is getting cooler by the minute -- if I wasn't under a deadline...

It does have something to do with Opacity.

If the opacity of the .pdf is at 100% then the output is correct.

If the opacity is <100% then VW rotates the .pdf 180 degrees and potentially shifts the origin -- can't quite tell about the origin.

Now I tried changing the opacity of the object (.pdf page) rather than the layer and the same thing happened.

I think there's a bug here somewhere.

If I export a .jpg then everything displays correctly -- exactly as it appears on the screen.

Oh, I and I did try using that .pdf in a new file with the same result.

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