ChrisA Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? When I have my drawings printed, the 3d door and window tags from the opposite side of the structure are coming through. (see attachment) This only is on the printed version, they don't appear on the pdf on my computer. What the heck! Chris Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted March 16, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 16, 2015 This is only when you print from Vectorworks directly? Or even when you print from the PDF, or both? Quote Link to comment
ChrisA Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 This happens when I send my drawings as a pdf to the printers Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted March 16, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 16, 2015 To clarify, do you mean you are emailing the PDF to company that is printing it? If thats the case and you don't see it locally, there may be an issue with the PDF viewing application being used. I would normally recommend checking other viewers (Preview, Adobe Reader, CutePDF) but if you arent the one getting the printing trouble and its just happening for a print shop, I am not sure what the issue could be unless they have driver issues. If you print the files locally and theyre fine, then there normally wouldn't be anything you'd need to change in Vectorworks. It may be worth enabling "Rasterize Text" in the PDF export though, that should send all the text as an image instead, which readers/printers should have less issue with. Quote Link to comment
ChrisA Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 Ok thanks Ill do a few test and see what happens Quote Link to comment
jpoq Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Hi Had exactly the same issue as the OP. Door and window tags invisible in sheet layers rendered in hidden line suddenly became visible, when exported as PDF either as a single file or batch published. When the resulting PDF's are open with MAC OS X 10.10.2 Preview application the offending ID tags appear, however when the same PDF's are open with Adobe Reader 9 the ID tags are not visible. Apparently is an issue of the PDF viewer application rather than a VW issue. I tried the "rasterize text" option and there was no change. While Mac OS X gets updated the solution will be to warn the PDF recipient to use Adobe Reader only when printing. Best Regards Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Try opening the file in Preview, then Export a new as PDF. Sometimes the new file makes the missing items visible in Reader. -B Quote Link to comment
ChrisA Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) rasterize text seemed to do the trick. So Far. thanks JPOG Edited September 22, 2015 by ChrisA Quote Link to comment
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