I just installed service pack 3 for solid works 2012 and still the pdf saving doesn´t work. I have a logo on my standard drawing form which is placed on the back layer and always was in SW 2011 (some kind of watersign). Now it is printed in balck rectangles and at the front.
Do you know any tip to make this work again?! I´m tired of printing pdf´s with extra PDF creators...
Many thanks for any hint!
Hi Scott, thanks for your answer. But thats not what I was looking for - as edrawings is not able to save pdf files directly and I also don´t want to use an seperated program. I just want to have a quick way for building pdf documents of my drawing without faults
Well, it looks like you have your answer. Just a matter of the direction you want to take.
Like I said and Glenn as well, the print to pdf has always worked fine for me and has given better results.
Just a matter of you deciding to keep getting what you have always gotten with the save as pdf command
or do the extra step and print giving you the better results.
Branka,
Welcome to the forum. Just to clarify, there are two methods to create a pdf from a SolidWorks drawing. Are you using Save as pdf or Print to pdf? If you are using save as, please try print to pdf. That often gives better results.
Glenn
Hello Glenn,
exactly that is the problem. "Save as" creates black rectangles at my drawing - printing with a seperated pdf printer works well. But I prefer creating pdf files by "save as" because it is just one click
Take a look at File==>Page Setup and make sure that the color mode is set to Automatic.
I'm not sure why this would affect your exported PDF and not the printed version, but if youre watermarkrs are bitonal images (group IV tiffs) or something then there may be a settings difference.
BTW, are your water mark images in the sheet format or the sheet?
When you go to Save As PDF have you checked the options? After you switch the file format to PDF an options button will show up. Selecting or Deselecting some of them may fix your problem.
Chris
@ John: It is in the sheet format. Colour mode settings don´t cause any change sadly.
@ Chris: I have played with all options - but they all can´t make it work.
I have also tried to make a new sheet format with SW 2012 but its the same. It also doesn´t have any effect if I change the transparency settings when I insert a picture to the sheet format - the output is without transparency everytime.
Any other ideas?
Branka,
Send this in to your VAR as a bug. If you've already done so, check with them to see what is happening.There is always a chance that SolidWorks will actually fix it.
Jerry Steiger
Honestly for such an obvious bug that shouldnt be necessary reporting anymore after years with it. Just remove the "save as PDF" if its not gonna be fixed for next SP. If its some settings tweak for christ sake set them correct as default. I've had several cases with vews gone missing etc. And of course they dont go missing before the drawings are released, slightly annoying trying to explain to everyone that you really are not stupid putting dimensions on a blank sheet. and yes, this has been reported and I've even had some of the cases for A-B testing, it couldnt get anymore obvious than the "save as".
The "save as PDF" results can also be printer / driver specific. We have a drawing in particular that looks fine on screen and prints fine to one of our printers, but has part edges go missing when sent to another of our printers...
Branka,
Welcome to the forum.
You might be tired of the print pdf but I have found that method to be more secure then the save to pdf.
Maybe e-drawings and printing through that might give you what you are looking for.