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thmrtnz  
#1 Posted : Sunday, August 20, 2017 12:52:26 PM(UTC)
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Hello,

ViaCAD 1341 / macOS 10.12.6 ;

Setting up a print job with 2 draw views produces this bizarre result, despite all the fonts being used for dimensions being installed and activated on the computer.

Is this a known bug, are there reliable workarounds?

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thmrtnz

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#2 Posted : Sunday, August 20, 2017 3:37:20 PM(UTC)
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I have found that there is a low resolution picture embedded inside the pdf, see attached files.

Is this regular? Do I need to clean the document with a vector editing tool? Is it an issue with Apple PDF engine?

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#3 Posted : Monday, August 21, 2017 8:16:35 AM(UTC)
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Can you post that ViaCAD file?

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thmrtnz  
#4 Posted : Monday, August 21, 2017 11:52:49 AM(UTC)
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Hello Jason,

Sure, see attached file.

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#5 Posted : Monday, August 21, 2017 12:03:48 PM(UTC)
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Here is pdf printed from ViaCAD to cutepdf print driver on Windows 10 system.

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thmrtnz  
#6 Posted : Monday, August 21, 2017 12:21:48 PM(UTC)
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Thank you. There must be a problem with my Apple pdf printer.
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#7 Posted : Tuesday, August 22, 2017 2:06:16 AM(UTC)
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Thank you. There must be a problem with my Apple pdf printer.


It works OK with my OS 12.6
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thmrtnz  
#8 Posted : Tuesday, August 22, 2017 2:41:18 AM(UTC)
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Thank you. Definitively something is wrong here. I'll fix it!
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thmrtnz  
#9 Posted : Tuesday, August 22, 2017 5:52:37 PM(UTC)
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Well, I have reinstalled macOS and I still get this result. I don't get it.
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thmrtnz  
#10 Posted : Wednesday, August 23, 2017 1:56:11 AM(UTC)
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Hello,

Using another CAD package, I get perfect results. I'm puzzled.
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#11 Posted : Wednesday, August 23, 2017 2:52:51 AM(UTC)
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There are two copies of your drawings in your ViaCAD file. Preview shows these as pages 1 and 3 of the pdf I made. Whatever you are using to view the pdf is overlaying the two versions of the draw.
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thmrtnz  
#12 Posted : Wednesday, August 23, 2017 5:21:17 AM(UTC)
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I understand it works quite right with the right type view selected in Properties panel of a given Layer View.

Here are two files attached to explain.

add.: and here is the extracted background, from Phong type view.

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BillB  
#13 Posted : Thursday, August 24, 2017 2:29:27 AM(UTC)
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This is a screen shot of the page layout of your file using A1 paper

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thmrtnz  
#14 Posted : Thursday, August 24, 2017 2:59:53 AM(UTC)
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Thank you.

I know there are three sheets but it is not related to my corrupted output. If I define the Page layout to print cleanly only one sheet, and the Layer View is still phong type rendering, there's a bitmap/raster background. I have clean install a second time macOS Sierra 10.12.6 and the issue persist. Ah, I don't get it.
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