Lox Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Hi all, I downloaded PrimoPDF, as soon as I right-click on the "Layout 1" tab and choose Plot i get this error message? I cant work it out, i can still then go onto the Plot dialoge box if i press ok but its really anoying, has anyone else had this problem? Also when i do plot a drawing and saving the PDF it also creates a annoying little text document beside the PDF? can i stop this? Any ideas? Quote
stevsmith Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Uninstall PrimoPDF and get cutePDF. About 99.95% of people on this website will agree that cutePDF is the best Quote
CADMASTER1128 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 You could also use the DWG to PDF plotter (which comes with AutoCAD) See the attached image.... Quote
Gary_W Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Lox, +1 for cutePDF, its excellent. But I do not "plot" from AutoCAD to PDF, I "publish" to a dwf file. Then open the new DWF file with Autodesk's free DWF viewer, and then you print/plot from the DWF file to PDF. The resulting file is better quality and only a fraction of the size a PDF would be from plotting from Autocad, and no annoying little extras and wrong orientations etc... Gaz... Quote
stevsmith Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 You could also use the DWG to PDF plotter (which comes with AutoCAD) See the attached image.... Is this available in 2008? I thought plot to pdf appeared in 09.. I could be wrong though. Quote
skipsophrenic Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Is this available in 2008? I thought plot to pdf appeared in 09.. I could be wrong though. Even though the option is availiable in 08, i still preffer using CutePDF Quote
Danny Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Even though the option is availiable in 08, i still preffer using CutePDF Agreed, Cute is the best. I like the price as well Quote
Danny Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Lox, +1 for cutePDF, its excellent. But I do not "plot" from AutoCAD to PDF, I "publish" to a dwf file. Then open the new DWF file with Autodesk's free DWF viewer, and then you print/plot from the DWF file to PDF. The resulting file is better quality and only a fraction of the size a PDF would be from plotting from Autocad, and no annoying little extras and wrong orientations etc... Gaz... What version are you working with that you have to go through a viewer to plot to PDF ? Quote
Tankman Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 For a free *.pdf program, cutepdf is excellent; www.cutepdf.com. I did use cutepdf some time ago however, I now use Adobe's program. Quote
Danny Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 For a free *.pdf program, cutepdf is excellent; www.cutepdf.com. I did use cutepdf some time ago however, I now use Adobe's program. Adobe is the way to go, but as you mentioned Cute is free and it works well Quote
CADMASTER1128 Posted September 15, 2009 Posted September 15, 2009 Is this available in 2008? I thought plot to pdf appeared in 09.. I could be wrong though. Yes, the screen shot was taken from Architecture 2008. Quote
Lox Posted September 16, 2009 Author Posted September 16, 2009 Great call on CutePDF, cheers guys. Still getting the anoying error message tho, is there a way to delete a page setup from the Page Set up Manager? coz i think if i delete that novaPDF lite thing it might go away. Quote
Gary_W Posted September 16, 2009 Posted September 16, 2009 What version are you working with that you have to go through a viewer to plot to PDF ? I'm using 2006. I don't "Have" to go through viewer, but as I mentioned the file size when plotting from viewer in measured in only Kb's, but when plotted from AutoCAD its measured in Mb's. Its up to 8x - 10x the file size for some reason??? example: a plot from viewer 3xA1 full colour media = 320kb example: the same file plot from ACAD = 3.0 Mb using the same cutePDF printer drivers Anyone know why??? Gaz... Quote
judyfennelly Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 I use DWG to PDF.pc3 a lot. But some times use AutoDWG DWG to PDF converter a lot to batch create PDF files. Quote
judyfennelly Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 I'm using 2006. I don't "Have" to go through viewer, but as I mentioned the file size when plotting from viewer in measured in only Kb's, but when plotted from AutoCAD its measured in Mb's. Its up to 8x - 10x the file size for some reason??? example: a plot from viewer 3xA1 full colour media = 320kb example: the same file plot from ACAD = 3.0 Mb using the same cutePDF printer drivers Anyone know why??? Gaz... Are there lots of hatch entities or truetype texts? Quote
Gary_W Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 Are there lots of hatch entities or truetype texts? Yes, there are a fair amount of hatches, "not stupid amount" and all text/spec are in TT fonts. Gaz... Quote
CADMASTER1128 Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 I use DWG to PDF.pc3 a lot. But some times use AutoDWG DWG to PDF converter a lot to batch create PDF files. Does that create one large PDF file? Quote
judyfennelly Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Does that create one large PDF file? I think so. As everytime there are, especially lots of TTF, my created PDF gets larger. So I think there is somthing to do with TTF and hatches. Hathes are necessary and sometimes I choose to get outline TTF. Quote
chelsea1307 Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Great call on CutePDF, cheers guys. Still getting the anoying error message tho, is there a way to delete a page setup from the Page Set up Manager? coz i think if i delete that novaPDF lite thing it might go away. Have you uninstalled novaPDF yet? If you go to page setup manager you can select the setup that has novaPDF and either delete it or edit it to use cutePDF Quote
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