Chewingyu1 Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 My PC hangs when I am plotting a particular drawing to PDF file. The plot job progress window would appear and would hang as soon as the blue progress bars fills up (see attached image) I have no problems with other drawings. So, this eliminates the software. And I managed to painstakingly narrow it down to the layer which is causing the problem. But I do not really know what is wrong with that particular layer. I have tried creating new layer and copying all the drawings on that faulty layer but the PC still hangs, as long as I display that layer. Anyone care to share with me on how to troubleshoot this? I am using the 2007LT version. I must add that, oddly, I have no problem sending it to a plotter. Quote
ReMark Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 What is on the layer that you are having trouble with? Any xrefs? Quote
Chewingyu1 Posted January 15, 2009 Author Posted January 15, 2009 Just few lines here and there. But I couldn't find any info on whether there is any Xrefs. How does one verify this? Quote
ReMark Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 I think you would know if the drawing was loading in xrefs. Have you audited and/or purged the drawing? Quote
dbroada Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 its of little use to you but my machine really struggles doing PDFs. I don't know why but you can hear the fan start to strain. It doesn't do that with paper prints. Quote
Chewingyu1 Posted January 16, 2009 Author Posted January 16, 2009 its of little use to you but my machine really struggles doing PDFs. I don't know why but you can hear the fan start to strain. It doesn't do that with paper prints. Really??? I may be wrong but I don't think a PC can really respond in such a manner to so-called tough jobs. The fan speed is independent of processing strain right? Quote
Chewingyu1 Posted January 16, 2009 Author Posted January 16, 2009 I think you would know if the drawing was loading in xrefs. Have you audited and/or purged the drawing? Well, I am pretty new to autocad. How would I be able to know if there are xrefs? What do u mean by audit or purge the drawing? All I have done is narrow it down to the problem layer. I created another layer, cut and pasted the drawing on that layer, deleted the problem layer and tried plotting to PDF. Same problem. So, there must be something about those lines that were drawn there but I just cannot figure it out. What do u think? Quote
dbroada Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Really??? I may be wrong but I don't think a PC can really respond in such a manner to so-called tough jobs. The fan speed is independent of processing strain right?quite agree, but it is observable. Maybe the fan makes that noise all the time and I only notice it while I'm waiting for something to happen. Quote
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