Problem with 2D PDF export.

alpro · 15 Feb 2008, 23:07

I just printed your skp to pdf995 and it opened in acrobat reader 8.1 just fine, was able to scroll and zoom.

Mike

Al Hart · 15 Feb 2008, 23:12

I hadn't thought about an external PDF.

Does it create the PDF from vectors or a raster image?

Can you upload the PDF so I can check the quality?

Thanks

alpro · 15 Feb 2008, 23:20

Al, here you go.

Mike

pdf-problem.pdf

boofredlay · 15 Feb 2008, 23:36

Glad to hear that worked. I cannot take the credit for the idea however. Thanks Jackson:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=40731#p40731

I like to use PDF Creator because you do not get any of the annoying pop-up ads. PDF995 had a ton when I used to use it.

alpro · 15 Feb 2008, 23:44

Eric, I just paid the $10, now no more pop-ups. I don't have a plotter so I use it to print my cad drawings which I then take to Knikos.

Mike

Al Hart · 16 Feb 2008, 04:07

Thanks,

The PDF you sent is pretty good quality, but it is "rasterized" and not a vector drawing.

You can see this because when you Zoom in the lines are jagged.

This is the PDF from SketchUp, zoomed in in Adobe. When you zoom the vectors are redrawn and don't get jaggy.

Still, it may be of good enough quality to work.

Another interesting thing is that the PDF you created to chopped off some of the text.

The Image on the top is from the PDF. The 20' is missing the bottom half of the text.

The image on the bottom is the SketchUp screen.

@alpro said:

Al, here you go.

Mike

linea · 16 Feb 2008, 07:10

Al,

I imported the skp into layout, then exported pdf, it worked fine.

Anssi · 16 Feb 2008, 10:32

When I export this, Adobe Reader shows the image for a short time, and then pops up this error message:

The font 'Tahoma' contains a bad /Bbox

It is the same that has been teasing me with my PDF exports lately, regardless of the fonts I use (I never use Tahoma, I hate it)

If you want to export a vector file similar to the PDF export by using a PDF printer driver, you can check the "Use High-accuracy HLR" box in the Print dialog. I tried with my old Adobe PDF Writer, and I had no problem (except that it doesn't support large paper sizes)

Anssi

alpro · 16 Feb 2008, 14:56

Using Anssis suggestion produced a much better result.

Mike

pdf-problem.pdf

Al Hart · 16 Feb 2008, 15:42

This one zooms in much better and doesn't clip the 20'

@alpro said:

Using Anssis suggestion produced a much better result.

Mike