Copy as pdf ??

[mtwilliams]

Was wondering if anyone had any problems with the "save copy as" funtion, when trying to save as a .pdf. When I do this, the file size is huge; usually 1.5-3MB (I am pdfing standard dwg files, which is what I do my detail sheets on).

I have adobe installed on my machine, and when I do a print to adobe pdf (rather than save copy as), I get hor. lines through the base view, and projected views (which are shown as shaded solids).

Any advice?

 

[Jabberwocky]

I have found that while printing to PDF (not save copy as) if you use the 'properties' tab and select "high quality" instead of "standard" then you get less weird lines for shaded solid views.

 

[mcgyvr]

I find Inventors built in pdf functionality to be absolute crap.
Since you have Adobe Acrobat (hopefully you mean the real program and not just acrobat reader) then I would suggest using "print" instead of save copy as and selecting the "Adobe PDF" printer and not using Inventors built in PDF junk. And If you don't have Adobe Acrobat I would suggest getting a free pdf program like cutepdf which will install its own pdf printer on your machine and use that...

 

[mflayler]

I concur, the PDF is simply Autodesk's interpretation of PDF much like SolidWorks interpretation of what a DWG is. The only added benefit you get with the Autodesk PDFs is that it can create layers to turn on and off and that is why you see the larger file size. The disadvantages have outweighed its use for me though. There was a problem not too long ago that I believe is still broken that if you insert a Excel file into the DWG/IDW and PDF it, then it shows up as a Black solid box.