OLE to DWG to PDF no print

[gio_2]

Good morning all,

I am having problems creating a PDF of a sheet containing electrical panels created in excel. Here is the scenario…

I create a drawing where I embed or linked (I tried both ways) the excel information. The way I bring it in is by paste special, paste link or paste (tried both) as a Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet. Once inserted, I right click on it, go to OLE and pick “Text Size…” and change it to 4.5 (so that I can have my view port be ¼” scale). I made sure to change the plot quality to monochrome and verify that everything is in a plottable layer. I take that drawing and x-reference to another drawing (SHEET) where I have the title block and other pertaining information. When I attempt to print, I get a blank PDF yet if I do a DWF it created it without a problem. I do not know what else to try to be able to get a PDF. Is there a limit on the amount of OLE images allow into a drawing?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

By the way I am using ACAD MEP 2010

[RobertB]

Are you using the DWG to PDF driver?

Best case: get the client to accept DWF.

As a last resort you could produce the PDF from the DWF.

[gio_2]

Hi Robert,

I did try DWG to PDF driver and got the same result. I also attempted to do the PDF from the DWF and I got an error, see it attached, it might give you some insight. Yesterday I was able to convince the client to accept the DWFS for the progress set review. I am just preparing myself for when he ask for the final submittal to be in PDF format.

Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

[RobertB]

I did try DWG to PDF driver and got the same result. I also attempted to do the PDF from the DWF and I got an error, see it attached, it might give you some insight. Yesterday I was able to convince the client to accept the DWFS for the progress set review. I am just preparing myself for when he ask for the final submittal to be in PDF format.

Your assistance is greatly appreciated.The error is with Acrobat's Distiller product. Perhaps if you check the "Use external application" option within AutoCAD's Options dialog, Plot tab (?), in the section where it deals with OLE printing.