Open PDF After Plotting - AutoCAD 2017

[Noto81]

My PDF no longer opens up after creation when using AC 2017. I am using the 'DWG to PDF' configuration. I opened up the Custom Properties and have verified that the 'show results in viewer' box is checked, and I can open the PDF from the bubble that pops up in the lower right corner. I still have AC 2016 on my machine and it opens up the PDF after creation.

Any ideas on getting the PDF to open up after plotting in AC 2017?

[berateb]

It is very interesting theme

[BlackBox]

Not sure if this is your issue or not, but something similar I had to deal with....

Is that the 2016 version broke some DWG to PDF functionality (and 2017 is the same), with the advent, and subsequent hard-coding, of Autodesk's new PDF drivers.


As example:

In 2016 (as with every version since 2009 before it), I use DWG to PDF as the plotter for all of my named Page Setups, which are applied to Layout in all of my templates. However, EXPORTPDF is hard-coded to use one of Autodesk's PDF drivers, and can have a different resultant file size and options/config, than if I instead use DWG to PDF + Autopublish mechanism. In order to make all plot methods yield 'the same' result, I ended up having to apply my desired DWG to PDF settings to all of Autodesk's new PDF PC3 files.


Try making a backup copy of the OOTB PC3 files found under %AppData%\Autodesk\<YourVersion>\enu\Plotters folder, then modify the "AutoCAD PDF * " PC3 files, and see if that doesn't resolve the issue for you.


Cheers