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I've just updated and now when I export a pdf, and lines with arrow heads just export the lines - ie no arrowheads present! This is particularly annoying as I'm in the middle of jobs and clients are coming back to me with "where are the arrows!" - can you help please!!
I updated this morning - and suddenly i cannot export arrows in a pdf - they just come out as lines. I've had to uninstall and reinstall the old version! Can anyone help? This update didn't fix anything - it caused problems. Not good when I'm in the middle of lots of jobs.
well it did fix quite a few things actually ;)
but sorry to hear about your problem - I just exported a line with arrows on it to a pdf ok - so can you post up an example that does not work and say which pdf options you are using
thanks
I've gone back to the previous version so I can't. I was exporting for email and even tried drawing a new arrow in a new file and even that didn't export. Same problem for the clients who I sent out the work for (can't see arrows)... I'll wait a bit and then try again when it's a bit quieter maybe
I've checked all the preset options for pdf export and they appear to work - which program are you using, I am using designer pro, it may be program specific
I'm using designer pro too - love the program. I'll have to try again when I'm not in the middle of jobs. thanks for helping
ok thanks good luck with the work :)
Seems to work fine for me.
Works fine here in DPX 8.1.1.22437
hi steve - thers a seperate thread going for this: http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...-arrows-to-pdf!
Edit ah I see you got it - anyhow it will direct discussion that way on this point I guess
Works fine for me too
Yep, just saw that :)
I merged the posts from the update announcement thread into this thread.
I am experiencing this same problem in a presentation I am preparing. Arrowheads do not appear in the exported PDF. Through a lot of fooling around I found something that seems to work in my case, though it's likely not a full characterization of this problem (which looks like a bug to me). Here is what I observed:
I had one layer (call it layer 1) with some lines in repeating groups ("repeat on all pages"). There was also some text objects on this layer. My arrows were on a different layer (layer 2).
I found that when I moved the text objects out of layer 1, so that only the repeating groups were in there, then presto, my arrowheads appeared again in my exported PDF.
I wonder if the original poster has some similar setup, where moving objects around the layers changes things. Like I said, sounds kind of buggy.
This is an update to my previous post: after experiencing further problems and doing more experiments, it seems that the problem arises when lines with arrowheads are above any text objects on the page. When I move all text objects above all arrows in the page & layer gallery, then I am able to see all my arrowheads in the exported PDF. Note, the objects do not have to be overlapping for this problem to arise, it seems to depend only on their relative position in the P&L gallery.
Mark,
Welcome to the forum. Would you be able to share a sample file that exhibits this behavior? Some of us cannot replicate the problem and using the same file would go a long way towards an apple to apple comparison.
Take care, Mike
I am experiencing the same problem using Designer Pro 8.1.1.22437 and I can replicate it over and over again with new files.
Indeed moving all text objects to a layer higher in the stack solves the problem but might not be feasible to use for every design.
Only workaround so far that I found without having to re-arrange all my layouts, is either converting the lines with arrowheads to shapes or giving all the text objects a shadow with 100% transparency.
The latter works the best for me because everything stays editable in that way. I suppose the text will be rasterized into the PDF in this way but for my usage that's no problem.
Oops. I might have been using v.7 when trying this. In XDP the arrow problem is there.
Maybe I should uninstall XDP6 and XDP7 to keep things straight. Or take a course in reading comprehension...
Take care, Mike
Until the next update or the problem is solved why not convert the lines to shapes and export that way. Still post the .xar files so that the members here can have a look,
I couldn't fix the problem. I uninstalled the updated program and reinstalled the initial release - and went back to arrows exporting as pdfs as they should do.
Hi Mike, thanks for the welcome.
I've attached a very simple file that demonstrates the problem, as well as the pdf that results. As it is right now, the arrowhead does not show up in the pdf. If you move the text above the line, then it works as expected.
Cheers,
Mark
I also have the problem exporting arrow heads to PDF with 8.1.1.22437
Andrew
I notice this is fixed in 8.1.2.23228
Andrew