builderbrown Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I imported a 12mb pdf to CA and I can't see it on the display. I clicked on the all on set, and nothing. Clicked full screen of drawing, nothing. Zoomed out, zoomed in, nothing. Where is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 It should come in on the Cad Default layer. Is that turned on in your All on set ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builderbrown Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Thanksfor the reply.... All on Cad Default is checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builderbrown Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 I have to sign off for the night... Will resume in morning. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I just brought a 17 page 15mb pdf into X10 and it took a while but eventually displayed it but then brought my system to a crawl. Not sure how your computer spec's compare to mine but would advise that it could be quite slow even with the latest and greatest system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 8 hours ago, builderbrown said: I imported a 12mb pdf to CA and I can't see it on the display. I clicked on the all on set, and nothing. Clicked full screen of drawing, nothing. Zoomed out, zoomed in, nothing. Where is it? What was the purpose of importing the pdf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I would suggest Using your PDF Reader to make "Snapshots" of the required Info or page and then paste them into Chief instead, seems to work fairly well for me when needed in Plan or Layout. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, Kbird1 said: I would suggest Using your PDF Reader to make "Snapshots" of the require Info or page and then paste them into Chief instead, seems to work fairly well for me when needed in Plan or Layout. M. Exactly. That's what I do. I actually make tiff file though of the pdf to import into Chief. I never really ever import pdfs into chief if I don't have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Here is something from the help file that may be helpful ? Some .pdf files can contain both 2D and 3D information; however, Chief Architect can only support 2D data in an imported .pdf file. When a 3D .pdf file is imported, it may display text, a static image of the 3D model, or it may not import at all. Note: Importing large, or multiple, .pdf files into a plan or layout file can result in program slowness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builderbrown Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 Long delay, but just signed back in...Your all's above info and advise regarding dealing with PDF's is excellent. Part of my problem was operating on a new laptop and not having the GPU and power settings correct to engage the AMD graphic card. I'll try to handle the PDF's more carefully. The laptop is for mobile work. It seems to handle CA pretty quick and smooth so far, but I haven't really put the weight of a big plan file on it yet. THANKS! Samsung Pro 9, 940XSN i7-8550U CPU , 1.80 GHz 16.0 GB RAM, INTEL UHD GRAPHICS 620 AND AMD RADEON 540 GRAPHICS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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