Error when I attempt to insert PDF underlay.

Joe Dunfee

I originally took this problem to Bricsys support, but they were unable to reproduce the problem.  I am hoping others on the forum may have a clue about what is going on.

I should mention that I am using Platinum version 14.2.13 on Windows 7.  Also, this problem was proceeded by problems with opening BricsCAD, when it would immediately cause a pop-up saying "Briscad Application has stopped running".  This starting error was happening around 50% of the time that day.  But, once it either started, or stopped, if I continued to test it, I it would either continue to crash in several attempts, or continue to open normally for several attempts.

The drawing that generates the problem reports no errors when I run an Audit. If I start a new drawing, I can successfully attach a PDF.  If I continued to work with the problem drawing, I can sometimes successfully insert a PDF.

For the test below, I simply opened the drawing, and attempted to attach the PDF, so no commands proceeded it. The command prompt has the following,

[code]: _pdfattach

Insertion point: 

Not opened for write AcDbPdfDefinition: (DAD0)[/code]

The PDF's I tried to attach were of spreadsheets. I eventually solved the problem in one case by converting the PDF to a raster image. Then on the other by just pasting the cells from the spreadsheet.

I appreciate any suggestions.

-Joe

Bruce Fillmore

I've run into a similar issue, in my case I was able to drag and drop the PDF file into the open drawing. 

Joe Dunfee

Thanks for the idea, but it did not work for me, and BricsCAD generates the same error.

by the way, I also noted that that last 4 characters of the error message on the command prompt does vary with the specific PDF I choose.  It might say (DC58) for one PDF file, and (DAD0) for a different one.

-Joe