Article - CS366227
Creo View Adapters: Error “Failed to export drawing as pdf - 8.0” when publishing some Solidworks drawings
Modified: 29-Mar-2022
Applies To
- Creo View Adapters 6.0 to 8.1
- Windchill Visualization Services (WVS)
Description
- Solidworks drawings are failing to publish to PDF format
- The following error is thrown in the Publish logs:
Closing WWGM file
Failed to export drawing as pdf - 8 0
Drawing Processing Returned: $ERROR$ Failed to export drawing as pdf - 8 0
Failed to export drawing as pdf - 8 0
Drawing Processing Returned: $ERROR$ Failed to export drawing as pdf - 8 0
- The same error is thrown when publishing Solidworks drawings (SLDDRW) to DXF:
Closing WWGM file
Failed to export drawing as pdf - 8 0
Drawing Processing Returned: $ERROR$ Failed to export drawing as pdf - 8 0
Failed to export drawing as pdf - 8 0
Drawing Processing Returned: $ERROR$ Failed to export drawing as pdf - 8 0
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