embedding pdf file removes strokes

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August 7, 2017
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Hi all,

I have a problem with embedding a pdf file into ai. After placing a pdf and embedding it some of the strokes (red and blue line on the right) get cut off.

Same file before and after embedding:

Please help!

Thanks

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Correct answer Luke Jennings

I was able to open your PDF in Illustrator (CC 2017) without the truncated lines by first optimizing it with Acrobat. I didn't try each setting individually, to narrow down what fixed it, but the settings in the attached screen shot worked.

From Acrobat DC, go to File> Save as other> Optimized PDF

JonathanArias

Legend

i see what you mean. things get dropped of the file for me too. too much art drops. I work with scientific data so its most important for this to be accurate.

If i was doing this. i would make a page on adobe indesign, place the graphic of the chart, crop what i don't need out. and redo what i want to remake with the new type and stroke you want. than generate a .pdf out of that.

I think that would be the best way to do what you need to do and make sure the graphic stays accurate as far as displaying data correctly visually.

Luke JenningsCorrect answer

Inspiring

I was able to open your PDF in Illustrator (CC 2017) without the truncated lines by first optimizing it with Acrobat. I didn't try each setting individually, to narrow down what fixed it, but the settings in the attached screen shot worked.

From Acrobat DC, go to File> Save as other> Optimized PDF

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

Using just the Convert smooth lines to curves option would be sufficient in this case. It removes thousands of redundant anchor points, so in Illustrator the maximal amount of anchor points per path will not be exceeded and therefore Illustrator does not remove parts of the strokes anymore.

Nevertheless, there are still more than 25000 points on the two lines. That should be simplified (both paths could be drawn with just a couple of anchor points).

Also, there are a lot of very thin strokes (0,08 pt, 0,09pt) which could cause trouble if the file is going to be printed. That could be detected and corrected with a standard preflight profile in Acrobat Pro.

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

Can you share a sample .pdf file?

T

tomasza43302275Author

Participant

Sure, here it is: https://wetransfer.com/downloads/157e7f1919a8d357f49e525c0843d38920170807151554/9a3855bbd83a7652cc29576cc9f9e27e20170807151554/62207d

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

The red and the blue line obviously eceed the maximal number of anchor points that a single path may contain. Each of them contain 32000 anchor points which is kind of ridiculous.

What application did you use to create the .pdf file? Acrobat says it's an application called 'R'. Don't know that programme. Can you perhaps simplify the paths in the original application?

JonathanArias

Legend

try to open the .pdf with illustrator. don't place it. drag the .pdf to the illustrator app icon and open it that way. if its an image and not vector it will all be flat and will not be editable.

you will and might get missing font dialog and it will will you it will turn the text to outline. ..