LibreOffice cant open generated PDF about solvespace HOT 12 CLOSED

How are you importing it exactly?

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1. run LibreOffice
2. "File -> Open -> PDF-Portable Document Format (Draw)"
3. select PDF generated by SolveSpace and press OK

RESULT:

General Error
General input/output error.

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Which libreoffice version? Mine doesn't have PDF there...

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LibreOffice 5.0.3.2 and LibreOffice 5.2.1.2
Result same for both.

There are two possible bugs:

1. bug of LibreOffice PDF importer
2. bug of SolveSpace PDF exporter

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I have 5.2.2.2.0+ and there is no PDF in the list of supported formats. Perhaps it was removed because it was buggy?

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Look deeply! There are no release notes about remove of PDF import support, so think, 5.2.2.2 also include it.
Anyway, you can try "File -> Open -> All files -> (select pdf from SolveSpace)"

Maybe problem in SolveSpace output - PDF-1.1 format?!

Why you not use PDF-1.4 or PDF/A-1a specifications? Both they opened in LibreOffice.

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Anyway, you can try "File -> Open -> All files -> (select pdf from SolveSpace)"

That just opens the PDF as text.

Maybe problem in SolveSpace output - PDF-1.1 format?!

Maybe. But everything else I've tried so far can open these. Maybe @bofh453 knows what's wrong with SolveSpace's PDFs...

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http://www.technorms.com/26572/edit-save-pdf-libreoffice-openoffice

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Yeah, I don't need guidance to navigate a menu. Pretty sure this got removed.

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Ah, confusingly, this is an extension--I had to install libreoffice-pdfimport and now I can reproduce this.

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So can you detect is it problem of SolveSpace PDF export or LibreOffice PDF import extension now?

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I have no idea because LibreOffice PDF import doesn't have any debug output that would indicate what the problem is. I suggest reporting this against the LibreOffice PDF import plugin, and if they come back explaining exactly how our PDF export is broken, I'll fix it.

Meanwhile, just use SVG. I don't know why you bothered with importing PDF in the first place.

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