# HELP ME PLEASE Drawings fail to export in pdf. Format
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [April 1, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140 "2021-04-01T14:58:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Daylan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Daylan)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140/1 "2021-04-01T14:58:17Z")
The APP is up to date. My iPad is up to date. I was exporting files in pdf. And dxf. Just the day before but now it fails…any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140/2 "2021-04-01T15:03:39Z")
Hi @Daylan, I am sorry to see that the export is not working. Can you please upload the .shapr project here or send us to [support@shapr3d.com](mailto:support@shapr3d.com)?
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### Author:  [@Cadapac](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cadapac)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140/3 "2021-04-04T15:40:25Z")
Same problem with me.
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### Author:  [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140/4 "2021-04-04T15:59:23Z")
Hi, sorry to hear that. We are working on a fix for this issue, can you send your workspace to [support@shapr3d.com](mailto:support@shapr3d.com) in .shapr format?
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### Author:  [@Rubnikov](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Rubnikov)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140/5 "2021-04-04T18:20:57Z")
 Hello! what does it mean when watching VR
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### Author:  [@Cadapac](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cadapac)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140/6 "2021-04-04T20:56:52Z")
Yes, here it is.
Thanks
[Workspace.shapr](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/nyf3ZMew2clL6ebfb26YmupyKyZ.shapr) (654 KB)
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### Author:  [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140/7 "2021-04-04T21:30:32Z")
The issue in both cases is that the drawings have a “/” character in their name. As a temporary solution please remove the “/” character and it should work fine then.
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### Author:  [@Cadapac](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cadapac)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140/8 "2021-04-08T22:38:52Z")
Yes it works !
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Neo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Neo)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140/9 "2022-03-27T20:26:49Z")
Hi,
Neither can I export 2D drawing to any format. I could do it yesterday but it shows exporting failure today. I don’t have a special character in my file name.
Can you help me with it? Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Robert](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Robert)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140/10 "2022-03-27T21:19:14Z")
Hi Neo,
Perhaps this can help you.
//R
> [@Pdf export failed](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/pdf-export-failed/18031/10):
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> Hi, I reproduced your problem: as soon as you add a cross section view in the drawing with your design, you can no longer export the pdf. The root cause of the problem is a weird geometry in the design (but it should not prevent from exporting the pdf, so there are actually also a corner case’s bug in drawing wink). If you make a cross section and zoom you will see there is actually a small hole in the design. Best way to fix your design is to split …
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### Author:  [@Neo](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Neo)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-me-please-drawings-fail-to-export-in-pdf-format/12140/11 "2022-03-27T21:35:07Z")
Hi Robert,
It works. Thanks a lot.
Neo