"An error occurred while exporting to..." message when trying to export to PDF

[David987]

Hello, I'm trying to export an artboard that's around 7MB in size and am receiving the "An error occurred while exporting to..." error message when trying to export to PDF. I've googled a bit and saw that some other people were having a similar problem. My only way to resolve this is to choose the "rasterise everything" option which makes things look undesirable. I've tried changing the preset to other PDF types but this doesn't work--I only see the text "Calculating..." before trying to export. I don't receive any error messages related to missing fonts at startup and I've tried exporting both on an iPad and new MacBook Air. I'm quite desperate for help as I have hundreds of hours in to my project. Is there any kind of logging that I could view to try to resolve this?

[EmT]

Hi @David987

Which application are you using?

Please could you also advise for your OS version and system specifications.

Does it only occur on this file or on a new document also?

Could you attach a copy of the file so I can try to recreate this? I can send a private Dropbox link if you prefer. 

[David987]

Thanks for your response @EmT

I'm using the latest version of Affinity Designer, OS version is macOS Monterey, 12.0.1, MacBook Air M1, 16MB memory. The problem only occurs on this file and on one particular artboard. I was previously able to successfully export to PDF so I made a copy of the artboard and started deleting layers and found one that had a dotted path that appeared to be the offending party. Now things work fine but I seem to recall I had a similar problem with a dotted path causing a problem with exporting a while back.

Thanks for responding, @EmT, I'll create a new thread and reference this one if I experience the problem again.