FM makes nice PDF graphic look bad. Why?

We are having a tough time with graphics that were created in Interleaf. I make a PDF of the Interleaf document and it looks/prints excellent, just like the original in Interleaf. But, when I import it into FM and print, it looks quite bad. If I open the same PDF in Illustrator and save it as a PDF from there, then import into FM, it prints fine. Same thing if I save the same PDF as an AI file and import to FM. It prints fine. Do I really need to resave all my PDFs in AI or is there a better way? It seems like FM should be able to handle the original PDF as well as AI, but it doesn't. Maybe I am missing something...
Any thoughts? Thx!!

Link is below. Thank you. Upon further review I see that the schematic is being coverted into a million pieces when it is exported from Interleaf. I think that is the problem. Let me know what you think...
https://acrobat.com/#d=KbdDAcvHjibr3M*bfbbrSA

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