PDF from Autocad 2010 ignores OLE objects?

Has anyone else experienced this?
OLE objects in Autocad are simply not printed to PDF using the AcrobatPDF driver.
I am using CS4 (Acrobat 9 pro) and Autocad Civil 3D 2010. I did not have this issue with previous cad releases.
Thanks

You'll need to open or reimport the OLE object and reinsert it into the open AutoCAD (2009) document.  Then it should print.  It just happend to me.
That was one work-around.
The other was to open the document in AutoCAD LT and then it printed to PDF just fine, without reinsertion of the OLE object.
I hope that helps.
Lauren

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