When I compiled it it could not find the file so I looked and it is /Users/Work/Desktop/Figtest.pdf
when I change that to Figtest.pdf it shows up both in the LyX and resulting PDF. I am using GraphicsMagick by the way. el On 2016-06-14 15:25, Giorgio Zavarise wrote: > The problem is just that LyX doesn’t show the pdf figure, as shown in > the attached screen dump. However it seems just a LyX conversion problem > from pdf to screen, since the figure is correctly shown when the pdf > file is generated. > > > > > > > >> *Da: *Wolfgang Engelmann <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de >> <mailto:engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de>> >> Is the figure shown in the LyX file? >> Wolfgang > >> >> >> On 14.06.2016 13:46, Giorgio Zavarise wrote: >>> Hi Eberhard, >>> >>> please find enclosed: >>> A simple LyX file “PDFtest.lyx” and the enclosed pdf figure >>> “Figtest.pdf”. >>> I enclose also the printscreen with the error message (in italian), >>> which says: “An error took place during the conversion to a loadable >>> format”. >>> Many thanks for your help >>> Giorgio [...]