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Confirmed on Win 7 x64. Though, my Mathematica doesn't crash but hangs.

In[2]:= $Version
Out[2]= 8.0 for Microsoft Windows (64-bit) (October 7, 2011)

On Thursday, November 15, 2012 4:07:44 AM UTC-5, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote:
> The following will crash my Mathematica every time:
> 
> 
> 
> Export["cellular.pdf", 
> 
>  Graphics3D[
> 
>   Sphere /@ 
> 
>    Position[CellularAutomaton[{10, {2, 1}, {1, 1}}, {{{1}}, 0}, 20], 
> 
>     1], ViewVertical -> {-1, 0, 0}], "PDF"]
> 
> 
> 
> However, if I  replace Sphere by Cuboid,i.e. 
> 
> 
> 
> Export["cellular.pdf", 
> 
>  Graphics3D[
> 
>   Cuboid /@ 
> 
>    Position[CellularAutomaton[{10, {2, 1}, {1, 1}}, {{{1}}, 0}, 20], 
> 
>     1], ViewVertical -> {-1, 0, 0}], "PDF"]
> 
> 
> 
> I get no crash. 
> 
> 
> 
> $Version
> 
> 
> 
> 8.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (October 5, 2011)
> 
> 
> 
> ?
> 
> 
> 
> Andrzej Kozlowski