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    thomthom
    last edited by 19 Jan 2013, 22:28

    If only there was a setting that would output Hybrid to print, and simple raster for screen. That would help me.

    It's worth noting that I got a rather big model. A very large site plan with stepped terrain. I've used Layout before and not had too much problem with performance. But when I compare to how SketchUp handle the model it appear that Layout is lagging far behind.

    Just wanted to check if I'd missed some "tricks".

    Observation I made, I opened a High resolution PDF from Layout in Adobe Acrobat, right clicked one of the image tiles on one of the pages and it offers me to save it to disk. However, the recommended fileformat was BMP! ... is that an indication that the PDF from Layout saved the images as BMP? Or is it just a weird default in Adobe Acrobat?

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      Charlie__V
      last edited by 20 Jan 2013, 01:14

      Perhaps a shared benchmark file is in order?
      (For .pdf export time/file size...I know...I know...but perhaps it is simply not hardware related).

      & fwiw, the 2 projects I mention are ~ .25 acre and probably ~6+ acre respectively.
      Unfortunately I cannot share the actual project files...maybe a vanilla/pseudo variant?

      Thoughts?

      Charlie

      Precision M1710/Win 7 Pro 64 bit/i-7 6920 Quad core 2.9 Ghz -3.8/16Gb ram/NVIDIA M5000M 8Gb

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        sonder
        last edited by 20 Jan 2013, 04:21

        Well, if you want to see crazy PDF file size, I have one set of CDs for a 4000 sf house that is 415 mb. I exported on high quality. What I found is that exported to low quality printed on 24x36 inch paper reads really well, so that is why I export on low quality now. In fact the difference between high and low when printed is minimal at best.

        If the file size is a problem, there are PDF exporters that work well. For me, the ease of export out of layout is great. If you are vector rendering an entire model, that is where you will pay in time. Mine are all raster with isolated line work vector rendered, so I never see exports take longer than 30 seconds for the larger files.

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          sonder
          last edited by 20 Jan 2013, 04:27

          @unknownuser said:

          Perhaps a shared benchmark file is in order?
          (For .pdf export time/file size...I know...I know...but perhaps it is simply not hardware related).

          & fwiw, the 2 projects I mention are ~ .25 acre and probably ~6+ acre respectively.
          Unfortunately I cannot share the actual project files...maybe a vanilla/pseudo variant?

          Thoughts?

          Charlie

          I'm getting a new machine in two weeks, but my current setup is:

          I7 2600k
          Nvidia gtx 550ti
          16gb ram
          (1) 47" led

          New machine:

          I7 3930 super clocked to 4.2-4.6
          Nvidia gtx 680
          64gb ram
          (3) 47" led......he he he.

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            Penguin2
            last edited by 20 Jan 2013, 14:45

            Hi,

            Not a technical answer but I found that certain styles I was using in Sketchup quadrupled the PDF file size in Layout.

            Penguin2

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              thomthom
              last edited by 20 Jan 2013, 16:28

              I use a pretty standard template based on the Architectural style.

              Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                victorcn
                last edited by 11 Feb 2013, 14:23

                right click on layout process in windows task manager, set priority to high. It'll speed up a little bit

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                  Richard
                  last edited by 14 Feb 2013, 00:11

                  Have you tried optimising the PDF's after export - this I've found can reduce the file size of lots of CAD generated files.

                  Advanced > PDF optimiser!

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                    thomthom
                    last edited by 14 Feb 2013, 08:16

                    @richard said:

                    Have you tried optimising the PDF's after export

                    Yea, very mixed results. The ones that actually bring the size down makes everything look really bad.
                    While in comparison, if I set up the same pages in InDesign I get much smaller files, no problem.

                    Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by 14 Feb 2013, 09:43

                      Look at the meta of an InDesign export and a LayOut.

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                        Krisidious
                        last edited by 14 Feb 2013, 11:32

                        I've learned to use my PDF995 to print PDFs out of Layout. It's much faster and the file sizes are 1000 times smaller with all the detail. It's a pdf printer port emulator.

                        By: Kristoff Rand
                        Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                          Richard
                          last edited by 14 Feb 2013, 12:59

                          @krisidious said:

                          I've learned to use my PDF995 to print PDFs out of Layout. It's much faster and the file sizes are 1000 times smaller with all the detail. It's a pdf printer port emulator.

                          Clever

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