Export to pdf in layout

[spirp]

Hi!

I've just started tinkering with Layout, figured I should give it a try, rather than my current (rather tedious) setup; exporting to .pdf, editing in Adobe Illustrator, copying it to my .ai-template and then resaving it as a .pdf.

For now, my only issue with Layout is that when exporting to .pdf, the SU models inserted in Layout is exported as ordinary images, rather than vector images. As a result of this, all printed documents get some ghosting along the printed lines (I guess this is in fact a result of the printer/driver trying to dither the image to fit the color and coordinate space).

One of the key requirements of my work are crisp exports, as I tend to do mostly black and white line drawings, like floor plans and such.

I guess one work around would be to export the view/scene to pdf, and then inserting it in Layout, but then - why not keep using my current setup with Adobe Illustrator? A remedy for this could instead be that users could control the way SU models are imported/drawn in Layout, ie choose between vector/pixel output. This could also be a remedy of sorts for the (sometimes) extremely large files created by Layout, since a vector image usually uses less space than a pixel image.

Any ideas/comments/workarounds?

// Olle

[sbillingsDC]

I've always found that if I set the line weight to 0.25 in the Styles window, and then under document setup, set the DPI output to 300, PDF's of my LayOuts come out looking fine -although it takes an eternity for the computer to create the pdf file.

[spirp]

Worth a shot, I'd say. I'll try this when I get back to work on monday!

Thanks for the tip!

//Olle