PDF Print/Export is crazy slow!
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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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@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
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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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I use a pretty standard template based on the Architectural style.
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right click on layout process in windows task manager, set priority to high. It'll speed up a little bit
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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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@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. -
Look at the meta of an InDesign export and a LayOut.
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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.
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@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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