Layout Export to PDF linetype Issues

nujak · 15 Nov 2015, 01:12

When I export a page to PDF from Layout the dashed linetypes of my (site contour) lines are not displaying in the PDF. These lines were created from vector rendering a view from lines in Sketchup, then they were exploded, and ungrouped, then I changed the linetype to dashed in shape styles.

Can someone help me with this? I am missed something obvious? or is it a program error? I've love to attach screen shots of how they look in Layout and how they look in PDF, BUT I don't see how to do that on the forum?

Dave R · 15 Nov 2015, 02:08

It would be better to see your LO file but until you have a couple more posts under your belt, I don't think you casn share anything. Once you've gotten past post no. 3 you find a tab below the text window labeled "Upload attachment". That will get you going.

nujak · 15 Nov 2015, 03:18

Thank you Dave for the quick response.

I figured out the problem. It turns out the linetype scale ( @2X) was too small to see on the pdf unless zoomed in really far---despite it looking correct in Layout. I had to crank it up to 10X to get to read ok in the PDF.

The really issue seems to be that the linetype scale changes as you zoom in and out in Layout. That's a real bummer. It makes it difficult to work with linetypes in Layout. Difficult to get a sense of the graphic representation of a page without a lot of trial and error.

I guess I should post more. I've been watching SketchUcation for many years.

Thanks again!

JQL · 15 Nov 2015, 12:08

@nujak said:

Thank you Dave for the quick response.

I figured out the problem. It turns out the linetype scale ( @2X) was too small to see on the pdf unless zoomed in really far---despite it looking correct in Layout. I had to crank it up to 10X to get to read ok in the PDF.

The really issue seems to be that the linetype scale changes as you zoom in and out in Layout. That's a real bummer. It makes it difficult to work with linetypes in Layout. Difficult to get a sense of the graphic representation of a page without a lot of trial and error.

I guess I should post more. I've been watching SketchUcation for many years.

Thanks again!

I have the same issue. Wonder if it is related to units. I'm in metric.

What I do is that I have a bunch of linetypes already tested for the effect I want and I copy their properties around.