View Full Version : Revit to PDF - Which drivers work?
barrie.sharp
2009-07-15, 10:47 AM
I have noticed that AutoCAD 2010 integrates nicely with PDF and comes with the drivers to do it. Revit on the otherhand has not got it's own PDF drivers right? So when I print to a third party PDF driver, the files come out at 16mb a page (give or take) when a 3D view is included.
Clearly the PDF is being created without any raster compression which is nothing short of a nightmare. It would be lovely if client's didn't require PDF but DWF seems to produce blanks looks and no one is interested in downloading the reader :(
I'm sure i'm not alone in having to produce PDF. What drivers seem to work best for Revit?
iankids
2009-07-15, 10:59 AM
Hi Barrie,
I have had good consistent results with pdf995.
Cheers,
Ian
clay_hickling
2009-07-15, 11:01 AM
Have been using PDFexchange without issue
PaulB
2009-07-15, 11:09 AM
pdfcreator is good for us
Paul
drash
2009-07-15, 12:47 PM
I primarily use deskPDF, but that is one you have to purchase and there are so many free ones out there.
SCShell
2009-07-15, 02:08 PM
pdfcreator is good for us
Paul
Hey there,
Put me down for "ditto".
Great program, supports multiple page printing, lightweight, and free.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Steve
barrie.sharp
2009-07-15, 03:30 PM
Hey there,
Put me down for "ditto".
Great program, supports multiple page printing, lightweight, and free.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Steve
Thanks for the link. Works really well! instead of 16mb a page it's 1.6mb for 12pages.
Primo PDF wasn't working out.
Thanks for everyones responses
psteel
2009-07-16, 08:15 AM
We use either – Adobe PDF or CutePDF.
The Adobe PDF is the professional version but Cute PDF is OOB. In
both programs you can re-define the print quality from 1200dpi to 72dpi.
Reducing dpi reduces file size, we predominately output A0 pdf’s at 600dpi
In both softwares you can batch print
Paul Monsef
2009-07-16, 04:13 PM
I've been using pdfFactory for a loooooooong time. Works great.
dlpdi5b
2009-07-19, 05:22 PM
I like acro plot pro, best batch pdf creator.
Scott Wilson
2009-07-19, 08:03 PM
CutePDF works pretty well for us.
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