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ray salmon
2011-02-13, 01:12 AM
is there any free pdf printers for Revit....
to prepare for plotting.

we had one but quit

r
dhurtubise
2011-02-13, 01:45 PM
PDF Creator is one
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
rosskirby
2011-02-13, 05:07 PM
PDF Creator is one
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

I'll second that.
gordolake
2011-02-13, 09:57 PM
We use this one and it works well, it will make a multiple page pdf by appending sheets.
cute pdf (http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/writer.asp)
greg.battin
2011-02-14, 02:01 AM
Although it isn't a printer, I made a tutorial for making PDFs from Revit.
http://autocadtips.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/from-revit-to-pdf/
Some of the settings with the Picture export should be altered to suit your needs.
Just another work-around.
~greg
mtropper
2011-02-20, 01:57 AM
I'm a big fan of Cutepdf. It's free and does the job well. Pdf995 works too except it bounces out to it's website at each print.

Ahh remember the old days when Revit had its own pdf writer? That was before the factory developed dwf. and dropped it. That goes back a few versions...
MikeJarosz
2011-02-25, 10:13 PM
The native Revit PDF: Wasn't that the version that made pointy Ms and Ns out of rotated text?

:-):-):-)
mtropper
2011-02-26, 03:29 AM
Now that you mention it I do remember the pointy "M"s and "N"s
ray salmon
2011-03-18, 08:18 PM
thanks everyone that was a great help..

I tried the CutePDF seem to be good enough for now

I failed to be able to download the PDF creator...

we have Revit pdf writer but it does not function

also, was really happy with the HyperPDF but then $$$

r
SCShell
2011-03-22, 02:00 PM
Ahh remember the old days when Revit had its own pdf writer? That was before the factory developed dwf. and dropped it. That goes back a few versions...

Hey there,
The old Pinebrush PDF printer.......
But, PDFCreator works for me.
Good luck
Steve
DaveP
2011-03-22, 02:37 PM
Seems to be the consensus.
We use Cute PDF for the onesie-twosie plots because it asks you for a file name.
We use PDF Creator for batch plots, and then Advanced Renamer to fix up the excessively long name.

My only regret is that they both ignore the file name/path you give it in Revit.