Revit 2014: 3D views missing on sheets (system printers, PDF or DWFx)

[richard.fielt]

Whenever I try to print sheets that contain shaded (or better) 3D views, these 3D views do not appear on my prints/Pdf's/DWFx's. I've tried different PDF-drivers and hardcopy printers that are in my office, but they all don't work.

Some things that maybe can narrow the cause down:
- Printing a single 3D view to a DWFx works
- Printing a single 3D view to PDF or hardcopy printer doesn't work
- Printing a Hidden Line view on sheets works on alle printers
- 2013; printing a sheet containing 3D views works. When upgrading the same project to 2014, the same sheet fails.

I hope somebody can give me a solution/cause for this issue... Thanks in Advance!

[designdraught]

Unable to help at this stage but thought you may like to know that someone else is also experiencing this problem with Revit 2014.

Lodged a case with Autodesk at almost the same time that you have posted this message.  Interested to know if your issue has been fixed?

[designdraught]

Autodesk suggested running “repair” on Revit 2014 (through windows install/unistall).

Ran printing tests:

• Save to file as image – successful.
• Print to hardcopy - successful.
• Print to PDF – successful.

Software start-up also considerably faster.

Looks like issues have been resolved.

[richard.fielt]

Issue solved!

I've run repair on Revit 2014 and now the 3D views print just fine on sheets. Thanks for you help.

[mmiller10]

I'm experiencing the same problem- running the trial version for the time being as well.  Canyou please explain how to run a repair?

[designdraught]

Operating Systtem Windows?  If so...

close running programmes

go to "uninstall or change a program" (found under "programs" in windows control panel)

select the file you want to repair (single click)

right click and select "uninstall/change"

windows will open a dialogue window

click "repair or reinstall"

The repair process took quite awhile.

I left mine to repair overnight... may be due to slow internet speeds.

Good luck.

[richard.fielt]

Recently we also encountered a problem with missing legends on sheets (in our case, it was a legend with doors on a sheet including a door-schedule). Repairing the install didn't solve our problem (we allready did a repair, because of the 3D/PDF problem mentioned above, but did it again anyway), but reducing the Raster Quality from 'Presentation' to 'High' (in Print Setup) did the job..

[richard.fielt]

Another addition to the missing (or corrupted) 3D-views story; I experienced/discovered that enabling shadows on shaded and realistic views has a positive effect on the printouts!

[JOHNC17]

Has anyone found out why it doesn't print? I've tried repair twice and even exported as image, all i get is a blank page with viewport title. Any suggestions as to why this happens.

[cbcarch]

Have you tried switching vector/raster settings in your PDF print driver? and/or dpi settings? 150-300 dpi is plenty. setting at 600 may cause problems.