2016 R2 PDF printing issues....

[Anonymous]

Have been using Adobe Acrobat Pro as my pdf printer for years with no issues.........Now since updating ro R2, having all kinds of issues with pdf's.......

1.  If I've done any editing of anything, the pdf printer just sits there and the progress bar does absolutely nothing.  I am forced to shut down REVIT, Relaunch, reopen Project and start Print reoutine all over again...................Once Pdf pops up for review , the PDF Progress bar consistanly show around 75-80% done, but then nothing..I've waited as long as 15minutes for it to complete.....alas still hangs...........

2. If after completeing one 'print routine in pdf', I try to Immediately start another with different params,  the PDF Progress dialog pops up......then absolutely nothing happens..............have waited as long as 1-hr just to see..nothing...............Have to shut down REVIt, and again relaunch, etc..........

3. Also noticed a new PROCESS runnning now.....Something called "REVIT WORKER.EXE".........wha is this now?????

See attached scrn shot for pdf window...........

Mike

[Anonymous]

Thank you Jeff,



It actually only occurs when odd shaped crop boxes are used. If you use a
rectangular crop box there is no problem.



I have heard several people recommend Bluebeam and will look into it.



Thank you,

Cindy

[robertbTNH4Q]

To add a new twist to this: We're running 2017 & Acrobat X. Some of us in our office have the same issue. I tried Jeff & Justin's suggestion of fiddling with the PDF preferences for "Adobe PDF Output Folder"... "output to a folder" works for me because "Prompt for Adobe PDF Filename" does not. Which is annoying.

My coworker's solution? Hit the preview button on Revit's print dialog, wait for the screen to load, then click the print button on the top left in the preview, then hit ok on the print dialog box. This seems to work every time, regardless of "to folder" or "prompt" setting.

@Lance.Coffey, Can you confirm this works elsewhere, not just our office, and add it to your article?