Detail Vies showing as Raster Image?

[Anonymous]

I'm having an issue with my detail views - I have 4 detail shots of different wall sections, some of which share the same section. 2 of the views show up just fine while the other 2 are showing as Raster Images??? All 4 views share the same view template and 3 of the views share the same section! I've checked everything (depth cueing, far clipping, shading, model views, etc) for any inconsistencies and nothing seems to be working! It's a pain in the butt to spend so much time in developing proper lineweights and views for these drawings for Revit to only turn around and rasterize it!

help!!

[barthbradley]

Interesting. I don't know what are seeing, but what I'm seeing looks just fine.  Also Raster Image is not a view property, so I'm a bit confused why you're connecting the those dots together. Maybe I misunderstood you.

[Anonymous]

Take a look at the top two details - both of these are showing perfectly. Lines are lines, line weights are shown appropriately, the whole detail is crisp. The take a look at the bottom 2 - these are almost "greyed out"and have lost a lot of detail in the linework. The bottom two are printing as rasterized images and not vector graphics. 

[Sahay_R]

Check the view settings of the views - Revit will raster print when shadows are on. Make sure that shadows are off in all views.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info - but I've already gone through all of that. All 4 views are apart of the same view template, so doesn't make a lot of sense on why 2 of the 4 are becoming rasterized? There is no shadowing, no depth cureing, no colors, no nothing that would trigger it to become raster?

[Sahay_R]

[Anonymous]

...again, understood. But my views do not have any of those elements which is why there is so much confusion on my end. All 4 views contain the same  view input information.

[chrisplyler]

I may be beating a dead horse, but are you SURE?

I mean, have you manually checked? Or are you just assuming that because you've assigned a View Template that those things are controlled by it? You ARE aware that a View Template may or may NOT control those settings, right?

[Sahay_R]

(thank you @chrisplyler for the support on an otherwise blah day!!)

[Anonymous]

I appreciate the question - but yes, I've gone through each sub division in the template and made sure all is in working order as well as going into the elements in the view to make sure no graphics over rides have been in place. 

Ugh - something so small, yet so frustrating.

[Sahay_R]

Have you checked the bottom left hand corner of the view?

Or this?

[chrisplyler]

Okay then. So, you're getting the "raster" warning popup when you print? Or are you assuming it's raster just because of the line width changes? I mean, looking at your PDF I wouldn't have guessed anything other than the line weight settings are different, or maybe Silhouettes is turned on or something.

[ToanDN]

The lower details are definitely plotted as raster. To OP: is the Visual style controlled by the view template (box checked)? Can you post a screenshot of you view template settings?

[Anonymous]

Since there's limited info, I'm putting my detective hat on and saying that the one difference I see is that the rasterized details include Levels, and the vector details don't. I'm thinking there may be something else different about the views? Are they callouts? Because then I'd ask if they are 'Detail view' callouts or simply elevation or section view callouts.

According to Revit Knowledge Network:

Revit automatically uses raster processing for a view if any of the following are true:

• The view uses shading, shadows, gradients, or sketchy lines.
• The view is rendered.
• The view contains an image.
• The view uses point clouds.
• The view contains a decal.

Any of these things make sense? 

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the pointers! In fact - they do all make sense, but sadly still nothing that would force the rasterized view. In fact - the bottom two details are callouts of the same wall section as the one above it. All 3 views are callouts of the same wall section.

Here are a few screen caps of what I'm working with - keep in mind all 4 views contain the same properties.

[Anonymous]

Not trying to question your screenshots, but there's something not quite right with what you posted. The 'Include' checkboxes in the View Template dialog are not checked for Sketchy Lines, Lighting, Photographic Exposure, and Background. Yet they are grayed out in your Graphic Display Options, which typically indicates they are being controlled by a View Template. Since they are not included in the View Template, you should be able to control those options per view.

[Anonymous]

They are greyed out because Revit only allows you to edit the "value" of which you clicked on - meaning, if you want to edit the model display within the template, you can only edit the model display section, forcing you to go into each tab and manually change the properties. Despite all the boxes being unchecked that would force a raster image, I am still getting them when printing. I screen capped that just to show the full menu showing that there is nothing that would force the drawing to be rasterized. 

[Sahay_R]

To Segway on what @Anonymous says - check the boxes but Edit to disable Sketchy Lines, Lighting, Photographic Exposure, and Background. Aslo do the same for Shadows, Sun, etc.

[chrisplyler]

Weirdest thing...

I've got a floor plan view that was printing raster. And another one that was printing vector. And I went through EVERY setting. As far as I could tell, they were the SAME. I checked over, and over, and over again.

I couldn't figure it out. I hid categories one at a time until there was almost nothing left. Still raster. I isolated a single text note to be the ONLY thing in the view. Still got the raster warning.

I fixed it by making a View Template from the view that was working correctly, including EVERY check box possible, and then applying that View Template to the problem view. And then since I wanted control back I un-applied it, but it was okay. Whatever it was had been corrected.

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @Anonymous

I just wanted to follow up here, any progress on this issue?

Can you share the Revit model to troubleshoot further? I can send you a private folder to upload your file if you'd like.

Please mark any posts that help with "Accept as Solution" and thanks!