Filled Regions not printing filled

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone,

I am a long-time Revit user, but have come across an issue which I can't figure out. It involves printing 2D elements (blah!)

Using Revit 2015

  Update Release 9

  20150704_0715(x64)
Printing with

  PDF X-Change Printer 2012

  5.5 Build 313.1

  Windows 7 Pro x34 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)

I have a host file.

In my host file I have a wall-hosted recess.

In my wall-hosted recess family, I have a filled regions.

When I print a PDF file of just the host file, the filled regions print...filled.

(See GOOD.png)

I have a linked revit file.

When I print the same view with detail elements turned on in the linked file, all print regions disappear.

Including the wall-hosted recess family which lives in the host file.

(See NOT_GOOD.png)

Has anyone had this problem?

Does anyone have a solution?

Maybe it has something to do with my PDF Driver?

[angelica.rodriguez.3d]

Try printing using raster processing. For some reason filled regions and elements in grey sometimes don't show properly in vector.

Let us know if it works.

[RDAOU]

@Anonymous

It is a PDF driver issue as I have seen this occur on one station with one driver and the same file on another station with a different PDF converter seemed to work fine. Similar to the issue with non rectangular/segmental filled regions; on some PDF converters work fine and on others not. It seems to have something to do with the way some of those drivers communicate with Revit and how they interpret/prioritize the placement order of elements in a file/model.

It could be other reasons too but I know that the following work for some...maybe it works for you too

Possible solutions:

1. Are the common edges of the filled regions locked to the edges of the walls/recesses (if not try to align&lock) and try to print again.
2. If they are locked already; select and on the Modify|Detail item >> Bring to Front then try print again
3. Try to print from a station with a different configuration/driver

[Anonymous]

Sorry Angelica, but vector PDFs are a necessity. The zoomed image quality is just not good enough with raster printing.

(File-Size is also much better with PDF, packages can still be e-mailed.)

[Anonymous]

Ay U,

I will have to try printing from another station.

Everything else has already been tried. (When something doesn't work, I fiddle with it until I can't get it to. That's what brought me to you. ,)

I downloaded a trial version of Adobe Acrobat Pro, but it didn't work.

Cheers,

Matt