Model prints wire frame instead of hidden line

[gsucci]

Hello, please see screen shots:

the print to PDF does not match the Revit view, and the model is rendered in wire frame, see thru.

I did print this same sheet correctly before, however the setup was different. Before I had one plan view, with model and raster image, and it would print as per Revit View (see left).

The new sheet setup are actually two plans overlapping: one with the raster image and the orange blocks, and one plan with the white roads (hidden lines). I needed this because the roads need to be hidden lines, and stay white, while the generic model for the orange building would not print colored unless in shaded view.

Hence, two overlapping plan views were arranged, one hidden line and one shaded.

But they do not print correctly. Anyone with the same issue?

This is Revit 2018.3.1.2

thank you

regards

gio

[ToanDN]

Turn on shadow for the road view, but set the shadow value to 0. Re-print and see what's up.

[gsucci]

Good idea, but the shadows "cut" thru the model... weird.

Interestingly, the hidden line mode now shows properly (at least in the print preview).

Also, I have tested that if both plans are on Shaded mode, they print fine.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Basically you need to print the views as raster. Set print to raster form the settings can do it but will affect everything else. So, you can set the views to shade, or turn on shadow, silhouette, depth of view, etc,,, for the views to activate raster printing to them. Some of the above may work, some may not.

[Corsten.Au]

There are ways to get the element in coloured without shaded mode..

fix the material ( surface pattern, solid etc ) and you can see colour in Hidden Line mode..

Colours in hidden line mode.

[gsucci]

Yes, I know, and that is how I built the material.

However, the object has some family voids cutting into it, and the "cut" faces to not pick up the solid cut pattern, and therefore they render white...

Very few things are predictable in this program... 🙂

[gsucci]

Actually, "Sketchy lines" worked... just adding some extensions to the lines must have made the view render in raster "mode", and now it prints white, as in the Revit view.

The extensions are basically invisible at this scale so, the result is very close.

Still, I am not sure why just setting the print setup to "Raster printing" does not work?

thank you

regards