PDF adds complexity such as masks and multiple objects

[BabendureDesignGroup]

I'm receiving PDFs created from Revit files that add unnecessary complexity. For example, a filled circle with an outline in Revit turns into a filled rectangle masked with a circle and a separate circle with an outline only. A single shape turned into three shapes. Sometimes it even turns lines into long filled rectangles with thin, line-sized masks.

I've attached an examples of a simple PDF and a complex PDF.

All these extra objects and masks make the file very hard to use. I'd love to know what settings I could tell the client to change to keep the PDFs simple.

[ToanDN]

Tell them to export PDf using Revit native PDF exporter.

[vitorbortoncello]

adding what ToanDN mentioned, export to pdf by clicking the top icon:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-773AD069-024B-425E-8B9A-05D5246BDD16

I usually use raster process to prevent from missing elements

[barthbradley]

Is the Internal Origin extremely far away from the Model?  

[azad.Nanva]

Do you have two View on each other or this is just one View?

[handjonathan]

Hi @BabendureDesignGroup 

Thanks a lot for posting your question to the forums!   Have the solutions suggested by @ToanDN @vitorbortoncello @barthbradley @azad.Nanva helped with your issue?
 
We look forward to hearing back from you with more information so we can help you as a community! 

[BabendureDesignGroup]

Is that different from what most architects do? Are there any settings to change? I want to make sure I understand what I'm asking them to do.

[BabendureDesignGroup]

Sorry, I receive the PDFs, but I don't know anything about how they've set up the original files. What effect would that have?