Revit not printing jpg image on site plan

[micah]

I cannot get Revit to print the jpg background satellite image that is part of my site plan. Raster printing does not help. As a test I placed a random png image on a floor plan view in the same project and that prints fine, even with the same site plan View Template as I am using in the site plan that does not print the jpg.

I have tried on another project, which is working fine.

[barthbradley]

Try creating another Site Plan View.  

[micah]

I did as a test using an existing site plan view with the same image and it worked. But this does not help my proposed site plan sheet. I need that sheet to print its image. 

[barthbradley]

so, you are saying that you created another site plan view and it worked fine?  

If so, sounds like the view may be corrupted. It happens. Try closing and re-opening the Project with Audit checked.  

[micah]

I just found that the white filled region with 50% transparency override is hiding the image. When I Element Hide the Filled Region then I do get the image printed. So this is now an issue with the FR transparency not translating as transparent when printing.

[ToanDN]

Fill patterns have been changed between 2019 and earlier. Now they have foreground and background fills/patterns to deal with. Edit the type and share what they are.

[bin]

Changing the printer setting from Vector to Raster will usually fix it, I believe. 🙂

[micah]

Hi,
Please see my attached image for reference. Not sure why Autodesk is
messing with a perfectly good feature like Filled Regions, but now I'm lost
on the subject.
FG pattern = solid
FG pattern color = white
BG pattern = nothing
BG pattern color = black

Why is the a FG and BG now for FRs?

Thank you,
Micah

[micah]

I tried it and it doesn't help. The issues has changed from that of the
image to that of a 50% transparency filled region I have over the image to
tone down the graphics. Even though it is 50% it is printing 100% opaque. I
have been informed there are new settings for Filled Regions for 2019. I do
not understand these new settings.

[bin]

Sorry to hear that, I understand that the mix of image, filled region, and masking region will never work properly.

Personally, I hate dealing with these issues, when the raster printing not working, I would rather go to photoshop and halftone the image.  Good luck.

[barthbradley]

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@micah wrote:
Why is the a FG and BG now for FRs?

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So Autodesk has "something new" to justify the price increase.  What else?  Kind of like "New Tide" detergent. 😉

F-B.png

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/EN...

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

I just tested and print to raster works with a Filled region with solid white background set to 50%.  See attached files.

[micah · Accepted solution]

Thank you, that is working now for me.

[micah]

Yes, thank you, this is now working for me. Much appreciated!

[barthbradley]

@micah: what did you end up doing differently at your end?  Did Autodesk fix?  

[micah]

I switched to Raster, which I thought I had done previously. Also I set FG and BG to solid fill, white color, where BG color was black previously. But it was using Raster that solved it. Any downside to raster printing? I thought vector created smoother, un-pixelated linework, as opposed to raster.

[barthbradley]

Yes, I told you I was printing via Raster as well. 

FWIW: the way you had it set up -- with no Background  -- is fine.  It would make no difference with 1 or 2 solid white fills.  I'd just leave it set the way you had it.    

[shirabac]

This worked for me! Thanks!!