coordination model not showing up in printed view

[Anonymous]

I have a coordination model linked into my Revit 2018 file to make it easier to coordinate.  It will also be easy to describe to the field installers why they are making offsets in the electrical conduits.  When I print the views to a .pdf they don't the coordination model doesn't show in the views.  Is there a way to turn the coordination model on/off in printouts that I'm not aware of?

[pawel.romaniuk]

Hi @Anonymous

Could you share with me your Revit Files? It will be necessary to take a closer look on this issue.

I had sent you also an email according your question.

For sharing files you can use https://a360.autodesk.com/ 

[pawel.romaniuk]

Hi @Anonymous

Thanks for your Revit files it was very helpful to define issue. Unfortunately I was able to reproduce this behavior - Coordination Model is missing from printed pdf but only when we plot in Wireframe Visual Style - truing of Wireframe Style provide expected results. Further investigation need to be done. 

Could test it and confirm if it works properly in Hidden Lines.

Thanks

[LyleHardin]

We noticed the same thing today. No coordination models on the prints.

It doesn't seem to matter what visual style we use, either. It doesn't show up on any of them.

Odd that they have shown up before on 11x17. These are full size prints where the model is not showing.

Hmm. I'll look into this too.

[pawel.romaniuk]

@LyleHardin

Could you share files?

[Anonymous]

I got it to work when printed in realistic setting.  It takes a long time to print anything in that setting but it does show up on prints.

[LyleHardin]

Okay, my bad...

I should have experimented more before posting, but the user was having problems and I was looking for a quick answer.

Here's what I've come up with this morning.

As stated by a previous poster, the coordination model is only missing in wireframe prints.  (I misread that yesterday as I was trying to help my user.)

I'm able to see the coordination model in all other view styles. 

Size does not matter. (At least as far as this issue is concerned...)

So, other than trying to print in wire frame, (which we seldom do) there's not really a problem.

But still, this issue should be addressed, of course.

Thanks for the responses.

Lyle

[din_grogu]

While it's really cool that you can bring in nwd/nwc to Revit now, it's also pretty disappointing that when you print it changes everything to raster. This is making our prints look really pixelated and bad. Will Revit be updated to allow you to print vector with nwc/nwd coordination models?

[Anonymous]

Hi cmiller,

That is a great point. I have faced the same problem with navisworks links, but I didn't know that it was a Revit API limitation. I've just created a Revit idea. You can vote it here

[Zsolt.Varga · Accepted solution]

Hi All, 

There is a registered limitation of the current builds of Revit regarding printing coordination models with wireframe visual style.

In order to inform our customers about this limitation, I went on and published an article on it and on the status of the related investigation at the product development team. 

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/article/Cannot-print-linked-coordination-models-in-wireframe-visual-st...

This URL will be active and available on the web in a couple of hours and will be updated with related news as soon as such are available. 

In order to point the community to this link, I will mark this forum post as an " Accepted Solution" but of course, I understand the need for a related product improvement. 

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,