I have previously presented all my drawings with Sheet Layer viewports so I am very familiar with these, however, I have recently come over to using design layer viewports to link to a common file. The problem is that the resolution on these design layer viewports are so poor that I cannot issue any drawing for communication. Previously I have set my viewports for 300dpi which at A3 gives a good image that can be zoomed in on. My design layer resolution would be in the order of 48 dpi at the moment. I need help on this issue so let me go through what I have been over with my local tech support.
The output setting in Resolution in Document Preferences is '600 dpi' for both PDF export & printing. The OpenGL options have been set to 'high' for detail.
Regardless of what I set the resolution to in Document Preference (and also in the print dialogue box for the PDF export (or printing through the apple 'Save as PDF' the print is always the same size and resolution.
Does anyone have any suggestion on how to increase the resolution. Could it be something to do with the referenced file. Sorry I forgot to mention that this is a reference viewport linked to a master file.
I have attached two PDF prints. One from the original master file that was a Sheet Layer Viewport at 300 dpi and another that is the design layer viewport from the second drawing that referenced the original file. By the way the referenced file was up to date in the Navigation Palette.
Interestingly the dimensions of the original file is 1555 pixels for an A3 sheet (16.5 inches) which gives 94 dpi despite being rendered at 300 dpi. The referenced file is 1191 which gives 72 dpi. Now I do recall that 72 dpi is a default setting for something within VW.
I am at my wits end regarding this as I can see the benefits of design layer viewports and want to use them but this resolution issue is a show stopper.......