When I'm in top plan view of my 3D model and I print a pdf it's fairly quick.
But I find if I've created any views, for example an isometric view as a "convert copy to lines" using the hidden line render to show my client, when it comes to making a PDF of this it takes ages.
I'm using exactly the same settings for both, paper size, dpi etc. and I've even reduced both these in an attempt to speed things up without much impact.
It seems once you convert anything like a 3D model to line it takes an age to print. Is it just the shear number of lines created that the pdf printer sees and has to process that causes this slow down or how VW gives over the file info?
I know I could just do a hidden line render view
of my model, then pdf that but I've had experience of crashes during each part of the process with much wasted time going that route.
You have to wait ages for the hidden line render, so why not get something "permanent" out of it.I can add lines and delete unwanted ones, detail etc before pdf creation in this way.
Is it me, have I got a print problem in pdf or is it like this for everybody? It occurs in both my pdf printers. Adobe and pdf995.
When I look in the print processing area, this is Windows OS, the thing is ticking over really slowly, about 100k every couple of seconds, which when the file is 45 mb in the processing thats a long old wait.
Once they are done they open as pdf quickly and are small files, about 300K.
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When I'm in top plan view of my 3D model and I print a pdf it's fairly quick.
But I find if I've created any views, for example an isometric view as a "convert copy to lines" using the hidden line render to show my client, when it comes to making a PDF of this it takes ages.
I'm using exactly the same settings for both, paper size, dpi etc. and I've even reduced both these in an attempt to speed things up without much impact.
It seems once you convert anything like a 3D model to line it takes an age to print. Is it just the shear number of lines created that the pdf printer sees and has to process that causes this slow down or how VW gives over the file info?
I know I could just do a hidden line render view
of my model, then pdf that but I've had experience of crashes during each part of the process with much wasted time going that route.
You have to wait ages for the hidden line render, so why not get something "permanent" out of it.I can add lines and delete unwanted ones, detail etc before pdf creation in this way.
Is it me, have I got a print problem in pdf or is it like this for everybody? It occurs in both my pdf printers. Adobe and pdf995.
When I look in the print processing area, this is Windows OS, the thing is ticking over really slowly, about 100k every couple of seconds, which when the file is 45 mb in the processing thats a long old wait.
Once they are done they open as pdf quickly and are small files, about 300K.
Anybody else experience the same?
Usually printing to A3 at 300 dpi.
Regards
Alan
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