Matt Hagen Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Greetings. is anyone else having issues when they publish to PDF with their 'grey' layers/classes not showing as grey? They show as grey on my Vectorworks screen but not on my PDF. Ive attached a screen shot and a PDF file Regards MATT HAGEN P: 022 499 5707 E: matt@hagenandirons.co.nz PO Box 187, 9 Wainui Road, Silverdale Vectorworks 200 SP 3.133-01-EXTERIOR DETAILS (PLAN).pdf Windows 1 Quote Link to comment
0 bc Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I definitely have this problem and would like to know the answer. Quote Link to comment
0 Pat Stanford Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 What do you have set for the Grey Level for Greyed Layers and Classes? The default it 69% if this got set to 100% then they might not show as grey. There are also a couple of other options about Grey classes hidden in the Options button for export type of PDF. Quote Link to comment
0 bc Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I think you got it Pat. Mine was at 69% I set it to 30% and it seems to work. Thanks for that!!! bc Quote Link to comment
0 Matt Hagen Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Thanks for that guys. Unfortunately thats not it. The first 9 pages export fine, then the last 44 export black and white Quote Link to comment
0 Pat Stanford Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 What happens if you only export pages 10-22? (or something like that)? Trying to figure out if maybe it is a memory issue and perhaps you can export in blocks? Quote Link to comment
0 Matt Hagen Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 Hi Pat Thats a good thought, but I tried that and still the same results. Quote Link to comment
0 Matt Hagen Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 Pat. Is there a way to adjust the gray line settings on the Publish feature? As there is with individual sheet exports? Quote Link to comment
0 Boh Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Matt Hagen said: Is there a way to adjust the gray line settings on the Publish feature? As there is with individual sheet exports? In the Publish dialogue select the sheets and hit Options... 2 Quote Link to comment
0 Matt Hagen Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 Maybe thats my problem. Mine is grayed out? Quote Link to comment
0 Boh Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 You need to select the sheets. See my screen shot they are blue. Quote Link to comment
0 Matt Hagen Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 Ok now I feel like a complete idiot. Thats solved it. Thank you so much Quote Link to comment
0 Boh Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 No worries. That dialogue is not very intuitive to say the least. I remember coming across the same confusion with it. Quote Link to comment
0 Eric Myers Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 @Pat Stanford I saw where you can set the grey level for layers & classes when exporting a PDF, but what about publishing a PDF? Is there a way to set the Gray level when publishing as a set of sheets? Quote Link to comment
0 Boh Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I think in the publish dialogue you select the sheets and click the “Options...”. Quote Link to comment
0 Eric Myers Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Aha! There it is. I have to first select one of the sheets in the right window before the Options button is active. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment
0 Rishie Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Hello everyone, I'm using VW 2024, and when I set the 'grey level for greyed layer and classes' to either 1% or 100%, I don't see any changes. Regardless of what I set, the exported PDF reflects the same in the viewports/sheet layers. Is this a bug, or am I missing something here? I have attached two PDFs—one with the grey level set to 1% and the other with the grey level set to 100%. Thanks, Rishie20240131 Schaffer 1%.pdf20240131 Schaffer 100%.pdf Quote Link to comment
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Matt Hagen
Greetings.
is anyone else having issues when they publish to PDF with their 'grey' layers/classes not showing as grey?
They show as grey on my Vectorworks screen but not on my PDF. Ive attached a screen shot and a PDF file
Regards
MATT HAGEN
P: 022 499 5707
E: matt@hagenandirons.co.nz
PO Box 187, 9 Wainui Road, Silverdale
Vectorworks 200 SP 3.133-01-EXTERIOR DETAILS (PLAN).pdf
Windows
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