Printing to PDF Problems

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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Nearly every time I print a set of layouts to PDF I get quality issues with objects displayed in perspective detail views. I have attached some screenshots that show what I am talking about. Corners of some of the objects look like the are sliced off. This happens when using the Adobe PDF printer AND the Foxit PDF printer. I am unsure if more than just these two 3rd party printers also cause the issue.

The workaround is to use the Rhino PDF printer for the specific pages as it does not have this issue BUT the Rhino PDF printer generates PDFs that are often triple the file size of the Adobe, Foxit or other 3rd party printers.

The problem occurs when printing a single layout and when printing multiple layouts at the same time.

I have been dealing with this problem for a couple years now but realized I never started a thread about it.

ADOBE bad print
ADOBE PDF bad print.pdf (5.7 MB)

FOXIT bad print
FOXIT PDF bad print.pdf (7.3 MB)

RHINO good print but large file size
RHINO PDF good print but large file size.pdf (13.5 MB)

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For me, that sort of issue of clipping usually happens when I either;

  • Work too far away from the rhinos origo (w0,0,0)
  • Have geometry too far away from the object I’m working on.

You might want to try to hide all other objects except the bad ones and try a print and see if that solves it.

_Move _Pause _Pause w0,0,0 _Enter - will bring everything to rhinos origo.

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Hi Brady -

As we can’t fix problems with other company’s software, I take it that the problem that is reported in this thread is the file size? Lowering the resolution should reduce the file size. Do you find that not being the case? If file size vs. quality is a big enough issue, perhaps you could take a look at VisualARQ that has a display mode that outputs shaded vector?
-wim

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Okay I’ll try this and let know know if it works

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I will check out visualarq today, looks like it also has a lot of other features I might use.

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I tried hiding all objects in model space except the one I want to feature in the detail, and also moved the object very near to 0,0,0 and the issue still persists. This is a strange one.

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That’s cool, I didn’t know that visualarq has a printable hidden line display mode. Could Rhino have that as well? That would be really useful

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Hi Daniel -

It’s been on the wish list for as long as I have been using Rhino. Perhaps one day…
-wim