Very big pdf file and linetypes are wrong

Hello all,

When I export pdf and 2 problems are there:

First problem : A very big pdf file

Rhinoceros: 8 mb

Autocad: 800 kb

Second problem : Linetypes are exported wrong.

2nd one is the correct one.

the file is NDA so sadly I can’t share with you even in a private message but I can try to delete those and share problematic lines.

I checked the forum to find a solution, maybe I missed something.

Can you tell me what cause the problem?

My print settings:

Version 8 SR25
(8.25.25314.11001, 2025-11-10)

Thank you in advance.

Hello m.oguz,

I see that your print settings are already correctly configured. To further troubleshoot the issue, you could try the following:

  • Select all objects in your scene (if you have blocks, you need to go inside them as well) and replace the Annotation Styles according to the standard you have determined.

  • After doing that, let’s take a look at the file. If you copy only the relevant part of your work (Ctrl+C) and paste it into a new Rhino document, it shouldn’t be a problem to share it here.

  • If you are concerned about sharing specific layers, you can simply delete or clean them up before posting the sample file.

Hi m -

Yes, please…
-wim

I would like to have some lines thin, others thick.
I set all print width by Layer but nothing changed.

This is a new file by the way. I copied and pasted to a new file.


file size:

rhino line problem.zip (9.5 MB)

There doesn’t seem to be a problem; my settings are exactly as shown in the pictures.

Could you set “template” as hairline, crv layer as lets say 2.0 then save as pdf.

When opening the PDF, do you see correct widths?

Also sofa.PNG file is missing on your rhino, could you add it back and save the PDF? My PDF file is 5mb. I think png or jpg file in Rhino causes increased PDF file anormally.

rhino line problem raster1.pdf (581.2 KB) If file size is a priority for you, try using raster-based output.

Thank you so much for your help.
We prefer vector based pdf, I hope it should be fixed in v8 :\

Please update to the latest service release of Rhino 8. I do recall making some improvements with PDF output recently and updating may help your situation.

Thank you @stevebaer , I will ask to our IT department to install sr28 latest release and will let you know if that fixes.
Should they install sr29 release candidate too?

SR28 is probably the best choice since it is currently the official service release.

Tried on sr28 today and all problems are gone.

about file size:
A4 300 dots/inch: 5.8mb
A4 100 dots/inch: 905kb

Thank you for that fix :smiley:

v9 WIP has linetype problem:

file size is so okay, even I set A4 paper 300 dots/inch: 867.kb :clap:

Work In Progress
(9.0.26055.12305, 2026-02-24)

my layer and print settings in v9 WIP:


Hope it will be fixed in the next build, thank you so much :clap: