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When I export a 3D view to a DWFx the file size is about 36MB. Other individuals can export the same view, from the same model, using the same settings and the file size is less than 5MB. What am I missing?
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Are you positive on your statements?
Is this a saved 3Dview (not a users) and the view is locked and has all the same VG settings and view properties?
Are your export settings the same? (Standard vs compressed?) Just the one view? And no rooms, spaces, areas?
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Absolutely positive. It is a saved 3D view that is locked. All of the same view settings (View Template). We compared export settings step by step. Just one view. No rooms, spaces, areas. Everything is the same. There are 2 machines that will produce the 5MB file (which is what I want). I've exported on 8 other machines and they produce the 36MB file. Could this be something other than Revit settings? Video card? I'm at a loss...
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Are all of these settings the same?
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Yes.
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I have to believe it is a process error but that is hard for us to track down.
Check the ? mark pulldown - about - on each machine and verify that they have the same updates installed for your Revit. What year? What updates?
Please don't be upset with the following questions. I see that you are a new member and I don't know how experienced you are. Because communication is so hard and this program is so complex, we often see newbies answer our questions filtered by their understanding of the program. For this reason, we often ask for images of their settings.
You did recognize that the "print settings" were set through the export - not just your standard print settings. The DWF export setting on these machines - compressed vs standard graphics - is an image we would have liked and the nested print settings like I posted. (Print settings may vary from user to user)
A view image would help. You do understand that all users have different default 3D views? Also that view templates may not be set to control all view settings so the view may not be the same unless it is the same exact view from the browser.
A good test is to open the project detached and save that in an accessible space. Then the same user <you> should go to each machine, open that file to the same view, start your export and you open all the export settings including that nested print setting and set them.
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All machines are using 2014 with the 2nd update installed.
Don't worry, not upset, I understand. I'm not really new to the site...just haven't needed to post anything. This is the first issue in the last 5 years that I haven't been able to figure out on my own or thru web research. I have attached images of the export settings from both computers.
Yes, I understand each user has their own 3D view. We are exporting from a non-user 3D. We are not changing anything that the View Template does not control. The process I've been doing is open model (detached), go to the specific 3D view and export.
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The only thing I can see here is a possibility of the sheet size setting. I assume this is a view and not a sheet. Hard set the size or maybe better, place the view on a sheet. It will probably make no difference but I don't like potential variables. Also, since you are doing greyscale, you might change the printing to raster.
If none of this makes a difference then your only choice is to go to autodesk. We are on subscription and we get answers in a timely manner.
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None of that made a difference. This issue seems to be isolated to that particular model. I used the same settings on a different project model and could get the smaller file size. I sent a support request so I'll see what they come back with.
Thanks for your help!
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Ah.... a particular model.... are you using worksets? There may be some issues with locals which would be different machine to machine. Especially if it has not been audited.
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Yes we are using worksets. We have tried creating a new local file and opening a detached copy of the model...same result. I audited the model...same result. I'm taking the issue to Autodesk. Hopefully they can come up with a solution.
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