Printing Tips; Print Setup - Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 User Manual

Printing Tips

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+P.
Before printing, be sure that you have installed the most recent version of the printer driver. Consult
with the printer manufacturer.
To print to PDF, see
To print many views and sheets unattended, use Batch Print for Revit. See
To generate DWF or DWFx files, click
page 1355.
If the print job is of substantial size, the status bar displays a Cancel button. The file size necessary to
trigger this option depends on system speed and amount of memory.

Print Setup

You can specify various options for a print job in Revit Architecture.
1 Click
2 In the Print Setup dialog, for Name, select the saved print settings to use, if any.
3 Under Paper, specify options for Size and Source.
4 Under Orientation, select Portrait or Landscape.
5 Under Paper Placement, specify where the view prints on the sheet.
6 Under Hidden Line Views, choose an option to increase print performance for hidden line views
7 Under Zoom, specify whether to fit the drawing to the size of the page or zoom to a percentage
8 Under Appearance, specify a value for Raster Quality.
9 Under Appearance, for Colors, select an option:
Printing to PDF
Print Print Setup.
Or, if the Print dialog is already open, click Setup.
See Saving Print Settings
If, for Offset from Corner, you select User Defined, enter X and Y offset values.
in elevations, sections, and 3D views.
Vector processing times vary depending on the number of views processed and view complexity.
Raster processing times depend on the dimensions of the view and amount of graphics. Vector
processing typically produces much smaller print files than raster processing.
of the original size.
This option controls the resolution of the raster data being sent to the print device. A higher
quality results in a longer print time.
Black Lines: All text, non-white lines, pattern lines, and edges print in black. All raster images
and solid patterns print in grayscale. (This option is not available for publishing to DWF.)
Grayscale: All colors, text, images, and lines are printed in grayscale. (This option is not
available for publishing to DWF.)
Color: All colors in the project are maintained and printed, provided the printer supports
colors.
on page 1084.
Export DWF. See
on page 1082.
Batch Printing on page 1086.
Exporting to Design Web Format
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