Large PDF file size

Hi Ken,

Ken Harrison said:

how to make the PDF file size smaller

You should edit your PDF driver and go to:

Driver Properties\Precision - Standard and not more than that;

Advanced\Driver Resolution - 96;

You didn't speak about levels. Your PDF has them, if not needed you can turn them off, that helps.

If not needed you can turn off Searchable text.

Sometimes files have some element that cause the output file larger than it should. Normaly 3d elements with visible edges. Don't seems the case in your provided sample file. Sometimes are elements from DWG that provoque this. If possible run a purge inside DWG files, and do a compress in all your DGN files.

Hope this helps and regards

Thanks for the quick reply. I will step through each of these suggestions and figure what works.

Thanks!

I've tried the precision and resolution with no change. I'm trying to get the level functionality to turn off, but it doesn't seem to work. I've edited the driver to turn off Optional Content, reloaded the driver, recreate the PDF, and it still shows the levels. Am I doing something wrong? I feel like I am missing something, but can't tell what it is.

Update: I turned off the patterns and it somewhat helped the file size reducing it from 2.2MB to 1.7MB. Is it just related to the fact that there are so many elements in this area? I can select all the elements within the sheet view and there are about 10K. 

Something is up, the PDF acts like it's super big, way slow.

Stabbing in the dark. I know you said no rasters, but you might try <RasterizedParametersQuality> set to 50 instead of 100.

Turning off levels in the sheet key is going to help.

Bob,

There are no rasters and the setting was already at 50. BUT, turning off whatever I could in the Sheet Key did the trick. I completely ignored the fact that it is showing the whole site with every level turned on, which is definitely not needed. I turned off all the levels that weren't necessary and it took the sheet from 2.2MB down to about 900KB. 

In an effort to further reduce the file size, I'm still trying to remove the layers from the PDF, but they are still there. I might post that as a separate question however to narrow down results.

Thanks for your help.

Bob,

There are no rasters and the setting was already at 50. BUT, turning off whatever I could in the Sheet Key did the trick. I completely ignored the fact that it is showing the whole site with every level turned on, which is definitely not needed. I turned off all the levels that weren't necessary and it took the sheet from 2.2MB down to about 900KB. 

In an effort to further reduce the file size, I'm still trying to remove the layers from the PDF, but they are still there. I might post that as a separate question however to narrow down results.

Thanks for your help.