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Certain views/sheets take a long time to print in Revit

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Issue:

  • Users reported that, certain views/sheets take a long time to print in Autodesk Revit

  • Printing from Revit is slow when working with non-rectangular crop regions

Causes:

The geometry that is passed to the printer with huge data, complex views and non-rectangular crop regions can cause the print processor to generate a significantly larger amount of data, leading to slower prints.

Solution:

In order to address this behavior:

  • Upgrade your printer/PDF driver to the latest version.

  • Reduce the resolution specified in the Printer properties (600DPI or lower).

  • Test alternate printer drivers (if available for your printer).

  • Remove the non-rectangular crop regions.

  • Check if there is a too complex family/ hatch with too dense pattern in the model:

  1. Go to "Visibility/Graphics Overrides" of the View's settings and hide everything/ the model categories one by one.

  2. Check then how the performance of print works.

  3. If the issue could be narrowed down to a specific element type or family, check if it may contain too dense hatches/ too many details or if lots of instances are placed.

  • Hide Planting elements or set Coarse display for printout.

Products:

Building Design Suite; Revit Product Family; Revit Architecture; Revit MEP; Revit Structure;

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