PDF printing in Archicad

[rob2218]

Does anyone know of any good PDF programs to print with from Archicad?
i'm getting this strange "roof tile pattern" anomaly when I print elevations fro a sheet. The look fine in the layout, look fine in the 3d model, yet when the final PDF output comes out.....there's this missing "tile edge" consistantly on the left hand side of all roofs.

I've tried printing with Adobe, tried printing using CutePDF printer....and nothing seems to work.

If anyone can suggest any setting changes in the PDF printers that would resolve this issue I'd sure appreciate it.

Oh...and Adobe takes forever to create a PDF from Archicad.
Help please.

I'll post up an image so you can see what I mean in a bit but for now...i'm sure it's a PDF creation issue.

[rob2218]

it's the darn "Spanish Tile" hatch...that's it.
How do I fix it?

Matthew wrote:
Is it printing correctly when you go direct to the printer or plotter?

I assume this roof fill is being automatically applied from the material. One thing to try would be to switch the elevation status from "Auto-rebuild Model" to "Drawing". (Select the elevation in the project map or the marker itself and open the settings.)

[Laura Yanoviak]

Until you respond to Matthew's questions, I'm not sure we can help.

[rob2218]

EUREKA!!!! (YES, NOW I'M SHOUTING!!)
I fixed the hatch pattern.
1. duplicated the material pattern of "Spanish tile" and created new material called "Spanish tile - type 2".
2. then changed the vectoral hatch pattern to a different "tile" roof pattern which even looks more like the real tile.
3. saved the material and Voala!!! it's all good.

by the way...trying to upload a WIP.