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Saving to pdf

Anonymous
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Hi, I have an issue with saving drawings to pdf. In archicad I have the linework set to Australian black pens, and the lines in archicad are black as expected. When I save to pdf I end up with a lot of the lines in random places turning grey. Any advice appreciated.

Cheers
Scott
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
How do you save those PDFs?
Do you simply use the Print command in a Viewpoint?
Or do you use the Print command in a Layout?
Or do you publish as PDF?
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Anonymous
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I publish as pdf.
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
There are multiple options:

1. For every Drawing placed on a Layout, you can select the Drawing, go to its Settings Dialog and choose "Black and White" in its "Colors" field on its "Properties" panel.

2. Alternately, you can define a Black and White Pen Set and switch to that in the Pen Set field in the same panel of the same Dialog.

3. You can select the PDF item in Publisher Sets click the "Document Options" button and select "Black and White" in the "Save PDF As" field.
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
Anonymous
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Sorry, I wasn't clear with my question. I didn't actually want just a black and white drawing. i just wanted the black to show up as black and not grey. I tried to send you an example and in doing so realised that if I zoom in on the drawing the undesired grey lines turn black. So the problem is resolved.

Thankyou for your time
Regards
Scott