Ed Brown (GSHQ Tech Support) just posted an excellent article describing how the choice of fill and line type affects the size of generated PDF files...as well as the time it takes to open/navigate the file:
http://www.archicadwiki.com/PDF_file_size_and_Fill_choice
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