Layout locking up while printing to PDF

Problem in title. Layout consistently locks up when trying to output a file via - export to PDF, save as PDF and even export to images. This has been consistent on multiple versions of layout and multiple layout files going all the way back to something like 24’. My workaround is to save the layout file in 22’ version and open in layout for 23 and that will successfully export the file. 24,25,26 all fail to properly export. I had to install 3 prior versions of SKP yesterday to get around this. Thankfully, I have old SKP exes saved to my machine since Trimble only has as far back as 24 on their download page. Any thoughts or solutions?

The first thing that comes to mind is that you have the Output Override box ticked so there’s a delay while all of the raster rendered viewports are being rendered as Hybrid.


Untick the box so the viewports remain rendered as Raster and you don’t have to wait.

If it’s not that share the LO file.

This is it!
Thank you so much. I’ve let it sit for well more than an hour multiple times thinking that maybe it was actually working and not locked up and still didn’t resolve.

I just tested this twice successfully and then toggled the check mark back on and again waiting so this is the answer. TY

Just to ask the question, why would we want this checkbox toggled on?

If you need the viewports rendered as Hybrid it could make more sense to leave the box ticked so you can leave the viewports rendered as Raster while you are working. That will make updating the reference faster while you are going back and forth between SU and LO. But it may be that you don’t need to render viewports as Hybrid anyway. Often the export quality is just fine with Raster rendering.