I’m having a frequent problem that occurs when I export my layout files to .pdf. The export seems to miss a vertex (or two) and thus, instead of the drawn line reaching a corner, as expected, it is drawn at a diagonal (see drawing). This only happens when the drawing mode of the model is set to vect…

I unfortunately do not have a solution. But would add, it has been my experience sometimes it actually shows the unwanted lines in the LO viewport window prior to export to .pdf…sometimes not. I currently have a file exhibiting this very thing and it is tiresome to fuss with it only to settle on r…

Thanks Charlie, I’m glad I’m not the only one getting this issue. I agree with the point you make that sometimes the unwanted lines appear in the .pdf and sometimes not. I’ve found more often than not on recent models but certainly, there have been occasions when the .pdf has been ok. Hopefully som…

Check this thread, also: [image] Weird anomalies appearing when Layout exports to PDF LayOut Hi all, we have some known issues relating to the way our hidden line renderer can display some extra lines or fills in the case of section cuts. Over the past few releases we hav…

[image] dannorris: I agree with the point you make that sometimes the unwanted lines appear in the .pdf and sometimes not. For clarification: I find when I see the unwanted lines in the .pdf…sometimes they present in the LO viewport…sometimes not…that is to say…if they are seen in the .pdf…t…

Thanks for linking to this. I did a search before posting and I didn’t spot this.

@dannorris I looked at your model and , Although we are still looking at this rendering issue, if you change the settings in the Model dialog and then set them back, does this correct the vector render issue? [2019-10-01_07-38-35] CD

That is similar to a suggestion I made in the other topic. Unfortunately, doing a save and then reopen of the LayOut file brings the problem back. Also, even in the best of cases exporting a PDF on Windows still showed the artifacts.

I tried this a few times and in a few different orders and still the output .pdf has the same drawing issue.

[image] colin: Unfortunately, doing a save and then reopen of the LayOut file brings the problem back. Also, even in the best of cases exporting a PDF on Windows still showed the artifacts. This has been my experience as well…and why I just set viewport to raster and just accept that I have t…

Have you tried adding or editing a clipping mask as suggested in the thread that Mike Wayzovski linked to?

Layout Vector Export To PDF Bug

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MikeWayzovski October 1, 2019, 11:25am 4

Check this thread, also:

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Layout Vector Export To PDF Bug

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