SWX 2007 - Save As PDF

Just using 2007 for the first time on a live project - anyone noticed
that saving as a PDF using the built in tool gives a unusually large
file size compared to using a 3rd party distiller - even with all the
boxes un-checked in the options.

Example: Assy saved as PDF = 800Kb - Assy "printed" as PDF using PDF995
= 173Kb

I seem to remember in previous versions that the internlly created PDF
was always a smaller file size than those created by a 3rd party
application.

Is this peculiar to my systems (I've tried it on 2 different
installations) or is it something that is a consequence of the change
from Bluebeam, or is it 2007 or have I missed something?


Kev

 

It has options now, and one I believe is high quality which is selected
by default....?

 

Yes, I can confirm this. Saved a couple of files as PDF and also
printed them to PDF using Acrobat.
File 1 - 490Kb (Save As), 113Kb (print)
File 2 - 400Kb (Save As), 93Kb (print)
About a 4:1 increase.
Both the Save As files were with high quality switched off.

Pete

 

Thanks Pete,

I'm glad I'm not going nuts!

Anyone know why it is so?

Kev

 

is it saving the 3dPDF info with it? I don't know but a theory.