large file size pdf

[LeeL]

Hello,
I am having trouble with one page on my layout being larger in file size than other comparable pages. When I print to pdf, this page is 15,097 KB. Another page printed separately from this same layout is only 81 KB. The Chief Architect layout file is 666 KB. I think it is a problem with something I have on that particular page in Chief Architect rather than a pdf problem. Are there certain things in Chief that could cause this? I have printed this same layout at an earlier stage in design and it was only 1644 KB. I have changed some things since then but nothing I can think of would make it this much larger. I have attached the drawing file and layout file. The pdf file is too large to attach. The problematic page is page two on the layout. It involves the "grading" and "landscaping" layer sets from the drawing. I would appreciate any help!

[HumbleChief]

The grading plan is causing the problem. I printed a PDF with, and one without the grading plan and the PDF size was manageable without the grading plan.

Unfortunately I don't know what the problem is within the grading plan that is causing the large PDF problem.

[LeeL]

thanks, at least that narrows it down!

[mehen]

Have you tried to "Flatten" the pdf file? I have had a problem like this before - although not as extreme - and ran the file through iAnnotate on my iPad and it made the file LOTS smaller and more manageable.

[father]

I've had problems similar to this. What caused mine was chain link fencing and rotating the image/plan once it was on the layout page.

[LeeL]

Father, You are right, if I don't rotate the plans in the layout, it is A LOT smaller! I don't have a chain link fence, but there are a lot of lines in the contours and trees and other things. Thanks! I still don't know what changed since the time I printed it and it was only 1644 KB. They were rotated at that point too. I guess it doesn't matter.

Mark, What does it mean to "flatten" a pdf?

[LeeL]

I just re-rotated the plans and it is printing at a manageable size now. I guess there is a certain degree of rotation that makes the lines/file too complicated.

[mehen]

I don't know what is happening from a "digital" standpoint, but when the PDF loads from your plans - I do see the "layers" popping up one at a time - even as a PDF. When the file is flattened, in my experience, it is just a bunch of dots on a page without any additional digital info connected to them.

[perryh]

You can change the (PDF) resolution it's saved as, to make it smaller.

[LeeL]

Thanks guys, that helps