There are multiple reasons why your PDFs are larger than expected but the biggest reason is usually that you have lots of, or high resolution logos/images on your floorplan. To help with this problem you can adjust the 'Embed Image Quality' option found here.
If your file sizes are still larger than expected, see below or please contact us so we can help further.
Other reasons why the file could be large are:
- You have lots of text on your floorplan which has widths of more or less than 1, i.e. 0.9 or 1.1. The reason for this is because text with widths are exported as outlines instead of text, making the amount of entities exported much greater.
- Drawing scale factor and linetypes - If you have many lines on your plan that use a dashed/dotted linetype and your drawing scale is not set correctly i.e. 1:1 whereas it should be 1:200, then this increases the file size because each segment of the dotted line is exported individually, and at 1:1 scale there are far more segments to be exported.
- Solid filled areas on arcs and circles also increases the PDF file size.
- Some imported venues have huge amounts of detail on them such as screws, brackets, hinges etc which can cause larger file sizes. The only way to improve this is to either delete the information that is not needed, or if it is layered correctly, turn the layers off.