Pdf line thickness problem. . The line weight is so thick that it obscures the details of the drawing. It is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS that normal underlines in Word appear thick and bold when opened in PDF. I've tried troubleshooting and changing my border options to the smallest dotted line based on previous post suggestions, or going to "Print" before converting, but it still occurs. Other people have had this issue and this has resolved. Make sure the "Plot object lineweights" and "Plot with plot styles" are checked. Use File > Plot and select device as "DWG to PDF" instead. Of course, this works only for PDF drawings produced with vector (CAD) software such as Revit ® and AutoCAD ®. If your PDF Line weights look wrong when opened in Acrobat, it could be related to this issue. Basically, when I convert an excel sheet into an adobe pdf, my borders get screwed up (typically thickened). I have two pdf images of a very intricate mechanical sketch of a part, and the lines on the image are displaying too thick, as if they were in bold. The best workaround I know of is to trick Acrobat into not seeing the shapes as simple straight lines by adding a single extra anchor point anywhere along the line or edge. on one, when I press ctrl+5, the lines are displayed properly. It's on by default, so if others will be viewing the PDF, the majority will see the inconsistent line weights. stop changing line thickness!!!!! You need to fix the bug that changes line thicknesses when saving a Word document as a PDF. Most designers today, however, need line thickness to display faithfully in the exported PDF, exactly as it does in Illustrator. To achieve this in Adobe Acrobat Reader you need to press keyboard shortcut Ctrl+5 or go to View > Show/Hide > Rulers & Grids > Line Weights. It's on by default, so if others will be viewing the PDF, the majority will see the inconsistent line weights. Consider also the use of Publish (again DWG to PDF). phtpq bnolzkh kmzolzc iqldfs vomnp wibqc mij kceoefflm zywqm wve