Resolving line quality issues when exporting SOLIDWORKS Drawing to PDF

Are you experiencing linetype quality issues when creating a SOLIDWORKS Drawing PDF?

Poor quality lines in a PDF document

This may be caused by a simple option when saving as a PDF from a SOLIDWORKS Drawing.

When saving a drawing as a PDF from the File > Save As menu. Click on the Options button in the dialog.

Accessing options in the Save As dialog

Make sure the High Quality Lines and High Quality Shaded Edges options are turned on and then try re-exporting again.

Options for line export

This should result in a PDF document with much sharper lines in the views as shown in the example below:

Good quality lines in PDF view

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