PDF from Layout cuts off part of drawing

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I am trying to do a presentation plan and am using a top down orthographic view with watercolor and overlaid lines. I can't get the resolution I need exporting an image from CA so I have sent the view to Layout as a live view. We also tried it as an image. The problem is that every time I try to create a PDF two walls disappear. The view box is large enough, so I haven't cropped the view, I've had our veteran Chief guy look at it, and we're stumped. Here is the result:

 

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Here is the view in Layout:

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And Here is the print preview:

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Has this happened to anyone else? I have tried outputting this about a dozen times and the same two walls are cut off every time. 

 

I am running CA Premier X12 on a Dell with these bells and whistles. I also have Bluebeam Revu as my PDF print driver in addition to the "Export" function in CA. I have tried to print and to export with the same result . Any help would be appreciated.

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I am having a similar issue but its not cutting off the side its cutting a portion of the foundation off. I've tried increasing the viewport size and moving it to the top of the drawing order. I am using the default Chief architect to PDF printer. Any solutions found?

Thanks!

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