ArcGIS Pro PDF export is including the polygon outlines when layout view is not
I'm attempting to export a PDF of a layout I created in ArcGIS Pro. The polygon features have had their outline turned off for better display. The features display as expected in layout view but after exporting to PDF, it looks as if the outlines are included - or maybe it's a render issue. Any ideas what's causing this and a way around it?
Thanks!!
ArcGIS Pro Layout View (no outline on parcel polygons)
PDF Export (polygons shown with outline)
Accepted Solutions
Ok so I was able to reproduce with graduated colors. Here's the problem:
When you remove the outline color (set it to none), the outline width remains .7
Which is the line we're seeing the PDF.
When you set the outline width to 0, the pdf lines disappear. This is something I've seen in Arc Map as well, depending on how you export, so I'm grudgingly not going to claim this is a bug, but a limitation of how Adobe renders the PDF. So the solution here is, when you truly want no polygon outlines, remove the color and set line width to 0.
I'm not getting your exact problem, but something similar where the source is a 10.5.1 Feature Service, with these export settings. Can you share the exact details of the source data (type, location, format, version), how it's symbolized, and how you're exporting it, and where you're exporting it?
Pro: 
PDF:
The pictures you've included represent the issue i'm experiencing. Source data is a file geodatabase feature class, simple polygon, NAD 1983 StatePlane Texas Central FIPS 4203 Feet. Using ArcGIS Pro 2.1.1. Exporting from ArcGIS Pro to Desktop
Symbology Details
Same export options as you
Thanks
Ok so I was able to reproduce with graduated colors. Here's the problem:
When you remove the outline color (set it to none), the outline width remains .7
Which is the line we're seeing the PDF.
When you set the outline width to 0, the pdf lines disappear. This is something I've seen in Arc Map as well, depending on how you export, so I'm grudgingly not going to claim this is a bug, but a limitation of how Adobe renders the PDF. So the solution here is, when you truly want no polygon outlines, remove the color and set line width to 0.
Well that makes a lot of sense 
PDF Export
