salver in pdf

[vale31]

I went from proe5 to creo2 and found some difficulty saving files in pdf format

when I save the files from prt to pdf the lines are so thin that if we did not pdf to 400% I struggle to see them and are light grey

if, however, except from drawing to pdf, the thickness is ok, but when in pdf I see the light grey lines (often) with or without zoom, while tolerances and other quotas I see perfectly black and the correct thickness

I tried to create the pdf_table_file in config pro but it doesn't improve so much. . .

advice?

 

[BFausto]

Hi.


I usually use save by name -> export -> pdf and under settings find -> use pens table that allows you to correctly map pen thicknesses/types according to what you use for the plotter.

 

[Daniele-san]

hi bfausto,
I was reading this discussion..I was interested to know how you can map the thickness of the pens (colors) for printing.
I suppose the mapping is done in the config.pro
Thank you.
Hi.

Hi.


I usually use save by name -> export -> pdf and under settings find -> use pens table that allows you to correctly map pen thicknesses/types according to what you use for the plotter.

 

[painaz]

hi bfausto,
I was reading this discussion..I was interested to know how you can map the thickness of the pens (colors) for printing.
I suppose the mapping is done in the config.pro
Thank you.
Hi.

try these settings:


pen 1:
!
! visible geometry (plotated with solid lines except for some entity)
!
Plated with veiled lines
arrows and text of the cutting plans of cross sections
contour and format of drawings
!
font line of white half-carry
!
pen 1 thikness 0.03 cm; colour 0 0 0

pen 2:
!
All elements are plotted with solid lines except for some entity
!
Guidelines
Axes and half-mills: plotted with half-million
Geometric tolerance lines
All text except that of cross-sections
Bubble notes
Samples!
Yellow part of the reference plans
fonts of yellow halfway lines
!
pen 2 thickness 0.02 cm; colour 0 0 0

pen 3:
!
Hidden lines: plotted with dotted lines and veiled font
!
pen 3 thickness 0.02 cm; pattern 0.4 0.2 cm; color 0 0 0

4:
!
All elements are plotted with solid lines
Red part of the reference plans
grid of spline surfaces (not plotted in drawings)
!
pen 4 thickness 0.02 cm; colour 0 0 0

5:
!
Sheet metal
!
pen 5 thickness .03 cm; colour 0 0

5:
!
Sheet metal
!


pen 6 pattern 0.3 cm; thickness .025 cm; color 0 0 0
pen 7 thickness 0.025 cm; colour 0 0 0
pen 8 thickness 0.025 cm; colour 0 0


to save in the table.pnt file

you can also print in pdf using an "virtual" printer, type pdf995.
for example this was the method to use with wf i that does not export directly to pdf.

check the config.pro that correctly points to the table.pnt file (see "pen_table_file" entry of the config.pro)

if you use table.pnt you should comment (col!) the lines:

pen1_line_weight
....

pen8_line_weight

to no longer have parameters that possibly act on the thicknesses

 

[Daniele-san]

Thanks painz,
In the afternoon I try to do some evidence then if I need you back.
I wanted to ask you a few things:
# pen ... thickness 0.02 cm; color 0 0 --> the unit of measurement in cm and not in mm?
# in my config I have settings of an old plotter that I've been taking from the times they were and that I've never used and are the following:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Plating settings |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!
plot_file_dir d:\ptc_disegni\plt
plotter_command windows_print_manager
plotter_handshake hardware
delete_after_plotting yes
use_8_plotter_pens yes
♪
plotter hp7585a
pen1_line_weight 3
menu_translation yes
dialogue_translation yes
spin_rate_zoom_sensitive no
hlr_for_quilts yes
♪

What am I supposed to keep and what's more than "pen..._line_weight"?

♪ Is this string? - pdf_use_pentable yes
means that the pdf print will refer to the file indicated in the pen_table_file string?

Thank you.

try these settings:


pen 1:
!
! visible geometry (plotated with solid lines except for some entity)
!
Plated with veiled lines
arrows and text of the cutting plans of cross sections
contour and format of drawings
!
font line of white half-carry
!
pen 1 thikness 0.03 cm; colour 0 0 0

pen 2:
!
All elements are plotted with solid lines except for some entity
!
Guidelines
Axes and half-mills: plotted with half-million
Geometric tolerance lines
All text except that of cross-sections
Bubble notes
Samples!
Yellow part of the reference plans
fonts of yellow halfway lines
!
pen 2 thickness 0.02 cm; colour 0 0 0

pen 3:
!
Hidden lines: plotted with dotted lines and veiled font
!
pen 3 thickness 0.02 cm; pattern 0.4 0.2 cm; color 0 0 0

4:
!
All elements are plotted with solid lines
Red part of the reference plans
grid of spline surfaces (not plotted in drawings)
!
pen 4 thickness 0.02 cm; colour 0 0 0

5:
!
Sheet metal
!
pen 5 thickness .03 cm; colour 0 0

5:
!
Sheet metal
!


pen 6 pattern 0.3 cm; thickness .025 cm; color 0 0 0
pen 7 thickness 0.025 cm; colour 0 0 0
pen 8 thickness 0.025 cm; colour 0 0


to save in the table.pnt file

you can also print in pdf using an "virtual" printer, type pdf995.
for example this was the method to use with wf i that does not export directly to pdf.

check the config.pro that correctly points to the table.pnt file (see "pen_table_file" entry of the config.pro)

if you use table.pnt you should comment (col!) the lines:

pen1_line_weight
....

pen8_line_weight

to no longer have parameters that possibly act on the thicknesses

 

[BFausto]

Hi.

also in the .pnt file you can map the creo entities according to their color:
example
initial part of my file:

pen 1 thickness .05 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; drawing_color; text; White geometry lines
pen 2 thickness 0.001 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; letter_color; quota lines, yellow axes
pen 3 pattern 0.03 0.002 cm; thickness 0.001 cm; half_tone_color; Hidden lines grey

modifying it appropriately in:

pen 1 thickness .05 cm; color 0.0 0.0; drawing_color; text; letter_color; half_tone_color;
pen 2 thickness 0.001 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;
pen 3 pattern 0.03 0.002 cm; thickness 0.001 cm;

it is obtained that all entities are printed with the first pen (the eventual deduction found in pdf derives directly from the 2d source line and does not center with pen 3 ....).

 

[tazygill]

you can also print in pdf using an "virtual" printer, type pdf995.
for example this was the method to use with wf i that does not export directly to pdf..... !

 

[painaz]

you can also print in pdf using an "virtual" printer, type pdf995.
for example this was the method to use with wf i that does not export directly to pdf..... !

There must be echo....

However compared to the question

"# is this string? - pdf_use_pentable yes
means that the print in pdf will refer to the file indicated in the string pen_table_file ?"

If I don't remember, that's it.
keep in mind that however I answer them referring to old versions, with the versions I create could be changed.

to give you an idea of how I get out of pdfs with the settings I've spent attaching a pdf.

and I also add the settings of ms_print_mgr:

plotter ms_print_mgr
button_name ms printer manager
button_help print using windows printer manager.
plot_drawing_format yes default
plot_segmented no default
plot_roll_media no default
plot_label no default
plot_handshake software default
plot_label_height 0.300000 cm
create_separate_files no default
plot_with_panzoom no default
rotate_plotting no default
allow_file_naming yes
plot_name yes
plot_translate 0.196850 0.196850 default
interface_quality 3 default
plot_destination file default
plot_file_dir d:\data_wf\plot\
pen_table_file d:\data_wf\table.pnt
plot_sheets current default
paper_size a3 default
paper_outline no default
plot_clip no default
plot_area no default