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abassett1-Visitor
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November 25, 2013
Question

Creo PDF export doesnt scale line weights

When we export a PDF, we have the line weights correct, but when you view the PDF and zoom for detail, the line weights do not auto scale, the become very large and muddy. Is there a way to export to PDF so the line weights automatically scale when viewing?


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TomU23-Emerald IV
23-Emerald IV
November 25, 2013
The lines look wider when you zoom in because ... you're zoomed in. To see the lines stay at a fixed width regardless of zoom, turn off line weights in Adobe Acrobat Reader. (CRTL + 5)

Tom U.

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mlocascio1-Visitor
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November 25, 2013
Interesting question. PDF's are typically created as a "snapshot." Changing
the lineweights to something scalable would be a reasonable request. I have
not seen an option like that.



Michael P. Locascio






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davehaigh13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
November 25, 2013
Additionally to what Tom said, I plot my pdf's full size. An E size is 34x44, D is 22x34, etc. So when you zoom up, you are seeing exactly what will print out.

David Haigh
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abassett1-VisitorAuthor
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November 25, 2013

Tom U. You're a life saver, we have been trying to work this issue out, we considered it an issue in Creo, we have tried ever setting we could. Thank you for this so very simple shortcut.

In Reply to Tom Uminn:


The lines look wider when you zoom in because ... you're zoomed in. To see the lines stay at a fixed width regardless of zoom, turn off line weights in Adobe Acrobat Reader. (CRTL + 5)


Tom U.

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msteffke15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
November 25, 2013
Agree, great tip. We had ended up using pen table files to make lines
thin enough. Then it becomes a battle of becoming too faint on an
actual printout. I have found that Tom's tip also works for
PDFX-viewer. We use that software because you can do some minor editing
and redlining. And it doesn't want to be updated every 3 days.





Mark Steffke


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GlenWisham1-Visitor
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November 25, 2013
We've had issues with line width on some of our PDF's for many decades now,
here and in industry in general.

There are several schools of thought on the subject and no one seems to
want to come to agreement on a proper approach to this problem.

There is one work around I like to use when PDF's with unreasonably thin
line thickness are created. When I send a PDF to a Plotter, I set the
minimum line thickness to about 7, in the Plotter's Print GUI. I've had to
continue to use an older print driver to give me this capability as it
seems that some of the newer ones seem to have left out this important
setting.

I know there are other settings in the Adobe interface that allow you to
create PDF's with more reasonable line thickness, but more and more our
outputs are becoming controlled by policy and we may no longer have these
settings available to us in some installations.

In summary, I've taken the personal approach that you can argue all you
want about line weights and I will still be able to supply readable prints
to my customers... as long as I can still pick my own Printer Driver.

Just my two cents,
Glen R Wisham
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JamesKasson1-Visitor
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November 26, 2013
Tom,
This is a magnificent tip! I feel like I've been thrust into sunshine after living in a cave...

Thanks,
James
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jelpedes11-Visitor
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November 26, 2013
Thanks for the great info, Tom. Is there a way to print the document with the with the line weights turned off.
I just did a quick experiment and the print output remained the same either on and off.

Thank you,
Jerry




Jerry Elpedes

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BryanBruder1-Visitor
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November 26, 2013
We use Stroke all Fonts.

Bryan Bruder

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TomU23-Emerald IV
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November 26, 2013
Not that I know of. The setting only affects the display on the screen.

Tom U.
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