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Inoram14-Alexandrite
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November 13, 2013
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Export to graphics program.

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Has anyone designed up something like a business card in Creo?

Or maybe just a logo then import into a graphics program (Photoshop, etc) to finish it?

I was hoping maybe someone had some tips for doing this.

I have done it a little and one thing I think I figure out was, I drew everything BIG in Creo, thinking it would be better quality when I shrink it down. Currently, that seems like a mistake, so now I am trying to draw stuff on size and see if the export quality is better.


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dschenken1-Visitor
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November 13, 2013

Does artwork for decals and information plates count?

I generally go with postscript file output and fix the problems PTC leaves in there. It is easy to edit (notepad, or the like) to get the line widths you like. Be sure to change setlinecap and setline join with a prefix value of 1 to get rounded ends on line segments instead of the awkward default clipping, especially if using the default font.

Photoshop can rasterize the Postscript into a nice bitmap if you like.

The missing part for a great answer is - what is your printing destination? Different places/methods have unique requirements, so it is a good idea to find a place you like and ask them about their ideal input.

Finally, how did making things big seem like a mistake?

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Inoram14-AlexandriteAuthor
14-Alexandrite
November 13, 2013

David,

Sure, probably anything that runs into a printed media is similar process. I know it will be rare overall as people that do that work will mostly use other software.

I will have to look at the settings you suggest, at the moment, I am not even sure where they are.

As far as print destination, I made some business cards at the beginning of the year, and I made part of it in Creo, and after a lot of exporting and fooling around it ultimately went to Vistaprint. The actual cards themselves turned out fine, (the print work), except they are matte and in hindsight I don't like that. I also made 2-side cards and I want 1-side. Just some things I want to update. Also, I will end with the same logo on my webpage and letterhead, etc.

In making thingsbig, which is probably operator error, the way things pixelate it's turns lines into large stair-steps, but in saying that, when you up the DPI it seems to create unsually large files. And business cards (at least throught Vistaprint) are only 72 dpi (if I remember right).

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dschenken1-Visitor
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November 13, 2013

72 dpi is pretty low. 300dpi is where people ordinarily don't see stair stepping with unaided vision within arm's length. In some printing processes, like newpapers, the dpi isn't very high, but the dot-size is variable. It takes about a 600 dpi laser printer to duplicate a 96 dpi half-tone.

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