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VitaliyTimoshen1-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 3, 2010
Question

PDF problems

  • November 3, 2010
  • 16 replies
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Try this things:

  1. Make a drawing with a lot of text.
  2. Make this text by some ttf or otf font.
  3. Save it in PDF by Pro/E pdf printer with "All stroke fonts" and layers.

Layers is not so important, but we need them (I need them) - other printers like PDFCreators can't create layered PDFs. Ok.

Let's look on size of this PDF. - Huge, huge a lot. (My record is about 90Mb - A3 - 3sheets)

For some reason PTC can't just put ttf or otf font in pdf container like others. And get construction (30kb nofontPDF)+(23Kb TTF)= (53kb PDF)

Pro/E start draw all lines and sublines and triangles between each 3 point. For example if I draw only point & open it in Inkscape I'll get 72 different object.

We are talking about new platform, Creo & all bla-bla-bla , but we can't create normal work with Unicode, can't make normal PDF creation... Creo - - what are you talking about?

Hey, PTC, let's do something with it!!! (clients in a rage) We pay you a lot and get only your dream about cool future. Each your product have bugs, no stable version... but in this post only about PDF problem. The worst thing that you know about it & nothing do. This troubles with PDFs began a long time ago - no reaction. For me get support in local Russian (I am from Russia, but I am a human too) forums easy than in official support. Russian support just forward serious questions to English, in result we (I know a lot of people in the same situation) have nothing.

Thanks for attention.


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16 replies

BurtLand1-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 8, 2010

Using Stroke All Fonts turns everything into lines. If you look at the PDF theres no fonts in it, and its massive.

If under fonts you go Use TrueType Fonts, the TTF fonts are embedded in the PDF.

File size is much smaller - tried it on a file and the PDF goes from 60M to 60k.

PDFs are usable in WF5 - not so sure about earlier versions. What version are you using?

MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
November 8, 2010

Burt,

unfortunally your advice can be used for users, who "use ENGLISH language", only (I hope Western Europe, too). Users using Eastern Europe languages are lost. If you are interested to help us, please create a drawing containing RUSSIAN and CZECH special characters and try to create PDF using Use TrueType Fonts option. In case that you will succeed please post your drawing, PDF and TTF font.

Martin

    VitaliyTimoshen1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    November 8, 2010

    I would to say something like: "Are you kidding? Most (a lot) of PTC programmers from Russia or postUSSR territory (mean they know Russian & use Cyrillic symbols, maybe not at work but at home for sure) & even 1st creator of ProE core was Leonid - russian man" But

    Anyway, I want resolve this problem. I want have small PDF file with any font that I need & anybody can see it the same. See in attach what you asked, but without CZECH.

    7z - 7zip

    VitaliyTimoshen1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    November 8, 2010

    For some reasons, I can't add omething to my 1st post.

    Look: Video Link : 1504

    That's what I get & what I am talking about.


    For some strange reasons it is considered normal work. Wakeup - 21 century already now.

    MartinHanak24-Ruby III
    24-Ruby III
    November 8, 2010

    Vitalij,

    I tested your drawing. When I set RUSSIAN as ProE languange, then I will get correct PDF. See attachment. If you have additional question, please let me know.

    Martin

    VitaliyTimoshen1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    November 9, 2010

    Ok, looking great. Let's understand how you made it.

    What build of WF are you use? (Before WF4-060 my drawings looked the same)

    I see in PSF file: DESC=proeWildfire5_M060 - is it this?

    Are you use internal WF program for it? Or it was something like PDFCreator (They can do the same small but not support layers)

    Could you put in Attach your config files? (pro, brushes & some that you think is important)

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