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jraice1-Visitor
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October 26, 2016
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PDF Thickness, Pen Table

  • October 26, 2016
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Hello, really struggling to simply get my B&W PDF exports to look clean, with the model edges being thinner/sharper. I have gotten most of my text to look great by changing it to Blue, but I can't seem to get the model lines to change even with color changes.

 

I tried adding a table.pnt file and calling it out, including turning on pdf_use_pentable and use_8_plotter_pens. I also tried changing penx_line_weight all to 1.

 

Any other simple tricks to get B&W PDF with thin lines? Even if all lines are the same I think I'd be happy for now.

 

Thanks!


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    MartinHanak24-Ruby III
    24-Ruby III
    October 26, 2016

    Hi,

    config.pro options:

    pdf_use_pentable yes

    use_8_plotter_pens yes

    pen_table_file absolute_path\mypentable.pnt

    mypentable.pnt for DIN/ISO drawing environment (example, see also Creo Parametric Help Center)

    !*** user colors

    pen  1   thickness 0.015 cm

    !*** witness lines

    pen  2   thickness 0.015 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;  letter_color

    !*** hidden lines

    pen  3   pattern 0.5, 0.2 cm; thickness 0.015 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;  half_tone_color

    !*** notes, dimension values

    pen  4   thickness 0.035 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;  edge_highlite_color

    !*** tangential round edges

    pen  5   thickness 0.015 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0;  dimmed_color

    !*** datum features

    pen  6   thickness 0.015 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; datum_color

    !*** model visible edges, sheetmetal edges

    pen  7   thickness 0.05 cm;  color 0.0 0.0 0.0;  drawing_color, attention_color

    Note:

    color 0.0 0.0 0.0 ... black color

    MH

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      23-Emerald IV
      TomU23-Emerald IV
      23-Emerald IV
      October 26, 2016

      This is the pen table we use:

      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      ! This Pen Table will print everything in black and white except

      ! user defined colors.

      pen 1 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0;

      pen 2 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0;

      pen 3 thickness .003 in; color 0.2 0.2 0.2;

      pen 4 thickness .012 in; color 0 0 0;

      pen 5 thickness .006 in; color 0 0 0; drawing_color;

      pen 6 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0; quilt_color; magenta_color; attention_color; curve_color;

      pen 7 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0; datum_color;

      pen 8 thickness .003 in; color 0 0 0; dimmed_color; section_color;

      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      By the way, the file extension does not matter.  Just make sure to include the file extension in the config option.  (We use .txt)

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