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RP_1038445111-Garnet
11-Garnet
Mar 12, 2024 9:35 AM UTC
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pentable is not working

Hi,

I am having issues working with the pentable when I set the pentable file and all 3 config options, but still, while printing and saving the pdf file, the geometry lines are not as per the pentable, and when I remove the pentable file, geometry lines changes but not as per requirement (that means without pentable file).

MartinHanakAnswer
24-Ruby III
Mar 13, 2024 12:11 PM UTC

Hi,

your pentable works well. Please play uploaded video.

Your problem is in setting the thickness of the pens and also in the fact that you don't know which pen draws which color.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
Mar 12, 2024 3:52 PM UTC

Hi,

please provide more details. Attach pentable, config options, PDF examples, Creo version information.

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RP_1038445111-GarnetAuthor
11-Garnet
Mar 13, 2024 6:25 AM UTC

I have attached confgi.pro file and 2 pdf below and the pentable file I'm using 

 

pen 1 thickness .01 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
pen 2 thickness .009 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
pen 3 thickness .009 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
pen 4 thickness .005 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
pen 5 thickness .005 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
pen 6 thickness .002 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
pen 7 thickness .002 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
pen 8 thickness .002 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0

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rzukowski13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
Mar 12, 2024 4:26 PM UTC

Try setting the config.pro option pdf_use_pentable to yes.  By default, it is set to no.

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RP_1038445111-GarnetAuthor
11-Garnet
Mar 13, 2024 5:44 AM UTC

Hi,

I add following configs
pdf_use_pentable  to yes

pen_table_file to pentable.pnt file
use_8_plotter_pens to yes

Still I am facing the issue, I will add the file you asked for...

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
Mar 13, 2024 8:15 AM UTC
@RP_10384451 wrote:

Hi,

I add following configs
pdf_use_pentable  to yes

pen_table_file to pentable.pnt file
use_8_plotter_pens to yes

Still I am facing the issue, I will add the file you asked for...

Hi.

 

pdf_use_pentable yes
use_8_plotter_pens yes

  • these 2 options are correct

 

pen_table_file C:\Users\Public\Documents\pen table\pentable.pnt

  • this option can cause problems because the path contains space character
  • when working with Creo I always replace space character by underscore
  • example ... pen_table_file E:\users\creo7_parametric\pentable.pnt

 

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