PTC Arbortext publisher

Quote - "Arbortext Advanced Print Publisher provides support for a number of vector graphic formats, including SVG and CGM. Arbortext Advanced Print Publisher also has a vector graphic drawing tool which can be used to create simple graphics": https://support.ptc.com/help/arbortext/r71m060/en/index.html#page/styler/appintrostyle/help20024.html

In Arbortext, I can publish SVG to PDF and I get a vector graphic in the output (as evidenced by zooming in on the graphic without seeing "jaggies" or pixelated edges).

• Are you starting with vector graphics? What is the format of your source graphics?
• Check to make sure your graphicapptransform preference doesn't include instructions to transform that format to raster. See https://support.ptc.com/help/arbortext/r8.1.2.0/en/index.html#page/Program%2Facl_ref%2Fhelp17132.html for details.