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dyadav12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
Dec 16, 2015 9:56 AM UTC
Question

1. Dimmed line problem- Lines are printed as solid & dark even after choosing “Dimmed” in Tangent edges option.

 

We are facing some problems in Creo 3.0 while taking prints

 

 

 

  1. Dimmed line problem- Lines are printed as solid & dark even after choosing “Dimmed”  in Tangent edges option. However in drawing mode it is showing tangent line as dimmed. (See attached pic)
  2. Darkness problem – All Text and lines are printed very light after choosing “Stroke all fonts” option in settings.

  

 

 

I have tried to get it done by editing Pen table but it doesn’t work for me.

 

Our main focus is to get a print in which tangent edges are dimmed/light visible as compared to solid/dark lines. (See attached pic)

 

 

  Kindly guide on above points

 


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TomU
TomU23-Emerald IV
23-Emerald IV
Dec 16, 2015 1:38 PM UTC

Not seeing any pictures.  Can you please reattach them?

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dyadav12-AmethystAuthor
12-Amethyst
Dec 16, 2015 2:01 PM UTC

Dimmed.JPG

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TomU
TomU23-Emerald IV
23-Emerald IV
Dec 16, 2015 2:14 PM UTC

The pentable really is the key to this.  Could you please upload a copy of the text in your pentable file as well?

As far as stroked font text printing dark, that is because Creo will use the thickness specified in the pentable to trace the outline of each character.  To have stroked fonts truly look identical to their non-stroked True-Type Font equivalents, you would need to have the pen thickness set to basically nothing.  We have our letter thickness (pen 2) set to .003 in.  This seems to be a good compromise between stroked text and other lines using that same system color (letter).

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dyadav12-AmethystAuthor
12-Amethyst
Dec 17, 2015 10:51 AM UTC

Hello Tom,

The major issue what we are faacing once i set the tangent line as dimmed line it will show in drawing but if i convert that drawing into PDF it showing solid so we are unable to find dimmed line

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
Dec 17, 2015 11:40 AM UTC

Hi,

if you want to configure PDF export, you have to use following config.pro options:

pdf_use_pentable yes

pen_table_file  C:\PTC\config\mypentable.pnt

use_8_plotter_pens YES

  • dimmed lines are plotted by pen 7 by default
  • is possible to assign dimmed lines to different pen using dimmed_color keyword

MH

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