PDF SERCHABLE PLOTS

[PatD]

Per ASME Y.100 PDF Drawing plots should be PDF searchable.  When using the stroke all fonts is there a way that datum text curves on parts can be printed better in drawing?  Mine are not very clear

[dschenken]

Stroking fonts only refers to on-drawing text, not text used to create model geometry.

Text that is part of model geometry is not searchable on the drawing and will not be searchable in the PDF.

[PatD]

Yes,  I am aware it is not searchable.  With the default 600dpi datum text marking on part is not as clear as I would like.  Is there an optimum test style for a datum text on part which would produce better quality on a PDF export?  Not a big deal, just looking to optimize.

Thanks

Pat

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

please upload example PDF to illustrate your problem.

[PatD]

Just looking for best text file setting in datum sketch.

[StephenW · Accepted solution]

Is the color of the text (datum curve) different from the rest of the colors? I suspect you have a lineweight issue.

Try changing the color of the curve to be the same as the thinner lineweight objects such dimensions.

I changed all my lineweights to be thin to eliminate issues like these. I know some users are not allowed to do that based on standards so that may not be a solution for you but you would use it to help diagnose the problem.

[PatD]

Thanks Stephen, That did the trick.

Appreciate the help!!

[PatD]

Changed to yellow, lettering!