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Spedex12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
September 17, 2022
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Thinner lines when exporting or printing a drawing as pdf

  • September 17, 2022
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Hello, whenever I export my drawing as a pdf or print it as a pdf the lines are all pretty thick. Acutally so thick that you cannot see any real detail. I would like to change that.

I read a lot about this tabe.pnt file, but i cannot find it anywhere.

Also i tried copying the following in my config.pro file:

 

pdf_use_pentable yes

use_8_plotter_pens yes

pen_table_file path_to_file

pen table file - example

pen 1 thickness 0.05 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; drawing_color

pen 2 thickness 0.025 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; letter_color

pen 3 pattern 0.5, 0.2 cm; thickness 0.025 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; half_tone_color

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

pen 7 thickness 0.015 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; dimmed_color

 

This did also not work for me.

Could there be anything that I am doing wrong at the moment?

Greetings

Spedex

    Best answer by Hidetaka

    I think the problem is that your defined thickness for drawing_color is so thick. 

    I set the thickness 0.026 cm, and it works fine. (You can reduce thickness until it looks good)

     

    Also, if you literally copy those lines to config file, I think it won't work:

     

    pdf_use_pentable yes

    use_8_plotter_pens yes

    pen_table_file path_to_file

    pen table file - example

    pen 1 thickness 0.05 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; drawing_color

    pen 2 thickness 0.025 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; letter_color

    pen 3 pattern 0.5, 0.2 cm; thickness 0.025 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; half_tone_color

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

    pen 7 thickness 0.015 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; dimmed_color

    You should create a .pnt file and define the thicknesses inside that file, not in config.pro.

     

    For example, if you create customThickness.pnt and put it into folder  D:\Creo_Config

    The following option should be set in config.pro

     

    pen_table_file D:\Creo_Config\customThickness.pnt

     

    The contents of customThickness.pnt is similar to your text, eg.

    pen 1 thickness 0.05 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; drawing_color

    pen 2 thickness 0.025 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; letter_color

    pen 3 pattern 0.5, 0.2 cm; thickness 0.025 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; half_tone_color

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

     

    PTC has an support article on this, and I think the article is very helpful.

    https://www.ptc.com/ja/support/article/CS124860?art_lang=en

    3 replies

    tbraxton
    22-Sapphire II
    tbraxton22-Sapphire II
    22-Sapphire II
    September 17, 2022

    If you open the pdf file in Acrobat reader or Acrobat and then press ctrl+5 it will reduce the line weight of visible lines. Try this and see if it resolves your issue.

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      Hidetaka1-VisitorAnswer
      1-Visitor
      September 18, 2022

      I think the problem is that your defined thickness for drawing_color is so thick. 

      I set the thickness 0.026 cm, and it works fine. (You can reduce thickness until it looks good)

       

      Also, if you literally copy those lines to config file, I think it won't work:

       

      pdf_use_pentable yes

      use_8_plotter_pens yes

      pen_table_file path_to_file

      pen table file - example

      pen 1 thickness 0.05 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; drawing_color

      pen 2 thickness 0.025 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; letter_color

      pen 3 pattern 0.5, 0.2 cm; thickness 0.025 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; half_tone_color

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

      pen 7 thickness 0.015 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; dimmed_color

      You should create a .pnt file and define the thicknesses inside that file, not in config.pro.

       

      For example, if you create customThickness.pnt and put it into folder  D:\Creo_Config

      The following option should be set in config.pro

       

      pen_table_file D:\Creo_Config\customThickness.pnt

       

      The contents of customThickness.pnt is similar to your text, eg.

      pen 1 thickness 0.05 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; drawing_color

      pen 2 thickness 0.025 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; letter_color

      pen 3 pattern 0.5, 0.2 cm; thickness 0.025 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0; half_tone_color

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

       

      PTC has an support article on this, and I think the article is very helpful.

      https://www.ptc.com/ja/support/article/CS124860?art_lang=en

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        Spedex12-AmethystAuthor
        12-Amethyst
        September 19, 2022

        Thank you all very much for your answers.

        I created this table.pnt file and changed the value from 0.05 cm to eg 0.02 cm. It worked.

        But I came across a new problem.
        The central axes as well as the hatching is not effected by those changes:
        Unbenannt-1.png

        I tried changing the values of the other pens, but also this did not help.

        In explicit i tried changing the following values:
        Screenshot 2022-09-19 084832.png

         

        Does sombody have any idead how to fix that?

        Greetings
        Spedex

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        MartinHanak24-Ruby III
        24-Ruby III
        September 19, 2022
        @Spedex wrote:

        Thank you all very much for your answers.

        I created this table.pnt file and changed the value from 0.05 cm to eg 0.02 cm. It worked.

        But I came across a new problem.
        The central axes as well as the hatching is not effected by those changes:
        Unbenannt-1.png

        I tried changing the values of the other pens, but also this did not help.

        In explicit i tried changing the following values:
        Screenshot 2022-09-19 084832.png

         

        Does sombody have any idead how to fix that?

        Greetings
        Spedex

        Hi,

        Axes ...

        By default axes have brown color. In this case you have to add datum_color keyword to some pen.

        Eg. pen 2 thickness 0.025 cm; color 0 0 0; letter_color; datum_color

        X-hatching ...

        What color is assigned to you x-hatching? In my case it is Letter (pen 2 in your pentable)

        MartinHanak_0-1663573974428.png

         

         

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