symbols shift when exporting pdf of drawing. ver 3.0

[SL_10676292]

creo drawing ver 3.0

my client has a symbol defined that is a triangle (lay it down sideways so it points to the left) with a number imbedded.  It is used to identify a note that applies to the view feature.   The symbol is used with blank for number and placed over the notes.  When a pdf export is performed, the symbol has shifted location.

attached are screen shots of creo drawing and pdf export.

So far I have attempted entering blank spaces for the variable text and "  ." (space space dot) and it does not seem to effect position.

[Abhiram_Pande]

is it possible to share data?

[SL_10676292]

No - I can not share

[kdirth]

Looks like an issue with the font.  If you look at the screenshot, there is more space between the characters than in the printed version.

A quick fix is to check Stroke All Fonts in the content tab of the export settings or printer tab of Printer configuration.

[SL_10676292]

Stroke all fonts helped to align the symbol with the notes.  Thank you.

This created a new problem in that the lettering is all very thin.  With the default setting (not selecting stroke all fonts) the thickness of the characters increases proportionally to the height of the font.  That is a desirable effect that is lost with this setting.

[StephenW]

You can control line thicknesses with a pen table file also.

There is lots of good info here on the community about pen tables.

https://community.ptc.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Line-weights-and-PDF-files/m-p/301330

https://community.ptc.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/PDF-Thickness-Pen-Table/m-p/398264

https://community.ptc.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?advanced=false&allow_punctuation=false&filter=location&location=forum-board:partassemblydesign&q=pen%20table%20file

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

as @kdirth said, you have to use the Stroke All Fonts option to break text displayed by a Creo font named font into a set of lines.

[SL_10676292]

Hi @MartinHanak  - Is there a way to maintain a desirable font?  the set of lines looks unacceptable.

"Stroke All Fonts option to break text displayed by a Creo font named font into a set of lines."

[kdirth]

You will need to use truetype fonts to maintain spacing when printing.

[MartinHanak · Accepted solution]

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@SL_10676292 wrote:

Hi @MartinHanak  - Is there a way to maintain a desirable font?  the set of lines looks unacceptable.

"Stroke All Fonts option to break text displayed by a Creo font named font into a set of lines."

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Hi,

in Creo you have two options:

1.] use font (proprietary Creo font) in drawing and Stroke All Fonts or Stroke Non TrueType Fonts option

Note: config.pro options and pentable must be set properly.

2.] use TrueType font in drawing and Use TrueType Fonts option

Attached video shows both options.