Converting a CGM file to PDF in NX4
Converting a CGM file to PDF in NX4
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Has anyone came up with a simple way to make PDF files from CGM or from 2D NX Drafting. We are going to NX4 and have been informed that NX4 doesn't support it. We need to be able to convert the drawings so the company we're doing the jobs for engineers' can easy read.Thanks





RE: Converting a CGM file to PDF in NX4
import the CGM into a new part. If you can't import it into a drawing, you may have to just import it into a model and set a view for it.
download a PDF writer, and just print it to the PDF writer. We just had a big job where we had to convert a bunch of these. It can be tedious.
I believe we use PDF factory here
good luck
-Steve
RE: Converting a CGM file to PDF in NX4
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Product Line
UGS Corp
Cypress, CA
http://www.ugs.com
RE: Converting a CGM file to PDF in NX4
I am stuck on the versions GM uses.
Justin Ackley
Designer
jackley@gmail.com
RE: Converting a CGM file to PDF in NX4
Once you have your Print Admin side working correctly, you will need to install Ghostscript (the actual .ps to PDF conversion software) and Ghostview (a viewer of PDF, PostScript and other print-related file formats). Both of these softwares are free of charge...just do a Google search to find the homepage.
The workflow will probably be something like this: Plot to .ps in NX, wait for NX Print to output a .ps file. After the .ps file is created, you can open the .ps file with Ghostview and convert to PDF. If you have Acrobat writer, you can save your NX .ps files to the same folder each time and have Adobe Distiller set up to watch that folder and automatically convert to PDF.
Hope this makes sense. You might also try searching this forum, as I'm positive other users have asked this same question before.
Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com
Some people are like slinkies....they don't really have a purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
RE: Converting a CGM file to PDF in NX4
RE: Converting a CGM file to PDF in NX4
Make folowing a bat file, e.g. to_PDF.bat somewhere on a known location and include:
"C:\Program Files\Ghostgum\gsview\gsview32.exe" %1%
In UG add a new printer in the printer administration and choose +Hp HP Postcript Multi Bin Generic as printer model.
Activate the button "render file and execute the program".
Underneath "Full executable path and executables" fill in C:\NX3plot\to_PDF.bat or wathever name and path you've choosen.
This gives you a printer that will plot to ps and automatically open ghostview. The conversion itself still has to be done manually in Ghostview. But I prefer this as it gives me more controle over what I want to do.
Mik Doms
Foundry Engineer
Allard-Europe
Flanders
RE: Converting a CGM file to PDF in NX4
I heard rumours that it will be -or is - integrated in NX5. If it's true it's not to early.
Mik
RE: Converting a CGM file to PDF in NX4
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Product Line
UGS Corp
Cypress, CA
http://www.ugs.com
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
RE: Converting a CGM file to PDF in NX4
i use this:
http://www.exp-systems.com/
you need to define a plotter in the nxplotadmin.exe to use this pdf printer.
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kukelyk