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Saving Drawings as PDF's

Saving Drawings as PDF's

Saving Drawings as PDF's

(OP)
Hi there,

I am trying to create a pdf file of a simple 13-view solidworks drawing to be emailed to our artwork export so they might zoom in on the pdf and see the fine detail that is present on the design. I'm talking detail down to a quarter mm. The sheet format is an A3 with the views of the model set to 1:2 scale. The problem is that when the PDF is created it is fine to view at full screen or 100% but we need to be able to 'zoom' the pdf which is where the drawing loses all of the fine detail. Are there any suggestions on how to quickly and simply create a file where this problem can be overcome? I have tried detail settings, changing image quality to high, but without success. Many Thanks in advance.

RE: Saving Drawings as PDF's

I'm guessing you are using a less-than-current version of SolidWorks.

In older versions, if a drawing has ANY shaded views, then the PDF output is raster.  Raster output will blur as one zooms in.

A drawing with only wireframe views will be saved in vector format, which retains image resolution regardless of zoom feactor.

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RE: Saving Drawings as PDF's

(OP)
hi guys, thanks for the swift reply. I have saved as a tiff but it came out at 800MB! not good. its SWX 2007 SP3.1. The file is saved in wireframe in one set of views, shaded in another, but the lines are set to 'thin' in the document options and they still merge/blur when zooming in.

RE: Saving Drawings as PDF's

I repeat: if ANY views are shaded, then ENTIRE PDF is raster format.

RE: Saving Drawings as PDF's

If you want to get the maximum detail at high zoom levels, you will, of course, need to get rid of any shaded views.  Then you'll want to go into your print settings and make all the printed line sizes 0.05mm (the smallest they can be).  Even though the grapics are vector-based and can be zoomed, they still have a line weight that increases as you zoom.  SolidWorks keeps the lineweight displayed on the screen constant no matter how deep you zoom.  When you make a PDF, zooming in will just make the lineweight shown on the screen thicker while it makes everything bigger.

RE: Saving Drawings as PDF's

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Have you tried sending your artwork export an eDrawing of the drawing file to accompany the pdf for viewing the fine detail?

Eddy

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