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Solid Works 09 no longer saving high quality PDF files

Solid Works 09 no longer saving high quality PDF files

Solid Works 09 no longer saving high quality PDF files

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I am using our models to import into our product manuals. I've been successful for the last several weeks saving the models as high quality PDFs and or Printing to PDF using high quality and a larger paper size all this has worked and i've been able to use these images in Photoshop for print. However just today every time I save or print the models the resolution is highly degraded. I've gone through all the steps over and over again and i can't seem to figure out how to fix this problem.

Please help.

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt356/dgallegos_2009/frame.jpg

RE: Solid Works 09 no longer saving high quality PDF files

I just unloaded all my administrivia onto a second computer, leaving the good one for CAD only.  

Unfortunately, my IT guy moved Acrobat Pro to the auxiliary computer, so I can no longer 'print to' a PDF.  The difference is like night and day.  Solidworks' 'save as pdf' doesn't do nearly as nice a job.  

Worse, some sheets of multisheet drawings come out drawn with a pen like a dull Sharpie; just the one sheet, for no reason I can find.

I am seriously underwhelmed with SW's performance in this regard.

( My IT guy promised to restore Acrobat to where I really need it, Real Soon Now....  )


 

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Solid Works 09 no longer saving high quality PDF files

When saving as a PDF, make sure the High Quality setting is selected in the Options.

RE: Solid Works 09 no longer saving high quality PDF files

Dgallegos,
Have you heard about CutePDF Writer (Freeware)
http://www.cutepdf.com/
I use it and love it.
 

Quote:

Create professional quality PDF files from almost any printable document. FREE for personal, commercial, gov or edu use! No watermarks! No popup Web ads! Now supports 64-bit Windows.

Standing
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, EV SP3.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600, 64-bit Windows Vista Business, Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600

RE: Solid Works 09 no longer saving high quality PDF files

this one is the best free distiller IMO.
http://www.primopdf.com/
 

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