Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
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I am trying to insert a PDF or a JPEG into my drawing sheet but the quality is terrible. Has anyone found a way to do this and keep a good quality print?






RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
Any other ideas out there?
RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
How good is the quality of your original graphic?
I am still on SW2007 here. I recently updated our logo on our templates, and it was a bit of a hassle. Only BMP files work. Our logo, which is scales to 40mm×20mm, is 300×150 pixels in size. On the drawing, it looks okay, but not great.
No artwork looks good when it is scaled up. This is especially true of bitmaps.
RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
I have tried BMP, JPEG, PDF....no luck so far.
Please help!
Thanks.
RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
Can you post your pdf file? I would like to give it a try.
Best regards,
Alex
RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
Thanks.
RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
Was your PDF created from a vector graphic, or a bitmap? A PDF based on vector graphics, should scale perfectly. If you converted from a bitmap, the quality of the original bitmap is the best you ever will do.
RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
You may be encountering a SW glitch that I need to work around from time to time.
But first - be extra sure that your source image is of a high enough resolution to look good (200-300 DPI).
I find SW 2010 drawings love to default to screen resolution (72 DPI) maybe less - whatever it is it looks like crap. HLR views are fine since it seems to use vector lines when printing, the problem comes when you try to print a 'shaded' or 'shaded with edges' view. It may be that SW is treating your inserted picture the same way.
Workaround: Use File --> Save as and save your drawing as a .pdf. In the Save as dialogue click options, set 'Shaded/Draft geometry DPI' to 300. Print your new .pdf from Acrobat.
You lose anti-aliasing on your image, but your black lines remain vectors, which saves file size if you are emailing .pdfs of your drawings to people.
Good luck!
RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
I am now convinced it is not the pdf file itself but the way Solidworks handles the insertion of the pdf file. This has been a problem since solidworks 2004 but I've always found a work around...not this time though!
RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
Eric
RE: Inserting a PDF/Picture file into a drawing sheet - (Quality Issue)
Your pdf file is a vector graphic. Solidworks does not support it. So, it converts it into a pixellated image upon insertion. I do not see there is a control of pixel resolutions.
I think it is time for an ER.
Best regards,
Alex
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