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saving objects in pdf

saving objects in pdf

(OP)
thread554-113096: 3d to 2D
 How can I save model - part in pdf but to be accessible in orient mode in pdf, to  rotate and wiew it in pdf -
(to be accessible to customers who dont have proe instaled)

RE: saving objects in pdf

In older releases of Pro/E you need to have the 3D capabilities in Acrobat 9 professional (I think that's the correct name, check on Adobe's site).  At some point PTC put that capability into Pro/E but I'm not sure which release, WF3 or WF4 I think.  I'm still using WF2 & I can't do it.  The 3D PDF's work pretty well but the file size gets huge.

RE: saving objects in pdf

(OP)
Thanks, I am using WF4 and I belive it have that option but I still didn't get to it.  

RE: saving objects in pdf

If you do save a copy it should be there. Choose pdfu3d from the type list. The files from proe do come a bit large, i wouldn't say huge though. From Acrobat they are much smaller.

Joe Borg
 

RE: saving objects in pdf

(OP)
thanks a lot, it works! some possibilities of wf4 are so simple, but there are too many of them and takes a lot of time to remember it. it does  make  big files, but not huge (for ex.- assembly 176k - pdfu3d 629k)

RE: saving objects in pdf

Compare the file size back to the Pro/E file.  They are something like 10 times bigger.  If you have a big file to start with, it gets huge in my book.  Bigger than most email system file size limits.

RE: saving objects in pdf

PDF save capabilities were included in Pro/E as of the WF3 release.

Mentioned in the June 2006 review by Desktop Engineering Magazine see link below.
http://www.deskeng.com/articles/aaacax.htm

Michael

RE: saving objects in pdf

PDF does not appear anywhere in that link.  And the issue at hand is 3D PDF.

I find the hype in that article amazing: "up to five times faster than previous versions".  Don't tell my boss, my productivity didn't go up more than 5%.

RE: saving objects in pdf

Software companies always hype like that the article I searched for and posted wrongly was from the March 2006 not June 2006 issue and was a PTC announcement and not the actual review of the software.

This time I searched for the article's summary description
"Wildfire 3 creates an  efficient environment"

Here's the link I was referring to.
http://www.deskeng.com/articles/aaacfe.htm

Quote (DE Article ):


Drafting and Annotation

As ever, drafting has seen attention. First, Pro/Engineer now includes Adobe PDF output of drawings as standard, using the native Adobe libraries.

Michael

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