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pdf creation

pdf creation

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How can I create a pdf of a unigraphics drawing?  I know in pro/e you can create a postscript file with the print command.  Then you can convert the postscript to pdf with adobe distiller.  Is this possible in Unigraphics?

RE: pdf creation

go to
file
plot
select HPGL/2
This makes a file.hpp for you. Then use another software called ctrlview to open it and then save as pdf format.

RE: pdf creation

You can also create a postscript plot queue that will create a .ps file in a directory of your choosing that can be opened with freeware called Ghostscript/Ghostview & then converted to PDF.

The only way to create a PDF directly from within UG is if you already have Adobe Acrobat Full version & use the Print command & choose your Distiller or Acrobat printer, which doesn't create a very good PDF...basically a screen dump that is usually out of scale & line weights all wrong.

Tim Flater
Senior Designer
Enkei America, Inc.
www.enkei.com

RE: pdf creation

You can also use pdf995 for the plot to pdf conversion.
see www.pdf995.com

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand

RE: pdf creation

Ben,

Can you use pdf995 for Plotting and Printing?

I thought this enabled you to set up a Windows printer and therefore you can only use this utility when selecting File -> Print.

RE: pdf creation

Yes, it only works for printing.

We do a plot to a hpgl file and then use Myriad to open the plot and print to pdf995.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand

RE: pdf creation

I use pdf995 for plotting too.  I setup a plot queue, that sends a .ps file to my "plot" directory.  Then with pdf995 and its companion software OmniFormat, which monitors the "plot" directory, the .ps plot files are converted to .pdf's automatically.


http://www.omniformat.com/
http://www.pdf995.com

-Dave

-Dave
"Everything should be designed as simple as possible, but not simpler"

RE: pdf creation

Below is my plot queue for UGNX
I plot to a PS and use distiller to create PDF files.

PLRID=DJ750C
INTEGRITY_ID=0001
DSPNM=UGIIHP
PLTVEN=HEWLETT-PACKARD
TYPE=E
MODEL=7600
SWITCHES=/2/SP=MW/D=600/AR
OUTMOD=2
COMLN=
QUENAM=\\UG1\HP750C
OUTDIR=
NPENS=16
DXBET=0
STPSZ=1016
--------------------
PLRID=PS_A4
INTEGRITY_ID=0002
DSPNM=UGIIPS
PLTVEN=POSTSCRIPT
TYPE=E
SWITCHES=/D=600/AR/PG=12.5X8.5/MO/SP=MW
OUTMOD=3
COMLN=
QUENAM=
OUTDIR=C:\PDF_PLOTS\IN
NPENS=16
DXBET=0
STPSZ=1440
--------------------
PLRID=PS_11X17_M
INTEGRITY_ID=0003
DSPNM=UGIIPS
PLTVEN=POSTSCRIPT
TYPE=E
SWITCHES=/D=600/AR/PG=17X12/MO/SP=MW
OUTMOD=3
COMLN=
QUENAM=
OUTDIR=C:\PDF_PLOTS\IN
NPENS=16
DXBET=0
STPSZ=1440
--------------------
PLRID=PS_36X44_M
INTEGRITY_ID=0004
DSPNM=UGIIPS
PLTVEN=POSTSCRIPT
TYPE=E
SWITCHES=/D=600/AR/PG=44X36/MO/SP=MW
OUTMOD=3
COMLN=
QUENAM=
OUTDIR=C:\PDF_PLOTS\IN
NPENS=16
DXBET=0
STPSZ=1440
--------------------
PLRID=PS_36X66_M
INTEGRITY_ID=0005
DSPNM=UGIIPS
PLTVEN=POSTSCRIPT
TYPE=E
SWITCHES=/D=600/AR/PG=66X36/MO/SP=MW
OUTMOD=3
COMLN=
QUENAM=
OUTDIR=C:\PDF_PLOTS\IN
NPENS=16
DXBET=0
STPSZ=1440
--------------------
PLRID=PS_36X100_M
INTEGRITY_ID=0006
DSPNM=UGIIPS
PLTVEN=POSTSCRIPT
TYPE=E
SWITCHES=/D=600/AR/PG=100X36/MO/SP=MW
OUTMOD=3
COMLN=
QUENAM=
OUTDIR=C:\PDF_PLOTS\IN
NPENS=16
DXBET=0
STPSZ=1440
--------------------
PLRID=PS_36X130_M
INTEGRITY_ID=0007
DSPNM=UGIIPS
PLTVEN=POSTSCRIPT
TYPE=E
SWITCHES=/D=600/AR/PG=130X36/MO/SP=MW
OUTMOD=3
COMLN=
QUENAM=
OUTDIR=C:\PDF_PLOTS\IN
NPENS=16
DXBET=0
STPSZ=1440
--------------------
PLRID=PS_36X200_M
INTEGRITY_ID=0008
DSPNM=UGIIPS
PLTVEN=POSTSCRIPT
TYPE=E
SWITCHES=/D=600/AR/PG=200X36/MO/SP=MW
OUTMOD=3
COMLN=
QUENAM=
OUTDIR=C:\PDF_PLOTS\IN
NPENS=16
DXBET=0
STPSZ=1440
--------------------
PLRID=PS_36X166_M
INTEGRITY_ID=0009
DSPNM=UGIIPS
PLTVEN=POSTSCRIPT
TYPE=E
SWITCHES=/D=600/AR/PG=166X36/MO/SP=MW
OUTMOD=3
COMLN=
QUENAM=
OUTDIR=C:\PDF_PLOTS\IN
NPENS=16
DXBET=0
STPSZ=1440
--------------------

RE: pdf creation

win2pdf also works great upto e-size drawings.  Very easy to use just select it like you would a printer.

RE: pdf creation

i was just about to say he needs to create a plot cue to create a .hpp file

designer gooroo
catia v5
unigraphics nx
pro-e wildfire
ideas v10
autocad 2004

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