NX drawing pdf export 1

[JavadM]

hello
when i export pdf from nx drawings, the exported text looks jagged.
is there any solution for that?

 

[cowski]

What font are you using on your drawings?

In the pdf export settings, there are two options for the "output text": text and polylines. I get good results using the "text" option (using Arial font).

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[JavadM]

im also using "Arial font". if you zoom to pdf after creating it will appear again.
for all fonts this exist. in solidworks you dont see such problem.

 

[Xwheelguy]

For all questions, it helps to know what version of NX you're using as well as all the settings in the dialog for whatever command is giving you issues. The more we know, the better we can help you. Pictures speak a thousand words, as well.

Thanks.

Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.3.4 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB

 

[JavadM]

OK

NX version: 10
Font: "Arial" (no matter what font i use, the result is same)
output text: text

is any other setting to be changed?

 

[JavadM]

this is the result

 

[sammcc]

In NX 7.5 I output text as polylines and quality as high with good results.

 

[JavadM]

it will be great if next version fix this problem and here is another problem with lines.

 

[JavadM]

image is here

 

[sammcc]

Try this- I am using NX 7.5

 

[JavadM]

no change...
this is very bad

 

[JohnRBaker]

This is the way is has always worked since in reality, the PDF files created using the 'Text' option are only creating geometry which mimics TrueType font objects. They are not really text, at least not in the sense that they can edited as text. Granted, you can use PDF text search routines had it will highlight but underneath what you see is simply geometry created by NX that LOOKS like text elements but they are not and as such there is a limit at to their appearance of being 'smooth'. You're not doing anything wrong and there are no settings in NX or Adobe that will make it look better.

Note that this is the first time that I've heard of people complaining about this since we added the 'Text'option to the PDF export function, but I'll check with the person responsible for this function and I'll report anything that I learn from him.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
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[JavadM]

Thanks john

but graphical softwares like coreldraw or adobe illustrator can save text data as pdf.
then it will be possible to open pdf again and edit text fields like their native vector formats.

also solidworks exported pdf can be edit in these softwares.
i attached a quick screen capture that shows the edition.

 

[JavadM]

this is an image of solidworks pdf after opening in coreldraw
the text recognized simply and can be edited.

 

[JavadM]

this question pop in mind, if there is no difference between polyline and text what is the reason for existing this choice and dialog box in pdf export command?

please consider another screen capture i attached that shows geometry can be exactly like text and not be jagged.

 

[JohnRBaker]

The main difference between using the 'Text' versus the 'Polyline' option is that if you use the 'Text' option, the text on the resulting PDF document can be searched using the 'Find' function, whereas this is NOT the case when using the 'Polyline' option. As for the final 'quality' of 'text' elements, there is no real difference.

Note that it will have to wait until next week until I can get any more insight into how and why this works this way as the person responsible for this is out of the office this week.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[JavadM]

thanks a lot john
PDF is the most common file format for drawing and its quality is very important.

 

[JohnRBaker]

That being said, are you suggesting that PDF files generated by NX are of unacceptable quality?

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[JavadM]

hello john

i didn't said that!!!
that's the matter of improvement. even if this issue remain no problem would be with pdf.
but i didn't encounter such issue with other softwares.
it maybe important with large texts. but improvement always can be.


best regards

 

[JohnRBaker]

As I said, this is an artifact from how we chose to implement this capability and while it might be true that we could have taken a different approach which might not have exhibited the issues discussed in this thread, unless we hear from a lot more customers requesting that we look at alternatives, I suspect that this is about as good as it's going to get.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.