If the original vector lines in the eps a very thin which happens for instance by downscaling a technical drawing then postscript. When viewed from acrobat it looks fine, but some lines were missing when printed out, even from different printers. Each time you start creo parametric, you should set the working directory to the folder you plan to work in. When exporting all lines seem to be of an appropriate size with the exception of the entity lines. Dec 10, 2018 in this tutorial we will learn the use of line and rectangle tool in creo parametric sketching. Sections in creooffset, zone sections, fullunfold, full. Try setting the quality found in the model tab in the printer configuration settings box to 0. Line thickness problems when saveing to pdf hello, as martin mentioned, it. Model edge lines in drawing views are thicker when the drawing is exported to pdf how to control line style of drawings when saving drawing file to pdf or plotting drawing how to assign the same thickness for the solid line and the balloons how to make all part edges of a sheetmetal part in a drawing of that part have the same line thicknesses. The computer keeps a record of all dimensions in the drawing changes to drawing can be made easily editing processes include the ability to copy, move, rotate, mirror and erase drawing parts drawing storage is on a hard drive, memory stick, cd, dvd or floppy disk rather than in. Generating drawing sheet and exporting it to pdf pro e. How to change the line style of hidden lines in creo drawings.
In this video tutorial you can learn how to correctly export creo drawing to pdf file tags. Pro engineer pdf export settings for acis interface allows to export object. Views 19270 views difficulty level introductory matt stirland, ptc. Vector pdf uses math to draw shapes using points, lines andcurves. After all these years of using sw i dont know how to hide a line. Creo drawing a centerline creo sometimes will not provide a centerline for your orthographic layout because it does not see it as a. When i print a drawing file to a pdf, the lines are too thick to see the details in certain areas. In this course you will be instructed to create a folder and set that as. Sketcher is really quite smart, that is, it will anticipate what you are going to do usually correctly. Start by drawing lines from the center of the part to a point beyond the right side.
Tutorial 4 annotations for connectpress creo community. This video features how to create a drawing file and the placement of different types of views in pro e wildfire 5. The computer keeps a record of all dimensions in the drawing changes to drawing can be made easily editing processes include the ability to copy, move, rotate, mirror and erase drawing parts drawing storage is on a hard drive, memory stick, cd, dvd or floppy disk rather than in a drawing folio. Pdf it is a simple one click and the drawings are now very readable. Native reading of ptc creo parametric parts, assemblies and drawings. The witness lines can be selected one at a time they will highlight in bold green, and one drag. They are not there on the drawing, but export to pdf. For additional practice, you can fully detail the base and right views as shown above using the techniques previously used. Pdf file conversion of the drawing is in unreadable form as all the lines are coming with heavy thickness. Generalsets the drawing sheet range, color, resolution for the shaded images, a style for the hidden lines, and print settings for the pdf document. Sketcher is really quite smart, that is, it will anticipate what you are going to. The file pdf was made in illustrator with dwg imported from rhino. The printer can print much thinner lines than proe is using its a laser printer, and hidden lines on the drawing are about as thick as id like all the lines to be.
They are so large that you cannot see the detail of the part itself. To control line thickness of creo elementsdirect drafting drawing lines published to pdf by the worker, you currently need to manually configure the penwidth and linetype transformational values. Trial projects drawing creation create detailed drawings of a collar flange. Adjusting line thickness when printing to a pdf ptc. If you are not using ptcs windchill pdmlink to manage your creo parametric data, it is best practice to organize your work by creating a folder for each project. The drawing will update immediately and the change will be carried over to the 3d model as well. Sections in creo offset, zone sections, fullunfold, full. When plotting from autocad, unwanted lines show up on the final output. In creo, the initial orientation of the sketch plane and its reference planes. I opened a drawing from skratch in solidworks 20, and i drew few lines and points, and i wanted to hide few points or lines, and apparently i couldnt do that. Discuss symbols in creo and their use with respect to workflow.
Now you need to use a combination of lines and arcs to sketch out the image you. After setting all the section options, a middle click with accept the section definition. Object or visible lines thick dark line use to show outline of object, visible edges and surfaces. How to control the line thickness in creo while exporting to pdf. Go to annotate tab the annotate tab will allow a user to dimension parts in various ways. Create the object on the rightside with a spline and lines create two datum planes.
How to erase edge lines in drawing views in proengineer, creo elementspro and creo. This was one of the first bugs i reported that they actually fixed. Configuring the linetype output to pdf drawing viewables to control line thickness of creo elementsdirect drafting drawing lines published to pdf by the worker, you currently need to manually configure the penwidth and linetype transformational values. To draw lines autocad 2019 autodesk knowledge network. Draw lines change dimensions as needed select lines to mirror shift key down and selecting lines click mirror menu pick on center line for mirroring for protruded part to the right, draw half the section in sketch mode and use mirror menu create center line draw lines use constraint tangent to make the line tangent. Unwanted lines show up on plotted output from autocad. Discuss output and strengths and weakness of exporting to pdf, dxf, or postscript for printing. Select two vertical lines gets a horizontal measure and selecting two. In this video tutorial you can learn how to correctly export creo drawing to pdf file. Try setting the quality found in the model tab in the printer configuration settings box to. How to configure a pentable file for pdf export ptc community.
Once the views are in their final place then you are ready to draw the. Creo while exporting to pdf the pdf file of the drawing looks like a solid box as all the lines are coming with heavy. Several of us in our group have come across some drawings that output the pdf with diagonal lines across the whole sheet. Left clicking on the line to be measured middle mouse button to place or b. All isometric and assembly views should not show hidden lines. The lines in this layer should be a little wider than the object lines and the linetype should be phantom. Drafting in creo is quite good experience until we face a tough situation that we can not execute. How to control line style of drawings when exporting to pdf. Jul 14, 2011 model edge lines in drawing views are thicker when the drawing is exported to pdf how to control line style of drawings when saving drawing file to pdf or plotting drawing how to assign the same thickness for the solid line and the balloons how to make all part edges of a sheetmetal part in a drawing of that part have the same line thicknesses. Jun 27, 2011 this is a pdf version of article cs24808 and may be out of date.
About exporting drawings to pdf ptc support portal. I know this is not very straight forward in creo, but i am try to insert a file doesnt have to be pdf, i can do an image file as well into another template. See below for finished line middle mouse button when done drawing lines e. M110 and we have a sporadic problem with pdf output of drawings. I am having trouble with the lines on a pdf after they are exported from a drawing to pdf. How to hide pointline in drawing solidworks forums. Raster pdf is an image made of hundreds or thousands ormillions of tiny squares of color information, referred to as either pixels ordots, typical scanned pdf, or photos in a pdf. Id like to shade certain portions of a floor plan in pdf. Such as, centering numbers in balloons and moving drawing and table borders that seem to shift and text that gets out of position. Use the text tool in the annotate tab to fill in the following, be sure to change text. When you create a new file, if part is the selected type, you can. Is it a case of picking each line and adjusting the line weight or is there a method of adjusting the line weight for the entire object in one hit.
All feature creation begins with twodimensional drawing in the sketcher and then adding the third dimension in some way. Cs25880 how to control line style of drawings when. Planar section, zone section, offset section, full unfolded section, full aligned section, 3d section in creo drawing these are the available sections options in creo. Creo drawing a centerline creo sometimes will not provide. Is there a way to fix the lines so that they have a normal thickness. Configuring the linetype output to pdf drawing viewables. To draw lines, there are three tool buttons available in the sketcher tools toolbar. This tutorial will explain the basics of these two tools and will make able able to. How to control the line thickness in creo while exporting to pdf the pdf file of the drawing looks like a solid box as all the lines are coming with heavy thickness. How to use line and rectangle tool in creo parametric sketch.
Aug 08, 20 this video features how to create a drawing file and the placement of different types of views in pro e wildfire 5. Use the text tool in the annotate tab to fill in the following, be sure to change. Design documentation and detailing wildfire 5, revision 1. Cs24808 how to erase edge lines in drawing views in pro. If so, maybe were seeing a problem within creoproe. In this tutorial we will learn the use of line and rectangle tool in creo parametric sketching. I have turned onoff the view sketches option it worked in 2014 but it does not help. Key to successful drafting is to have a good technical knowledge of these various line characteristics to understand where and when to apply them in technical drawing. If your feature is less than 360 degrees then you will need to manually draw in a centerline.
Layout views already done for intro cadd dwg 14 step 2. Feb 27, 2018 in this video tutorial you can learn how to correctly export creo drawing to pdf file tags. Ask us how this class can be administered on weekends for more than two students. If you have a pdf file and you need to convert it for use in creo, read our complete. This is a pdf version of article cs24808 and may be out of date. In this demonstration we will explore the welding application in creo parametric including weld rod. Creo drawing a centerline creo sometimes will not provide a centerline for your orthographic layout because it does not see it as a full 360 degree arc. Prosheetmetal this lesson introduces how to create and work with thinwalled parts using prosheetmetal fig.
How to erase edge lines in drawing views in proengineer, creo elementspro and creo parametric created. Is there a way to make creo use thicker lines for draving lines and thiner ones for dimension lines. How to control the line thickness in creo while exporting. Chapter 8 creating a proengineer drawing 285 figure 82 ansi a size format and title block figure 83 new format dialog box creating a new drawing the drawing mode option from the new dialog box is used to create new drawings. I now want to turn them back off to clean the drawing up but you can see the hidden lines option is grayed out. If you have adobe acrobat xi or adobe reader xi, you can go to menu view comment drawing markups and use tools such as the draw rectangle, draw polygon or draw oval to add drawings and after adding them you can change their properties to specify a fill color and reduce the opacity so it is possible to see what is behind the drawing markup. Creo drawing a centerline creo sometimes will not provide a. Prosheetmetal parts are similar to proe parts even though their database is actually a bit different. Hidden lines grayed out in drawing autodesk community.
Jun 10, 2014 how to editing the hatcing line in creo. I have noticed several improvements in creating pdfs with wf5. This tutorial will explain the basics of these two tools and will make able able to draw the objects for other tutorials. Line thickness in printing proe drawings line thickness in printing proe drawings. Drawing the cutting plane lines switch to the cut layer to draw the cutting plane. I have noticed several improvements in creating pdf s with wf5. Change the offset back to 0, with our initial z direction section. My current workaround is to use the default line settings user defined border, then after saving as pdf, open with illustrator and correct the line weights and other stuff that looks ok in creo but not as a pdf.
Now hit the save button and you can move on to the introductory creo cam tutorial to make the. Thickness of lines in drawings i have created a circular mesh and need to make the lines thinner for cosmetic purposes in the drawing. Participants have the option to customize this course to fit their specific job requirements, so they. Click undo on the quick access toolbar to cancel the entire series of line segments. I have exploded model views with sketch lines but the lines are not showing on the drawing views.
How to control the line thickness in creo while exporting to. Drag the view towards the left side of the drawing and use the arrows on each side of the viewcube to orient the model as shown down arrow. Students have the option to customize this course to fit their specific job requirements. You can export drawings to the portable document format pdf. To undo the previous line segment, enter u at the prompt. Also discuss in detail printing to pdf with shaded view ports. How to erase edge lines in drawing views warning referencing of a geometry representation is not permitted when erasing edges from drawing view. Chapter 8 creating a proengineer drawing 283 table 81 common drawing setup. Participants in this class will prepare detail drawings with modern drawing standards. Press enter or esc when done or enter c to close a series of line segments. After i save a drawing as a pdf file my lines become very thick. Mar 06, 2014 i opened a drawing from skratch in solidworks 20, and i drew few lines and points, and i wanted to hide few points or lines, and apparently i couldnt do that. So, i dont have a model, or assy, i drew lines and points manually. Discuss how administrators set up creo drawing formats for the automatically populating data on company standard.
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