On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 03:28:41PM +0000, Wookey wrote: > Package: xpdf-reader > Version: 3.02-1.2 > Severity: normal > > Smart PDF is Altium designer's name for a PDF file containing an > enormous number of bookmarks/indexes/labels/links (I don't know the > correct PDF terminology) which let you click on a component or netname > ID and be taken to the right bit of the PDF doc. > http://www.altium.com/Evaluate/DemoCenter/MovingfromProtel99SE/SmartPDF/ > (Altium designer is proprietary PCB schematic/layout program) > > The 'smart' PDF format is entirely standard - there is nothing special > about a smartPDF doc except that it has an awful lot of these > labels. > > The result sort-of-works in xpdf but when you click on a name/label the image > moves to centre somewhere slightly to the right and below the item in > question. I guessing 'a few cm below and a few mm to the right', but am > not sure what the 'native' size of the PDF is. The item is also not > highlighted, and so is very hard to pick out in a complex schematic, > and evan harder in the actual board layout (last page).
Thanks for the report. I've forwarded it upstream. Searching for components in large schematic/PCB PDFs has always been a chore, so this is a good innovation from Altium. However it is not working particularly well in Xpdf, as you reported. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
