Subject: RE: off topic: e-drawings, eps files, frame and pdf
I like using the SolidWorks eDrawings and often prefer it because too many
times the engineers are either too busy to give me the drawings or the views
I need. It has been far easier to ask for .easm files that have been saved
for eDrawings
Communications, Inc.
ltc.wri...@comcast.net
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From: Alison Craig [mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12:10 PM
To: Tim Lewis; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: off topic: e-drawings, eps files, frame and pdf
Tim:
What
Thanks everybody for lots of advice and suggestions.
We don't have access to Solidworks itself, only the 3D e-drawing (.easm)
that is supplied by the project engineer. We use the Solidworks
eDrawings Viewer to manipulate the model to get the illustration that we
need. Unfortunately, if we want to
See if there is an option in Corel to flatten the layers. I think
Visio gives you this option.
That might increase the rendering speed in the PDF.
Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
Technical Writer
052-763-7133
On 18-Oct-10 11:27 AM, Jo Watkiss wrote:
Thanks everybody for lots of advice and
:28 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: off topic: e-drawings, eps files, frame and pdf
Thanks everybody for lots of advice and suggestions.
We don't have access to Solidworks itself, only the 3D e-drawing (.easm)
that is supplied by the project engineer. We use the Solidworks
I used to convert CAD drawings to PDF, and then import them into FM.
It worked beautifully. You could try that.
Nadine
On 10/15/2010 6:04 AM, Jo Watkiss wrote:
Framers, I know this is way off topic - but knowing how much knowledge
there is on here, I'm hoping somebody can point me to a good
Sounds like the entire drawing is being converted (which with
thousands of components is a lot of layers), but you only really need
the skin or outer layer.
You'll probably have to have one of the CAD guys toggle that on or off
before they generate the PDF.
I'd also look on the Solidworks site
I had to bring in a Solidworks file for an illustration recently. I
tried it a few ways. If I recall correctly, I ended up printing from
Solidworks to Adobe PDF. In my case, I had to open the PDF in
Illustrator for some edits and then save it again as PDF. Then I brought
the PDF into the
Hi Jo,
I would try a different path. Go directly from the drawing's .ps file to
PDF, then import the PDF into FrameMaker, then go to PDF from FrameMaker.
This may give you better results and it would avoid the unnecessary step of
using CorelDraw.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-659-8267
Hi Jo
Indeed, I think the drawings are too complex to be rendered fast onscreen
(in PDF). I've had a similar problem a couple of years ago with an
Illustrator vector graphic which had A LOT of gradient fills.
We fixed the problem by saving the graphic as a pixel image (.png) instead
of a vector
Jo:
I am currently incorporating SolidWorks (2009) mechanical drawings into an
unstructured FM 9 Service Manual. I have not yet created a PDF of the entire
book, but a PDF of a sample drawing page, opens quite quickly.
This is my process:
My mechanical engineer creates the drawings from a
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