[Fwd: RE: PDF import issue]
On Adrianne's behalf -- if this makes it to the list! (Glad to have helped, Adrianne.) sr Original Message Subject: RE: PDF import issue Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:19:51 -0500 From: Adrianne Mora To: Stuart Rogers References: Hi Stuart, You are absolutely right about the source of the problem. And exporting to PDF is the solution. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get my emails through to the list to update everyone on this solution. I've sent it twice already, and it still hasn't shown up. Thanks so much for your interest and help! Adrianne -Original Message- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 2:56 PM To: Adrianne Mora Subject: Re: PDF import issue Adrianne Mora wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > Thanks for your response! The exact process I use is to open the > original drawing in AutoCAD and export as DWG. Then I open it in DWG > TrueView. From there, I print to PDF using Distiller. For various > reasons, this is the only way I can get a decent output. We have a very > old version of AutoCAD here. > > The puzzling thing is that when I print this PDF to a regular laser > printer, it looks great. But as soon as I import it into a page in > FrameMaker, the lines are too thick, which makes the drawing illegible. Hi Adrianne, I know what you mean about AutoCAD -- we have a couple of versions here, and they don't play nicely with postscript. I have had to load PCL versions of our printer driver on the engineers' PCs so they can get decent output. What I was getting at in my earlier question about your print workflow was this: *after* you've imported the PDF into the FM file and see that the lines have become too thick, do you then print the FM to a hardware printer and still see thick lines, or do you first distill the FM file to a new PDF and print from there to hardware? What I'm getting at is that maybe Distiller would just pass through the original import-by-reference PDF file, disregarding whatever FM does to render it on screen or to a h/w printer. Good luck at any rate! -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com Suggested headline for theonion.com: "In Final Trip to Beijing, Bush Calls on Premier to 'Tear Down This Wall'" -- Malcolm Fleschner, Palo Alto, Calif., in The Washington Post Please take care of the environment. Print only if necessary.
[Fwd: RE: PDF import issue]
On Adrianne's behalf -- if this makes it to the list! (Glad to have helped, Adrianne.) sr Original Message Subject: RE: PDF import issue Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:19:51 -0500 From: Adrianne Mora To: Stuart Rogers References: Hi Stuart, You are absolutely right about the source of the problem. And exporting to PDF is the solution. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get my emails through to the list to update everyone on this solution. I've sent it twice already, and it still hasn't shown up. Thanks so much for your interest and help! Adrianne -Original Message- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 2:56 PM To: Adrianne Mora Subject: Re: PDF import issue Adrianne Mora wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > Thanks for your response! The exact process I use is to open the > original drawing in AutoCAD and export as DWG. Then I open it in DWG > TrueView. From there, I print to PDF using Distiller. For various > reasons, this is the only way I can get a decent output. We have a very > old version of AutoCAD here. > > The puzzling thing is that when I print this PDF to a regular laser > printer, it looks great. But as soon as I import it into a page in > FrameMaker, the lines are too thick, which makes the drawing illegible. Hi Adrianne, I know what you mean about AutoCAD -- we have a couple of versions here, and they don't play nicely with postscript. I have had to load PCL versions of our printer driver on the engineers' PCs so they can get decent output. What I was getting at in my earlier question about your print workflow was this: *after* you've imported the PDF into the FM file and see that the lines have become too thick, do you then print the FM to a hardware printer and still see thick lines, or do you first distill the FM file to a new PDF and print from there to hardware? What I'm getting at is that maybe Distiller would just pass through the original import-by-reference PDF file, disregarding whatever FM does to render it on screen or to a h/w printer. Good luck at any rate! -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com Suggested headline for theonion.com: "In Final Trip to Beijing, Bush Calls on Premier to 'Tear Down This Wall'" -- Malcolm Fleschner, Palo Alto, Calif., in The Washington Post Please take care of the environment. Print only if necessary. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: PDF import issue
Adrianne, I have had good results with CATIA files that have been saved/exported in the .cgm file format. I import the .cgm files into FrameMaker. You can unlock the imported art in FrameMaker and edit it if you need to. Most of the time it does not need any touchup. Unlock .cgm art with this key sequence: Esc, g, Shift+U Gary E. Cole Training Publications -Original Message- From: Adrianne Mora [mailto:adrian...@envipco.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:48 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: PDF import issue I am using Unstructured FrameMaker 8 on Windows XP. I also have Acrobat 8 Standard. I have several wiring diagrams in DWG format that I need to import into a FrameMaker file. Because of the size and detail of these diagrams, they must be printed on Ledger (11x17) sized paper. I print the drawing from AutoCAD to PDF. I can open and print the PDF from Acrobat Standard and it looks perfect. However, when I import (by reference) this same file into a Ledger-sized page in FrameMaker, all of the lines look (and print) thicker, which makes all of the small details illegible. In the object details, Frame says that it is scaled 100%. Considering that the file is imported by reference, shouldn't it look the same way? Does anyone have any solutions? Thanks for any help! Adrianne Mora Technical Writer Please take care of the environment, print only if necessary. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as gary.e.c...@boeing.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/gary.e.cole%40boeing .com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
PDF import issue
Adrianne, I have had good results with CATIA files that have been saved/exported in the .cgm file format. I import the .cgm files into FrameMaker. You can unlock the imported art in FrameMaker and edit it if you need to. Most of the time it does not need any touchup. Unlock .cgm art with this key sequence: Esc, g, Shift+U Gary E. Cole Training Publications -Original Message- From: Adrianne Mora [mailto:adrian...@envipco.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:48 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: PDF import issue I am using Unstructured FrameMaker 8 on Windows XP. I also have Acrobat 8 Standard. I have several wiring diagrams in DWG format that I need to import into a FrameMaker file. Because of the size and detail of these diagrams, they must be printed on Ledger (11x17) sized paper. I print the drawing from AutoCAD to PDF. I can open and print the PDF from Acrobat Standard and it looks perfect. However, when I import (by reference) this same file into a Ledger-sized page in FrameMaker, all of the lines look (and print) thicker, which makes all of the small details illegible. In the object details, Frame says that it is scaled 100%. Considering that the file is imported by reference, shouldn't it look the same way? Does anyone have any solutions? Thanks for any help! Adrianne Mora Technical Writer Please take care of the environment, print only if necessary. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as gary.e.cole at boeing.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/gary.e.cole%40boeing .com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
PDF import issue
Adrianne Mora wrote: > I am using Unstructured FrameMaker 8 on Windows XP. I also have Acrobat > 8 Standard. > > > > I have several wiring diagrams in DWG format that I need to import into > a FrameMaker file. Because of the size and detail of these diagrams, > they must be printed on Ledger (11x17) sized paper. I print the drawing > from AutoCAD to PDF. I can open and print the PDF from Acrobat Standard > and it looks perfect. > > > > However, when I import (by reference) this same file into a Ledger-sized > page in FrameMaker, all of the lines look (and print) thicker, which > makes all of the small details illegible. In the object details, Frame > says that it is scaled 100%. Considering that the file is imported by > reference, shouldn't it look the same way? Does anyone have any > solutions? > When you print, are you printing straight to a hardware printer from FM, or are you printing to Distiller/PDF first, then printing hardcopy from that output? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "A man's screech should exceed his rasp, or what's a violin for?" --another Rogers Original
Re: PDF import issue
Adrianne Mora wrote: > I am using Unstructured FrameMaker 8 on Windows XP. I also have Acrobat > 8 Standard. > > > > I have several wiring diagrams in DWG format that I need to import into > a FrameMaker file. Because of the size and detail of these diagrams, > they must be printed on Ledger (11x17) sized paper. I print the drawing > from AutoCAD to PDF. I can open and print the PDF from Acrobat Standard > and it looks perfect. > > > > However, when I import (by reference) this same file into a Ledger-sized > page in FrameMaker, all of the lines look (and print) thicker, which > makes all of the small details illegible. In the object details, Frame > says that it is scaled 100%. Considering that the file is imported by > reference, shouldn't it look the same way? Does anyone have any > solutions? > When you print, are you printing straight to a hardware printer from FM, or are you printing to Distiller/PDF first, then printing hardcopy from that output? -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "A man's screech should exceed his rasp, or what's a violin for?" --another Rogers Original ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
PDF import issue
I am using Unstructured FrameMaker 8 on Windows XP. I also have Acrobat 8 Standard. I have several wiring diagrams in DWG format that I need to import into a FrameMaker file. Because of the size and detail of these diagrams, they must be printed on Ledger (11x17) sized paper. I print the drawing from AutoCAD to PDF. I can open and print the PDF from Acrobat Standard and it looks perfect. However, when I import (by reference) this same file into a Ledger-sized page in FrameMaker, all of the lines look (and print) thicker, which makes all of the small details illegible. In the object details, Frame says that it is scaled 100%. Considering that the file is imported by reference, shouldn't it look the same way? Does anyone have any solutions? Thanks for any help! Adrianne Mora Technical Writer Please take care of the environment, print only if necessary. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
PDF import issue
I am using Unstructured FrameMaker 8 on Windows XP. I also have Acrobat 8 Standard. I have several wiring diagrams in DWG format that I need to import into a FrameMaker file. Because of the size and detail of these diagrams, they must be printed on Ledger (11x17) sized paper. I print the drawing from AutoCAD to PDF. I can open and print the PDF from Acrobat Standard and it looks perfect. However, when I import (by reference) this same file into a Ledger-sized page in FrameMaker, all of the lines look (and print) thicker, which makes all of the small details illegible. In the object details, Frame says that it is scaled 100%. Considering that the file is imported by reference, shouldn't it look the same way? Does anyone have any solutions? Thanks for any help! Adrianne Mora Technical Writer Please take care of the environment, print only if necessary.
