From: Vernon Wnek <vwnek@broadcom.com>
Subject: RE: [DxDesigner_Users] PDF issues in 9.0
To: "DxDesigner_Users@yahoogroups.com" <DxDesigner_Users@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 4:24 AM

All,

 

There is a reported SR/DR by me on the support site. Make sure your dxpdf.ini file is local to your DxDesigner Project directory, not in the WDIR - it no longer is able to read it from there.

 

I have included my INI file info and I get perfect PDFs through DxDesigner. I have also included a script we use to cut pdfs from a menu button on a custom menu. It will copy the file from your WDIR to the Project Directory, then delete it afterwards. Edit paths as needed for your configuration.

 

DXPDF.INI:

 

AddPopup 1
Color 3
DisableMappedFonts 0
Font_0 Arial
Font_1
Font_10
Font_11
Font_2
Font_3
Font_4
Font_5
Font_6
Font_7
Font_8
Font_9
MaxAnnos 100000
MaxObjs 100000
MaxPages 1024
SheetOrder
StartAcrobat 1
UrlProperties
VisibleHLs 0
disablemappedfonts False
font_0 @Arial Unicode MS

 

Script:

 

' This script is for use with the Broadcom custom DxD menu
'It creates a PDF for engineering review

 

set DxDApp = GetObject(," viewdraw. Application" )
set projData = DxDApp.GetProjectDa ta()

 

m_projpath = projData.GetProject Path()

 

 

 

Set blk = ActiveView.ActiveBl ock
SchematicName = blk.GetName( SHORT_NAME)

 

Set objDialog = CreateObject( "UserAccounts. CommonDialog" )
objDialog.Filter = "pdf Files|*.pdf"
objDialog.FilterInd ex = 1
objDialog.InitialDi r = Application. PrimaryDirectory
objDialog.FileName = SchematicName

 

ProjectFile = projData.GetProject FilePath
Set fs = CreateObject( "Scripting. FileSystemObject ")

 

intResult = objDialog.ShowOpen

 

If intResult <> 0 Then
 
 pdfname= objDialog.FileName

 

 fs.CopyFile "K:\mentor_env\ BRCM_WDIR_ 2007\dxpdf. ini", m_projpath & "\dxpdf.ini"
'msgbox SchematicName
'msgbox ProjectFile

 

 Set shell = Application. ShellCmd
 'shell.Run "copy K:\mentor_env\ BRCM_WDIR_ 2007\dxpdf. ini " & m_projpath & "\dxpdf.ini" ,0,1
 
 cmd = "sch2pdf -project " & ProjectFile & " -schematic " & SchematicName & " -a " & pdfname & "_bw.pdf -c 3 -p -l STD"

 

'msgbox cmd

 

 shell.WorkingDirect ory = Application. PrimaryDirectory
 shell.Run cmd,1,1

 

 cmd = "sch2pdf -project " & ProjectFile & " -schematic " & SchematicName & " -a " & pdfname & "_color.pdf -c 2 -p -l STD -dxpdf.Font_ 0 Arial"

 

'msgbox cmd

 

'shell.WorkingDirec tory = Application. PrimaryDirectory
 shell.Run cmd,1,1
 fs.DeleteFile m_projpath & "\dxpdf.ini"
End If

 

 

I Hope this helps.

 

Thanks,
Vern Wnek, C.I.D.
Manager, PCB Layout, ENG BU / Central Library
Email: vwnek@broadcom. com

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From: DxDesigner_Users@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:DxDesigner_ Users@yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of Bowden, Ivor
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:42 PM
To: DxDesigner_Users@ yahoogroups. com
Subject: RE: [DxDesigner_ Users] PDF issues in 9.0

I use the free PDF Creator http://www.pdfforge .org/ as a print driver, and with DxDesigner 2005 the schematic PDF looks good and is searchable.

From: DxDesigner_Users@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:DxDesigner_ Users@yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of Olav Folland
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:07 PM
To: DxDesigner_Users@ yahoogroups. com
Subject: [DxDesigner_ Users] PDF issues in 9.0

So, my system crashed the other day and I bit the bullet and upgraded to
9.0. For the most part, it all seems to be okay, except I can't seem to
make a PDF of a design for the life of me.

Export->PDF with a fixed font override to Arial (same as the screen
override) offsets the text vertically such that it's touching the line
above (.100" spacing). Trying any other font just seems to make it worse.

I'd be okay with just using the Print function - I think I'm the only
one in the company that uses searchable text, except that if I try and
output to anything other than an 'A' sized sheet, I start getting
components dropping out all over the place. Every design I've done in
the last six years has been 'B' size, so that's not cool.

Anyone else see this? Ideas?

TIA,
Olav

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