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jb2953  
#1 Posted : Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:55:27 AM(UTC)
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We don't have the ability to export in a PDF do we?
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BPL-RFE  
#2 Posted : Friday, February 22, 2013 7:51:50 AM(UTC)
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Hello.

During installation you are being asked (at least on Windows)
if you want to install PDF Creator and Acrobat Reader.

Or do you want to publish to a 3D PDF ?

Then we should talk about investing money, for example in
[URL="http://www.simlab-soft.com/"]SIMLAB COMPOSER[/URL]
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posh.de  
#3 Posted : Friday, February 22, 2013 8:09:45 AM(UTC)
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OSX or Windows?

under OSX it's already integrated in the OS, under Windows you need to print (no to export) to a PDF by installing a PDF printer driver as e.g. the free [URL="http://www.pdfprinter.at/en/meta-navigation/home-pdfprinter.html"]eDocPrintPro[/URL] or a complete PDF suite as e.g. the free [URL="http://www.nitroreader.com/"]Nitro Reader[/URL] etc.

The paper layout (size/orientation) as well as the drawing scale needs to be configured for doing this.

For creating 3D PDFs you may want have a look at the commercial tetra4d [URL="http://www.tetra4d.com/3d-pdf-converter"]3D PDF Converter[/URL].

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posh.de  
#4 Posted : Friday, February 22, 2013 8:19:41 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: BPL-RFE Go to Quoted Post
...if you want to install [URL="http://de.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator"]PDF Creator[/URL] and [URL="http://get.adobe.com/de/reader/"]Acrobat Reader[/URL].

don't try this at home, it's ol' stuff... go for the current versions if required.

*iirc* several versions of the PDF Creator are trying to install a toolbar during installation, therefore keep an eye on the installer options for disabling this.

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zumer  
#5 Posted : Tuesday, February 26, 2013 6:24:06 AM(UTC)
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IronCAD offer a free program called Compose, http://www.ironcad.com/index.php/products/ironcad-compose
that produces 3D pdf, amongst other things. Pretty fat download, 500Mb, but good quality app. Works with .obj, .stl, .dxf and vrml files as a free app, IGES, STEP and other non-facet CAD import is a for-pay option. One thing is that there's an announcement on the download page that implies it doesn't work with Windows Home editions - it does. Only Win, I think.
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XL5  
#6 Posted : Tuesday, April 9, 2013 8:47:48 AM(UTC)
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>> under OSX it's already integrated in the OS
Yes, and I've never gotten it to work (properly). With any other application I have been successful in printing a PDF with Mac OS. I've spent dozens of hours experimenting with multiple settings. The PDFs that are created are missing many elements and are distorted.

I have also tried “Print By Layer”. The Start and End layer choices are blank, and it will not allow me to make any selections.

I currently have a drawing that I would like to email as a PDF. I can't do it.

Using ViaCAD V8 and Mac OS 10.6.8
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Tim Olson  
#7 Posted : Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:28:27 PM(UTC)
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>>I currently have a drawing that I would like to email as a PDF. I can't do it.

I'm not aware of issues with 2D PDF export on Mac. If this is still a bug please log a bug report with an example file and steps to repeat.

http://www.punchcadlabs.com/page10/page10.php


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jlm  
#8 Posted : Friday, May 17, 2013 9:18:45 AM(UTC)
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I currently have a drawing that I would like to email as a PDF. I can't do it.

Using ViaCAD V8 and Mac OS 10.6.8


I do this everyday, using "print as pdf file" on the Mac : simple & nice.

One thing to know :
the drawing lines must be set as pixels (one or 2 pixels), not metric mm (a bug makes the line weight huge on pdf...).
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