PDF coversions

[dposborn]

Greetings all,


I am having a problem with bringing a .BMP file from Pro/E into Adobe Acrobat,


the field comes out blank in the finished PDF file.


Thanks for your Help


D

 

[KurtStark]

We have an installation where Ghostscript creates the PDF. Pro/e writes a postscript to the disk, and Ghostscript converts it to PDF.


But I don't know how to set it up like this.

 

[mechdes1a]

Here is a link illustrating a solution to your problem. You can also configure an automatic .pdf conversion but you would need a fully licensed copy of Acrobat which includes Distiller needed for .pdf conversion (along with GSView).


[url]http://www.kinetivision.com/quicktips/playfreevideo9.asp?id= 145[/url]

 

[Bill Thomson]

Use ghostscript which is a free download


Create a plotter config file (pcf) within folder <loadpoint>\text\plot_config called


ptc2pdf.pcf with the following entries


button_name Convert To PDF
button_help Adobe Acrobat PDF File Conversion
plotter postscript
plotter_command d:\bin\mk_pdf.bat
delete_after_plotting no
plot_sheets all
plot_destination file_and_printer default


Create the batch file d:\bin\mk_pdf.bat with the following entries


@echo off
set GS_LIB=d:\ghostscript\gs7.04\lib
set path=d:\ghostscript\gs7.04\lib;d:\ghostscript\gs7.04\bin
set INNAME=%1
set OUTNAME=%INNAME:.plt=.pdf%
call d:\ghostscript\gs7.04\lib\ps2pdf %INNAME% %OUTNAME%
del %INNAME%


When selected the ptc2pdf printer will create apostscript file, convert it to pdf, then delete the original plotfile.

 

[tanveerkhan]

download free CutePDF Writer from net then run setup.exe it will add to prinrt section whenever you want to convert insited of priner select CutePDF Writer hope this will work.


Tanveer

 

[rgs1]

I use Adobe Acrobat Distiller (think it is free with purchase of Adobe Acrobat).


Create a generic postscript file of your drawing:


File; print; (select generic postscript); select to file; unselect to printer; OK; OK


This creates a .ps file in your working diectory.


Drag and drop (onto desktop icon for Adobe Distiller) and it will automatically convert the .ps file into a .pdf file.


Note: Adobe Distiller must be loaded and and desktop icon created. This will simplify the drop/drag proceedures.