About Drawing Representations

HPGL2

When saving to this format, a gridding process is applied. By default, the HPGL2 format is defined to encode decimal values with a precision up to 1/40th mm. This implies, for example, that line extremities might be slightly shifted depending on their approximation on a 1/40th mm spaced grid.

SVG

Before exporting, access the Graphics Formats tab to define the parameters to be applied when saving the document in SVG format.

PDF

By default, exporting a drawing representation to PDF format generates as many .pdf files as there are sheets. Each file name is suffixed with "_Sheet_sheetnumber.pdf", for example "MyDrawing_Sheet_1.pdf", "MyDrawing_Sheet_2.pdf", etc. To generate a single .pdf file containing all the sheets of the drawing representation, select the Save multisheet document in a single file check box. You can also save a drawing representation containing OpenType fonts (OTF). OTF contained in drawing representations are embedded as a true type font definition in the generated .pdf file. However, OTF cannot be embedded if you are using a Japanese computer. In that case, the text in OTF is tessellated and therefore, the characters of the resulting .pdf file are not editable. For more information about OpenType fonts, see About Fonts.

Important: When .pdf documents generated with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 are inserted in a drawing representation, the horizontal/vertical ratio is not kept when dragging the mouse to perform a selection.

TIFF

This format requires external options to be defined either by setting or exporting environment variables, or by editing an external configuration file.

The environment variables you need to set or export are detailed hereafter:

Name	Description	Value
PRINT_CAPTURE_ RASTERFORMAT	Raster format	TIFF	True color compressed
		TIFFTCPB	True color PackBits compressed
		TIFFINDEX	Indexed (256 colors) uncompressed
		TIFFPB	Indexed (256 colors) PackBits compressed
		TIFFGREY	Greyscale PackBits compressed
		TIFFBWPB	Bilevel (black and white) PackBits compressed
		TIFFG4	Bilevel G4 Fax compression
PRINT_CAPTURE_DPI	DPI value	0.0 < DPI <= 450.0 (default is 150.0)
PRINT_SETTING_PATH	External path name for print/capture options	Set PRINT_SETTING_PATH="e:\temp". The file e:\temp\CATPrint.ini is used as configuration file.
PRINT_CAPTURE_MODE	Save mechanism	PRINT	File is saved using a print mechanism: when saving a drawing representation in TIFF format, only the sheet is saved, not the grid and the elements outside the sheet.
		TILED	File is saved using a capture mechanism, for example when saving a drawing representation in TIFF format, the grid and the sheet border are saved.

To export a variable, run the following command:

On Windows:

set variable_name=variable_value (for example set PRINT_CAPTURE_DPI=200)

To know how to set a variable, see Installation and Administration: 3DEXPERIENCE Platform: 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Installation: Native Apps Installation: Configuring the Software: Configuring Environments.

The configuration file is named CATPrint.ini and is located by default in a temporary directory. To modify the default location, export the PRINT_SETTING_PATH environment variable.

Important: When printing a large drawing representation with a high resolution (> 250.0 DPI) image, memory and CPU consumption increase very quickly. As a consequence, printing such an image may be impossible on low system environments unless you work with an optimized configuration (CPU + memory). On 64-bit operating systems, more correct results could be obtained.