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Is exporting PDF broken?

asdfafasfaf
asdfafasfaf over 2 years ago

I'm using a fresh (trial) installation of OrCAD Capture CIS and installed ghostscript as per the instructions.

My problem is that when I go to File > Export > PDF, the size of the sheet is wrong. I have a size B schematic, but the exported PDF is on a 11 x 8.5 sheet and takes up only about half the page.

Changing the page size seems to have no effect on the size of the actual exported page.

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    0 RFinley over 2 years ago

    You have to specify the page size in the CIS dialog box when generating the PDF.  Otherwise it will export as A-size and not fill the page.

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    0 RFinley over 2 years ago

    You have to specify the page size in the CIS dialog box when generating the PDF.  Otherwise it will export as A-size and not fill the page.

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    0 asdfafasfaf over 2 years ago in reply to RFinley

    By CIS dialog box do you mean File > Export > PDF > Page Size > Output Paper Size? Because I changed that to "4 US Ledger 17 x 11 in."

    And the PDF comes out looking like this:

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    +1 RFinley over 2 years ago in reply to asdfafasfaf

    I've been using "3 - US Tabloid 11 x 17.   I think Ledger (4) only works if you capture schematics in portrait, not landscape mode.   I use Acrobat distiller.

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    0 asdfafasfaf over 2 years ago in reply to RFinley

    Thanks, surprisingly this actually did fix the page size.

    The schematic is still slightly offset. Also, the font rendering looks like it doesn't have any antialiasing.

    Are most people using distiller? Is that why I am having these issues? I don't own a copy of Acrobat Professional. I'm just surprised that a feature to export a schematic to a PDF is so finicky. Maybe I can tweak some of the ghostscript parameters? I will have to look into it.

    I was able to successfully print a schematic to PDF using the print menu, but having the design hierarchy on in the bookmarks seems like a useful feature to have.

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