Scaled Assembly Drawing with Filled Pads and Non-Vectorized Text

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We have pre-defined template page size of 21" x 32" for assembly drawings. I need to do the following: 
 
 Top and bottom scaled assemblies of the PCBA on the same page . 
 Filled pads. 
 PDF searchable reference designators. 
 
 I have tried the following with no luck: 
 
 IPF (plot): all the requirements above are met expect for filled pads . 
 Manufacture > Drafting > Create Detail: Text is not searchable. 
 
 Any other suggestions? 
 Thank you!

DavidJHutchins · Answer

below is a skill utility that will convert the figures & line draws into filled shapes 
 
 procedure((fill_plt @optional (Layer "")) let((Boundary LayerName Mid_X Mid_Y Radius r_path Status fst lst DeleteList PathList) axlVisibleDesign(nil) (Boundary = "paramLayerGroup:MANUFACTURING") foreach(Child ((axlGetParam Boundary)->groupMembers) if(nindex(Child "PEN") then (LayerName = strcat("MANUFACTURING/" Child)) axlMsgPut("viewing %s" LayerName) axlVisibleLayer(LayerName t) ) ) if(strlen(Layer) > 0 then (Layer = strcat("MANUFACTURING/" Layer)) else (Layer = strcat("MANUFACTURING/" axlUIPrompt( "Enter Manufacturing Layer name" "Plot" ))) ) (axlLayerCreateNonConductor Layer) axlVisibleLayer(Layer t) (axlSetActiveLayer Layer) ;; (axlSetFindFilter ?enabled '(noall lines figures) ?onButtons '(noall lines figures)) axlAddSelectAll() foreach(Child axlGetSelSet() if(Child->objType == "figure" then ;axlMsgPut("checking %s" Child->figureName) (Mid_X = car(axlMidPointLine(Child->bBox))) (Mid_Y = cadr(axlMidPointLine(Child->bBox))) if(Child->figureName == "CIRCLE" then (Radius = ((caadr(Child->bBox)-caar(Child->bBox))/2)) (r_path = axlPathStartCircle(list(list(Mid_X Mid_Y) Radius) 0.0)) (Status = axlDBCreateShape(r_path t Layer nil nil)) (DeleteList = cons(Child DeleteList)) ) if(Child->figureName == "RECTANGLE" then (Status = axlDBCreateRectangle(list(car(Child->bBox) cadr(Child->bBox)) t Layer nil nil)) (DeleteList = cons(Child DeleteList)) ) if(Child->figureName == "SQUARE" then (Status = axlDBCreateRectangle(list(car(Child->bBox) cadr(Child->bBox)) t Layer nil nil)) (DeleteList = cons(Child DeleteList)) ) else if((Child->objType == "path") && (Child->nSegs > 1) then (fst = car(Child->segments)) (lst = car(last(Child->segments))) ;axlMsgPut("checking %s %A %A" Child->objType car(fst->startEnd) cadr(lst->startEnd)) if(eqv(car(car(fst->startEnd)) car(cadr(lst->startEnd))) && eqv(cadr(car(fst->startEnd)) cadr(cadr(lst->startEnd))) then (PathList = cons(Child PathList)) ;axlMsgPut("Pass") else ;axlMsgPut("Fail") ) ) ) ) axlMsgPut("Deleting %d figures" length(DeleteList)) (axlDeleteObject DeleteList) axlMsgPut("Converting %d lines to filled shapes" length(PathList)) (Status = axlDBComposeShapesFromLines(PathList nil nil Layer t nil t)) ) )

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