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Plotting to PDF in Design Entry HDL

dd2661
dd2661 over 2 years ago

I am having issues plotting a Design Entry HDL 17.4 schematic to a PDF.  When I go to plot, there is missing text and graphics along the bottom and right hand margins, much like this post from 2010: https://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/pcb-design/f/pcb-design/16587/problem-of-plotting-a-schematic-in-design-entry-hdl. Adjusting the layout, page size, and percentage fit does nothing.

It seems that this bug has not been fixed, and the publish PDF feature recommended in the previous post is unavailable in my license pack.  Does anyone have a solution for printing a PDF of a schematic while retaining all text and graphics on a single page?  I have rifled through every imaginable option in the plot settings and no luck.  This is a very basic function of any schematic entry tool, and I'm absolutely amazed that this bug has not been addressed in 14 years...

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 

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  • jc teyssier
    0 jc teyssier over 2 years ago

    I use pdfcretaor and no problem except automatic rotation . Automatic mode brings random rotation so i force the rotation.

    Works well for me

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  • dd2661
    0 dd2661 over 2 years ago in reply to jc teyssier

    Do you just screen capture PNGs as input then?  What if your schematic sheets are large and a PNG doesn't have enough resolution to convert faithfully?

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  • jc teyssier
    0 jc teyssier over 2 years ago in reply to dd2661

    PNG? Why?

    In concept, File->Plot Setup

    "Fir to Page"

    "Set Plot Margin to None"

    "Sheet Contents"

    oprtionnaly "Black and white"

    Plotter -> PDFCreatot,

    set size and orientaiton, In "Properties" set resolution to 1200dpi (better result for me)

    Then in concept File->Plot

    "Plot Range -> All (or Hierarchy)"

    This open PDFCreator: in setup set manually the orientation (seems to be a bug with "automatic")

    then you are done

    PDFCreator:

    https://download.pdfforge.org/download/pdfcreator

    Works well for me

    Jean-Charles

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  • Andrew Beckett
    0 Andrew Beckett over 2 years ago in reply to jc teyssier

    Jean-Charles - to answer your comments in your appeal when this went into moderation; the reason is that external URLs are an automatic flag for potential spam. Of course, in many cases they are not - but in an enormous (much, much larger numbers) they are linking to dubious content and we protect the many users of the forums this way (we didn't do this in the past, and had frequent spam attacks). It's an inconvenience of course when you have a genuine external link (and a human does indeed read the appealed posts, which is why I approved this), but I can guarantee you would not want the volume of spam that this approach is preventing.

    So my apologies for the additional step you had to take to get the post approved.

    Regards,

    Andrew

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  • JCTEYSSIER0
    0 JCTEYSSIER0 1 day ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hello Andew,

    Sorry to "poluate" this thread but this is a way i found to contact you

    Seems the automatic anti abuse is a little too much agressive, even if the content is approved by you.

    You already approve my "how-to-avoid-such-same-shape-spacing-problem" on june 18; june 20 i receive a email to inform me my post was reflag as abuse, june 22 i receive a email "its ok, rewieved and now onlin"; june 22 (same day) re flaged asa abuse, june 22 (one minute later!) "ok, now it is re re reviewed" and now online; tthis morning i can not see anymore my post Slight smile

    the url was (broken now)

    https://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/pcb-design/f/allegro-x-pcb-editor/66086/how-to-avoid-such-same-shape-spacing-problem

    Figth against the automatic anti spam....

    Regards,

    Jean-Charles

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  • JCTEYSSIER0
    0 JCTEYSSIER0 1 day ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Sorry to "poluate" this thread but this is a way i found to contact you

    Seems the automatic anti abuse is a really too much agressive, even if the content is approved by you.

    You already approve my "how-to-avoid-such-same-shape-spacing-problem" on june 18; june 20 i receive a email to inform me my post was reflag as abuse, june 22 i receive a email "its ok, rewieved and now onlin"; june 22 (same day) re flaged asa abuse, june 22 (one minute later!) "ok, now it is re re reviewed" and now online; tthis morning i can not see anymore my post Slight smile
    Note: while writting this message i receive an other email saying: its ok now

    But... stil no post available

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  • JCTEYSSIER0
    0 JCTEYSSIER0 1 day ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Sorry to "poluate" this thread but this is a way i found to contact you

    Seems the automatic anti abuse is a really too much agressive, even if the content is approved by you.

    You already approve my "how-to-avoid-such-same-shape-spacing-problem" on june 18; june 20 i receive a email to inform me my post was reflag as abuse, june 22 i receive a email "its ok, rewieved and now onlin"; june 22 (same day) re flaged asa abuse, june 22 (one minute later!) "ok, now it is re re reviewed" and now online; tthis morning i can not see anymore my post Slight smile
    Note: while writting this message i receive an other email saying: its ok now

    But... stil no post available

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  • Andrew Beckett
    0 Andrew Beckett 1 day ago in reply to JCTEYSSIER0

    Jean-Charles,

    Not really the best way to communicate (likely I got this post, but I don't follow this forum since I'm a Custom IC guy), but from what I can see the post you are referring to has been deleted (I can't find it anywhere). I will ask my IT colleagues if they can find out why - they can probably determine who deleted it (likely the original author or another moderator).

    Andrew

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