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How to make a PDF that can be searched in?
stressed_user
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06-30-2009 09:09 AM
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Hi,
Our repairshop would like to get PDF documents in which they could search for a component?
When exporting a word file through PDFcreator, I get a PDF doc in which we can search.
For Ultiboard, I'd like to export the silkscreen with all refdes on it, and have a PDF in which they can search as well.
But for some reason, that won't work, what's the reason for this?
Is there a workaround or a setting that could do this?
Best regards
Johan
GarretF
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06-30-2009 10:26 AM
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The reason is that Ultiboard is printing the text as lines rather than as text. This is want you would generally expect because Ultiboard is not a text editor.
The best solution is to provide them with the parts centroids. This will give you the location of the part on the board
I think you have an interesting request, and I've entered this so it may be considered for a future release.
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krishna.gouru
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07-01-2009 05:47 AM
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Install pdf995 in your system. This is freeware from Adobe. You can use pdf995 print driver for your tool pdf print. This would solve your problem.
For more...
arronlee
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01-09-2014 09:32 PM
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Hi,
Have you ever found your way out? I am also looking for a fine PDF creator.Any good recommendation? Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Arron
01-10-2014 01:32 AM
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Hi Arron,
I just tried again, and it seems to work for the schematics that I printed recently with my Multisim v10.01 in combination with PDF creator (that's the name of the programm).
For the silkscreen of the board, it is still a graphical export, so there's no search possibility...
Even in the header of a printout, there's no search possibility...
Maybe in the newer editions of Ultiboard?, but I'lm afarisd there isn't...
Johan
Miladoe11
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03-24-2014 01:41 AM
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@arronlee wrote:
Hi,
Have you ever found your way out? I am also looking for a fine PDF creator.Any good recommendation? Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Arron
Hi there
There are many PDF creator which supports to make a PDF files directly.And you can just google it and choose the most suitable one for you.Best wishes
B.SUDWORTH
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03-31-2017 11:02 AM
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Hi all,
Has anyone got any further with this?
It is a feature we would love... to be able to have a searchable pdf of the silkscreen.
Ben
dbur
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04-03-2017 06:52 PM - edited 04-03-2017 06:55 PM
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Yes it's because UB exports silkscreen as lines, not text. I tried selecting a Windows font for the refdes to see if that makes any difference. It did not. For this to work without big changes to how UB prints silkscreen they probably need to generate a text layer with the actual attribute text printed in it to search on. I don't see any way to do this with UB as it is now. I think your only option at this time is to export the centroid file as CSV, sort on refdes and then just look up the XY co-ordinates. This is how I have always done it so far.
Also yes MS does print refdes as text in schematics so they are searchable.
For a pdf print driver I have had superior results with the free PrimoPDF. It has always printed accurately, whereas many of even paid pdf printer drivers have distortions in the output for MS and UB prints. Primo has never failed me.
B.SUDWORTH
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04-04-2017 03:00 AM
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Is there any software that can use the silkscreen and/or the part centroids or something similar to give the same effect?
I.e. being able to search for a RefDes and it give the location on a picture of the silkscreen/board, as coordinates aren't that useful if there is no grid printed on the board
dbur
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04-04-2017 03:13 AM
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You should know where your 0,0 point is and should be able to mark it on your assm and fab dwgs.
You could write a program to extract the values from your centroid files and place them in a searchable pdf, but I don't know any way to do that other than to create the program yourself.
