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Jason L
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:10 pm    Post subject: Pro/E to PDF Reply with quote
What is the least complicated and cheapest (preferably free) to convert
Pro/E files to .pdf? I am using Wildfire 2.0

Thanks in advance.

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Dave Ignaczak
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Pro/E to PDF Reply with quote
I run Pro/E on Windows XP. This is not free, but it's cheap, and it works
well. It can create full size PDFs (d-size, e-size, etc.). It lets you
create PDF files from any Windows application. It sets itself up as a new
printer. So all you have to do is go to print and select it.

http://www.win2pdf.com/


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Thanks in advance.





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cad/cam/guy
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Pro/E to PDF Reply with quote
there is this too... same deal creates a pdf printer works on all
windows apps.... it is free... there is cutepdf also ... but I think it
throws a liitle ad on it

http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm

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David Janes
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Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 7:20 am    Post subject: Re: Pro/E to PDF Reply with quote
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"Jason L" <tectranbrake@yahoo.com> wrote
What is the least complicated and cheapest (preferably free) to convert Pro/E
files to .pdf? I am using Wildfire 2.0

http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm

http://www.cutepdf.com/
http://www.win2pdf.com/
http://www.pdf995.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/s.vd.palen/
http://www.ps2pdf.com/convert/convert.htm
http://www.docudesk.com/deskPDF_PDF_Creator_select_your_version.asp?PARTNER=ads1
http://www.eprintdriver.com/
Also, some of the above are front ends to Ghostscript, a GPL/AFPL licensed utility
to convert postscript files to PDF. But you can achieve most of what the above
supply with GS alone available at
http://www.ghostscript.com/

The main thing to realize about all of these is that no 'Save as..' format exists
for doing this conversion (I believe that's universally true, not just for Pro/e).
They are all some variety of 'printing to file' as postscript output, then
converting this to the PDF. Even Adobe Distiller does no more.
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René Töpfer
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Pro/E to PDF Reply with quote
Hi,

Am Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:37:34 -0400 schrieb Jason L:

Quote:
What is the least complicated and cheapest (preferably free) to convert
Pro/E files to .pdf? I am using Wildfire 2.0

FreePDF: http://www.shbox.de/
PDFCreator: http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/

Rene

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Mark
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Pro/E to PDF Reply with quote
Ghostscript. I have it running in command line mode all the time on a print
server. I created a postscript printer using the Adobe Distiller .ppd file
and each of my users just prints from Proe-E, using the printer named "PDF"
and then points to the watched folder on the print server (Named "In"). The
completed .pdf ends up in a folder named "Out". Pretty well idiot proof.

Mark

"Jason L" <tectranbrake@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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What is the least complicated and cheapest (preferably free) to convert
Pro/E files to .pdf? I am using Wildfire 2.0

Thanks in advance.

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Kirk
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Pro/E to PDF Reply with quote
Does any of these pdf writers correctly create details when the detail
has an OLE object in it? Distilling directly from ProE does not. I
have to print to file a postscript file using a postscript printer
driver (an HP printer driver that supports postscipt, for example).
Then I have to send this postscript file to the distiller. I think it
has something to do with ProE uses a generic postscript driver, which
doesn't recognize OLE objects, when it creates the postscript file to
send directly to the distiller.

Thanks,

Kirk

Mark wrote:
Quote:
Ghostscript. I have it running in command line mode all the time on a print
server. I created a postscript printer using the Adobe Distiller .ppd file
and each of my users just prints from Proe-E, using the printer named "PDF"
and then points to the watched folder on the print server (Named "In"). The
completed .pdf ends up in a folder named "Out". Pretty well idiot proof.

Mark

"Jason L" <tectranbrake@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:OSPBe.11571$4Q1.8110@fe09.lga...
What is the least complicated and cheapest (preferably free) to convert
Pro/E files to .pdf? I am using Wildfire 2.0

Thanks in advance.

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