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gupta9665 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 4:39 am And I'm getting the correct colors in the PDF. So try toggling the PDF save as setting, and check if that helps.
test - DG.pdf

Tera wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:14 am I used "Print", and selected pdf printer.
I didn't use "Save as PDF" because if I do so, the lines in "Sheet Format" are printed in gray, not black.
Is there any setting to make lines in "sheet format" being printed in black, not gray?

thanks.

Frank_Oostendorp wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:33 am We have the layer FORMAT set to black. The borders and title block lines are set to the layer FORMAT. So save as PDF results in black lines for borders and title block lines.

Tera wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 4:54 pm With the help of all, specially @jcapriotti, it seems that my problem is solved.
Thanks to all and if you don't mind one more question.

(Though I have a new working method) Back to my original question, does anyone know why printing a sheet in pdf, prints the views(Fills, lines, etc)in black and white?

Thanks again.

AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 4:57 pm I'm not getting that issue, that's odd.

Tera wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 4:54 pm . . . does anyone know why printing a sheet in pdf, prints the views(Fills, lines, etc)in black and white?

Tera wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 7:27 pm How exactly do you print your drawings in pdf? A step by step please.
And what's your SW version?
And if possible, can you please show a portion of a drawing, printed colored in pdf?

Thanks.

Dwight wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 8:20 am Save as PDF used to have a lot of problems, so we haven't used it in quite a while. I tried it out just now and didn't find much difference. I did find that Save kinda missed the circle arrowhead, made it a little small. That's not an important difference to me, but it does show they aren't the same.

Here's a detail from Solidworks. The lines are too thin because Solidworks scales the lines as you zoom in (I really wish it wouldn't do that):
image.png

Here's the detail using Print:
image.png

Here's the detail using Save:
image.png

Dwight wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 7:34 am Set in Page Setup?

Dwight wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 8:20 am Save as PDF used to have a lot of problems, so we haven't used it in quite a while. I tried it out just now and didn't find much difference. I did find that Save kinda missed the circle arrowhead, made it a little small. That's not an important difference to me, but it does show they aren't the same.

Tera wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 5:50 pm If you change the color of a line (let's say to red), and print the drawing with a pdf printer (not save as), is the line in red in your saved pdf file?

Thanks.

Tera wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 5:45 pm It's already set to color. As you see, the isometric view in pdf is in yellow which shows the pdf printer side knows about the color. It's only Fill feature that doesn't show as color.

Thanks anyway for your time.

AlexB wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 8:48 am I am looking into the print-to-pdf functionality and the only printer option I have is "Microsoft Print to PDF" and it doesn't give a lot of configuration options. However, it does print the filled hatched area the correct color.

Tera wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 6:37 pm @DanPihlaja
I really appreciate your help and the time you put on this problem.

1- I've already tested both modes of "Color Display Modes". The result is the same.
2- My settings for "Color" tab in Adobe PDF Settings is exactly the same as your image.
3- I had tested "Color/Gray scale" but even though the fills and lines are printed colored, but it wasn't what I was looking for. Here's why:

When you create a new drawing out of any template, the border and title block of the drawing is in a special layer and they are in gray. If you go to edit your Sheet Format, you'll see that they are actually black. But when you end editing sheet format, they change to gray. It's mostly because SW wants to give you a circumstance that you can concentrate on your work. The borders and Title block are grayed out just not to stand out too much, but are there only for the purpose of giving you an imagination of what the end result looks like after being printed.
When you do a "Save as PDF", borders are actually printed in black, not gray.

Now let's go to your suggestion.
If you change the "Drawing Color" setting in Adobe PDF printer to "Color/Gray Scale", the border and Title Block, don't print in black. They are printed in gray.
Am I wrong? Do you really want your borders and title block being in gray when you publish your work as PDF?

thanks again.

Tera wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 6:49 pm What color is your border and title block?
I don't have "Microsoft Print to PDF", but I think the last time I used it, many years back, it prints the border in gray, not black. If you go to edit your Sheet Format, you actually see that the line format for borders is black.

I will test it again though to see if anything has changed since then.

Thanks.