I have now loaded the pdf995 software, created a pdf file
but I'm having a problem with the thickness of the line.
ie. I have created an A4 pdf drawing but am unable to read any of the dimensions due to the line thickness created.
Is there a way of making the line thinner?
E_SIZE_PDF
Despooler Name = UGIIPS
Plotter Vendor = POSTSCRIPT
Plotter Type = Electrostatic
Number Of Pens = 8
Controller ID =
Plotter Model = POSTSCRIPT
Plotter Switches = /SP=XX/AR/PG=44.0625X34.0625
Media Control = Continuous Form
Distance Between Plots = 0
Output Mode = Disk File
Plotter Com Line =
System Queue Name =
Directory Pathname = C:\PLOTS\IN
Tape Density = 1600
Message Com Line =
Horizontal Maximum = 0
Vertical Maximum = 0
Steps Per Inch = 1440
Optimization Level = None
In the plotter switch field the “SP=XX” is one way to define custom line thickness and custom color. If you change it to "SP=MX" it will be Monochrome/custom color.
For more info refer to page 199 in the UG plotter.pdf
Unfortunately I've only been working on UG for 2 months
now and am not much of a wiz kid when it comes to UG
settings, the settings you list, are they for the actual
plot settings for when you plot thru UG? or are the settings
for the pdf995 software? The page 199 you refer to, will I
find that in the UG help files or is it stored else where?
The parameters listed by UGperson are set in the plotqueue manager.
This plotqueue manager still 'thinks' as a pen plotter where every colour is mapped to a different pen and each pen can be wathever you choose.
The most flexible way (to me) to work is to assign different line thicknesses to various line colours and to change the plot colour to black. This can be done in the ugmetric.def (or ugenglish.def).
By setting the SP=XX parameter in the plotqueue manager the settings of the ugmetric.def file are used in your plot.
All you further have to do is to make internal rules on what colour to use where in order to have the right line thickness on the plots.
We for example use green, orange, purple, brown, dark red, gray and olive for normal line thickness, bleu, white, pink, cyan and aquamarine are thin and yellow is thick. Red was left unchanged and will still plot as red, normal line thickness. This rule was based on the default colour settings for drafting objects in UG. Mind that these colours are based on the colour palette of UG V16. You will have to redefine your colour palette in NX to have the right colours with numbers 1-16.
As you notice plotting with UG requires extraterrestral skills. We were promissed a new userfriendly plotmanager years ago. We're still waiting.