Export to PDF as Solid Body?

[lharrison]

I'm trying to setup an easy script for our QC department to export PDFs of annotated parts for verification. The script itself is extremely simple, but NX only seems to export the 3D images in the wireframe view. I tried toggling the ShadedGeometry option, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the output.

Is it possible to output the shaded view of a model to PDF, or is wireframe the only option supported?

 

[jerry1423]

So you want to print something from your model space to pdf . . . right?

 

[lharrison]

yes, that's exactly what I want. Currently I can do this, but the output is always wireframe, and shaded-solid is preferred.

 

[jerry1423]

When I printed using "pdf-exchange" it worked for me.
File > Print > "pdf-exchange" (if you have it) > towards the bottom of the menu you will see "output" change that to "shaded"

 

[lharrison]

thanks for the help. I had to switch to the PrintBuilder, rather than the PrintPDFBuilder in order to do what i needed to.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Open a Drawing sheet and place a view of your model on the Drawing, change the Style of the view to Shaded and you will now be able export a Shaded PDF.

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