NX 7.5 Drawings Open with text created to Vector lines

[KLT77]

Hi,

I was just upgraded yesterday to NX 7.5 from 6.0.

My problem is since the upgrade all of the text is coming in a vector line art when I open an existing drawing. I can't edit any of the text now.

Looking for some info on how to fix this.

Thanks,
KLT77

 

[JohnRBaker]

Check out your graphic driver. Make sure you're running the latest certified driver.

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[KLT77]

Hi John,

I updated my graphics driver, but it did not help.

thanks.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Then make a call to GTAC and see if they can help you.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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[KLT77]

Found out some more info.

the drawings in NX and in the PDF that is created are fine..

what is happening is when I open the drawing in Adobe Illustrator (I make part catalogs) the font is missing and converted to outlines.

In the PDF I can copy and post the text just fine.

So I am wondering if the blockfont that the drawings use was converted to ttf if that would allow the pdfs to open correctly? I don't have the blockfont installed on my computer.

I did download the blockfont.fnx from another post, but Don't know what to do with it.

Any help would be great.

 

[JohnRBaker]

The 'blockfont.fnx' file is only usable by NX. Once you've exported a PDF file out of NX the font is meaningless.

When you say that you're opening the Drawing and you can't edit the Text are you talking about inside of NX or are we talking about the PDF files?

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[KLT77]

John I'm talking about once I open the PDF is Illustrator the type is just lines.

I can copy and paste the text and also search the text in the PDF while using Acrobat Professional.

I'm totally out of ideas on how to get this to work. Up until 7.5 I was able to open the PDFs I exported out of NX in Illustrator and the type was text.

 

[JohnRBaker]

OK, if you would like to return to the pre-NX 7.5 Export PDF behavior where the PDF text was editable, then set the following environment variable:

UGII_PDF_NO_HIDDEN_TEXT=1

Note however that if you do this then there will be a difference in the appearance of the NX generated text strings and the text strings as seen in the exported PDF file, but they will be BOTH searchable AND able to be edited.

So that is your tradeoff. If your requirement is that the PDF's look identical to what the NX Drawings looked like when they were displayed in NX, then DON'T set the variable. However, if it's more critical that you get PDF files with text which can be full edited, then you will need to set the variable.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

UG/NX Museum:

http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209

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[KLT77]

John, Can you tell me how to do that? I'm a very basic user of NX.

Thanks,
Karleen

 

[JohnRBaker]

Go to your system profile and set it there if you want this to be your default behavior from now on.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[KLT77]

John,

I really appreciate you help. I still don't know what I need to do. System profile where is that. is that in my windows directory or something I do within NX?

 

[JohnRBaker]

Go to your Windows desktop, select the 'Computer' icon, press MB3 and select 'Properties'.

In the upper-left corner, from the list of options, select 'Advanced Systems Settings'.

When the 'Systems Properties' dialog comes-up, select the button in the lower-right labeled 'Environment Variables...'.

When the 'Environment Variables' dialog comes-up you will see two 'panels' where you can set variables, the one at the top will be unique to your log-in, while the one at the bottom will be for the computer itself no matter who logs-in. So if this is NOT a shared computer it doesn't really make any difference where you create the variable entry.

Now just select the 'New...' button wherever you decided to add the variable and enter UGII_PDF_NO_HIDDEN_TEXT in the field labeled 'Variable Name:', and enter 1 in the field labled 'Variable Value:'. Then hit OK a few times and you should be good to go.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

UG/NX Museum:

http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[KLT77]

John,

It worked! Thanks so much for all the help.