The company that I work for has recently switched from using AutoCAD to progeCAD, and we cannot figure out a way to plot our drawings to PDF with the hidden lines function set to ON without the file sizes being unreasonably large. (For example, a PDF created with AutoCAD that is around 50kb is coming out of progeCAD at about 1Mb). The progeCAD manual states that the program cannot plot with hidden lines at all, which is confusing to me. After some trial and error with the print quality settings within progeCAD, we were able to make the plotted PDF appear smooth (at the expense of even higher file size). However, when i plot a 2D drawing the generated file size is small as expected.
A supervisor has suggested that the difference between the two programs may be that AutoCAD generates a vector image, while progeCAD generates a bitmap image. So it appears that progeCAD treats the plotting job differently when the hidden lines function is set to ON.
So far my "work around" is to send myself the CAD file over the network so that I can use our old AutoCAD to plot to PDF. This is both highly inefficient, and displeasing to my boss (who would prefer me use the new software and new computer that he just bought for me to use).
Does anyone know if there is a fix for this? Or even just a work around within progeCAD?
A supervisor has suggested that the difference between the two programs may be that AutoCAD generates a vector image, while progeCAD generates a bitmap image. So it appears that progeCAD treats the plotting job differently when the hidden lines function is set to ON.
So far my "work around" is to send myself the CAD file over the network so that I can use our old AutoCAD to plot to PDF. This is both highly inefficient, and displeasing to my boss (who would prefer me use the new software and new computer that he just bought for me to use).
Does anyone know if there is a fix for this? Or even just a work around within progeCAD?