topic Re: low quality when it's exported a drawing with ole file to pdf through translator add-in in Inventor Programming Forum

blurry pdf through translator add-in when drawing contains special paste table from excel

dibujocad — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:13:24 GMT

Hi everybody,

I used the translator AddIn for exporting drawings to pdfs through a macro. I literally copied the same code which appears as an example in VBA help for that purpose.

The macro works perfectly, except when I export to pdf a drawing which contains a table from an excel file pasted with special paste command.

The table appears in the pdf file in low quality and a bit blurry , but if I manually export the same drawing from Inventor, the table is exported to pdf correctly. So I guess the problem is related to the code used in the macro, but I don't get where is the problem. Any idea how could I fix it?

Re: low quality when it's exported a drawing with ole file to pdf through translator add-in

A.Acheson — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 00:00:52 GMT

Can you provide the code you used and the resulting image also for the manually export provide the steps and the resulting image? There is likely a setting that can be changed.

Re: low quality when it's exported a drawing with ole file to pdf through translator add-in

WCrihfield — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 17:33:02 GMT

I assume you are referring to the API Sample code posted within the online help area, at the following link?

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2022/ENU/?guid=SaveAsPDFTranslator_Sample

If so, then have you tried setting the "Vector_Resolution" option to a higher value?

The following image is from the Options dialog, when you manually export a drawing to a PDF.

As you can see, there are many other values available that you could specify there. I usually recommend at least 720 DPI, if not more, depending on your needs. I used to always set it to 4800, but ran into a few unusual results with that setting in a few situations, so reduced it a bit, but always at or above the 720 level. There are actually a whole lot more options available within that translator add-in, but I believe the same translator add-in is also used for the DWF & DWFx file types, so the other options are likely for those scenarios.

Re: low quality when it's exported a drawing with ole file to pdf through translator add-in

dibujocad — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:35:39 GMT

Yes, I referred to the API sample code included at the link.

I set the "Vector_Resolution" option to a higher value and nothing changed, but anyway I will try to set a value higher than 720DPI as you have recommended me just in case it could solve the problem.

Re: low quality when it's exported a drawing with ole file to pdf through translator add-in

dibujocad — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:46:20 GMT

The used code is the API sample code which appears at this link:

Inventor 2022 Help | Save as PDF Translator Sample | Autodesk