Save Neutral Files iParts
- None
If this check box is selected, neutral file is not generated for an iPart, even if the DWF and/or PDF check box(es) are selected.
- DWF
If this check box is selected, neutral files are generated for an iPart in the DWF format only.
- PDF
If this check box is selected, neutral files are generated for an iPart in the PDF format only.
- Generate for All Instances
If this check box is selected, neutral files are generated for all the iPart instances of a part.
To generate PDF files, the following extra setup steps must be performed as explained below:
- Install Post script Printer Driver.
You can download this from: http://www.adobe.com.
- Install Ghost Script that will have the utility to covert Post Script file to Portable
Document Format (PDF) .AFPL version 8.xx of the Ghost script application.
You can download this from: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/index.htm.
- Add the <Ghost Script installation Path>\bin and <Ghost Script installation
Path>\lib to the system environment variable “PATH”.
e.g., D:\Progra~1\gs\gs8.51\lib; D:\Progra~1\gs\gs8.51\bin;
- Set PLM_INV_PS_PRN_NAME environment variable to full name of postscript printer name. We
can find this name under Control Panel\Printers and Faxes.
Set PLM_INV_PS_PRN_NAME = <PostScript Printer>
- Set PLM_INV_PS2PDF_UTILITY environment variable to the ps2pdf.bat utility
path.
Set PLM_INV_PS2PDF_UTILITY = c:\gs\gs8.00\lib\ps2pdf.bat
Note: Ensure that there are no white-space in the installation path mentioned above.