Solid Edge Poor display of a PDF in Draft

2021-10-06T23:52:05Z
DRAFT

Summary


Details

After importing a PDF file into Draft the display result was unacceptable and 
of poor quality. After checking w/development the following was learned: 
The PDF is inserted into Draft as an OLE object. We ask OLE for an EMF (or WMF 
if the server does not support EMF) to display. We have no control over what 
the server returns. We are displaying what Acrobat is returning. If I use 
Insert Object in Word, I see the same thing. 



Solution

The PDF is inserted into Draft as an OLE object. We ask the OLE server (the application used to display that object type) for an Enhanced Metafile or EMF (or WMF if the server does not support EMF) to display. We have no control over what the server returns. We are displaying what Acrobat is returning. If you use 
Insert Object in Word, you will see the same thing. 

As an alternative, there is an application available called "Scan2CAD" which converts the PDF to an acceptable DXF format, which could then be imported into Solid Edge with a much better display result. 



Notes and References





Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: INTL64
OS: window
OS Version: 764SP1
Product: SOLID_EDGE
Application: DRAFT
Version: V110MP6
Function: OLE

Ref: 001-9135397

KB Article ID# PL8004046

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Associated Components

DRAFT: DRAWING_VIEWS