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Searchable component designators in PDF

chris.foblets

I bought CircuitStudio to be able to inspect boards created elsewhere (in Protel) and to create documentation for service people that repairs PCBs.

Now importing boards from Protel is not a problem. I'm able to change everything, but the only thing that I can't do is creating PDFs with searchable text of the component designators.

I have large PCBs with hundereds of components, and it is necessary to be able to use the text search function of acrobat to find a designator.

 

I've tried almost everything:

- change all texts to TrueType fonts instead of Stroke

- used TT Fonts in the printout options in generate output files

- used CutePDF as printer

- used microsoft print to PDF

- copy/paste the texts to other programs like Photoshop or coreldraw

 

I've also followed another thread here from a user that has the same problem.

 

Nothing helps. I would expect that a program like CS would be able to do such a simple job.

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    Forget about your pdf printers.  Some do not print searchable pdfs, some do (Microsoft does).

     

    For CircuitStudio, as James has said, the "generated output" pdf is searchable, which I just verified on a sample file.

     

    If you are printing the generated pdf USING a pdf printer, then my first sentence applies and you don't want to do that anyway.

  • 0 in reply to nhee

    Of course I used 'generate output files'. I also used printing. I tried everything that generates PDFs. I tried every checkmark that says TT-Fonts. I've tried with changing all text fonts from Stroke to TT.

    No matter what I try, it just generates polygons, no fonts.

    I even deleted all layers except the overlay layers.

    I can edit all texts on the board, I can change fonts, I can change font size. Text on the board is realy text and placed on the overlays.

    I opened the generated PDF in every program that can read PDFs (acrobat, word,....), no searchable text to find.

     

    Is there something I'm missing?

  • 0 in reply to chris.foblets

    You show the question as "answered" but  it doesn't sound like it.

     

    Are you good now?

     

    What do you mean by polygons being generated?

  • 0 in reply to nhee

    No sorry, the question is not solved.

     

    Opening the PDF in word, or in acrobat, shows the board as 1 picture. Nothing selectable within the picture.

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  • 0 in reply to chris.foblets

    I took a look over many possibilities and the only thing I can think of is that maybe a font "somewhere" in the drawing, title, parameters, sheet template, etc., etc. is a rasterized font.

     

    While I don't know this for sure, I wonder if it would only take one instance to cause output as a graphic.

     

    Can you copy one small snippet of a schematic sheet to a brand new sheet and test that?