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Generate Outputs stuck in grayscale

spe672

I can't get the batch job generate outputs function to allow me to make a color PDF of the schematic.  I have found where I can make the schematic mono, color and grayscale for individual prints, but I don't have the full version of acrobat...so it seems the only way to make a PDF is through the batch job where the schematic is stuck in grayscale.

 

Here's where I can batch output the schematic, but no color options seem to be available.

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The options I get when I "Configure" the schematic print.

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This panel affects individual prints, but I don't want a hard copy.  I need the batch to follow the color setting I've set here...

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Thanks!

Andy

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  • Any chance you can use a pdf printer like "cutepdfprinter" or something similar to make the color prints you need?

     

    That's what I have been doing when I need to provide a color print to make it look more professional.  I do like the look of a color print much better than the greyscale.  The thing you lose is the ability to select components and nets in the bookmark section.

  • in reply to jstrautman

    You are much better off just hacking the OutJob file, when you print to a PDF you're rending a image then compressing it.  The file size ends up much bigger (like 20x) and you loose the great capability of auto generating a complete and bookmarked document stack.

     

    All you have to do is open the <project name>.OutJob in your favourite text editor and do a search and replace for "PrintKind=1" to "PrintKind=0". Save it and you're now generating colour docs.

     

    I wrote a powershell script to do this, but since you only have to do it once per project I've never found it really any quicker than using a notepad++

  • in reply to harvie256

    I was scared of messing with the text in there, but running two simple find and replace functions in Notepad++ does exactly what I need!  Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, you killed two birds with one stone!  I had to tweak both the outjob and the prjpcb file to make it work. 

     

    I know extremely little about scripting, but I have several coworkers that can fix me up.

     

    thanks!

     

    Andy

  • in reply to spe672

    Page Setup dialogs are being added to CircuitStudio in the up coming version 1.4. In the mean time it's no problem for you to hack the OutJob file carefully as described by harvie256 as this won't conflict with the up coming feature.

     

    Best regards,

    James Harriman

    Altium

  • in reply to jamesharrimanaltium

    I'm glad to see this will be improved, thank you for monitoring the pulse of this community and responding in a positive manner. 

     

    An similar question I've come up with is since learning to edit these tiles; is it possible to tweak gerber out file extensions?  I've not found where this can be modified in the text files.  One of the board houses I use (OSHPark) requires the outline layer to be  called *.GKO and CS outputs a *.outline file by default.  I can edit them after the files are generated if it's a fixed naming convention.

     

    Thanks!

    Andy

  • in reply to spe672

    Hi Andy,

     

    No problem! It's good to see CircuitStudio popularity gaining ground with enthusiastic users!

     

    There is no control over the Gerber file names, so even if you rename the TopLayer to xLayer, the gerber plot for that layer will be named *.GTL.

     

    Best regards,

    James Harriman

    Altium

  • in reply to jamesharrimanaltium

    James, do you have a rough idea of when this new 1.4 version of CS will be released?  And some quick big changes that will be made?  Thanks!!!

  • in reply to jstrautman

    Hi jstrautman and Andy,

     

    Yes the 1.4 version is in Beta and assuming all goes well it should be only a few weeks away!

     

    The most amount of changes are related to the already excellent EAGLE importer, which will be getting even more features/improvements in CircuitStudio 1.4.

     

    Along with some other bug fixes we're also adding some minor features such as the Net Class Directive to Schematic so you can specify a Net Class on power nets for example, and update them to the board. In PCB we're therefore adding a Classes dialog so that you can edit/view the Net Classes, and added Net Class support to the appropriate rules.

    And as I mentioned earlier we added Page Setup options to Generate outputs files allowing, for example, color PDF outputs, but also other page setup settings you may want to change.

     

    Inclusion of these features are subject to Beta testing, of course.

     

    Best regards,

     

    James Harriman

    Altium

  • in reply to jamesharrimanaltium

    Thanks for the update, can't wait to see it!

  • in reply to jamesharrimanaltium

    Yes, very much appreciate the update.  Perhaps someone here should start a thread where people can suggest and discuss features to be added in future updates as well.

  • in reply to jstrautman

    No problem, spec672 and jstrautman!

     

    We'll keep a look out on these threads for the suggestions.

     

    Best regards,

     

    James Harriman

    Altium

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