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Printing in Colour, all of it in colour

Sparkylabs

I am trying to print to PDF, I have got the print settings to colour by rectangles with text in them and a coloured background just come out as black boxes. My schematic is pointless if i cannot export it in some other format.

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  • in reply to rachaelp

    Right so now we have two threads going in one thread because apparently this is the modern way to do instead of just quoting someone. If they actually paid money for this site design then they made a big mistake, surely it has elements specifically integrated into it for them. Other big corporations have used standard forum software and there are plenty of off the shelf solutions out there for free that allow a forum as big or small as needed and can cover as many topics as needed. I have never found my way into this site without having to google for it and that is a fail right there.

  • in reply to Sparkylabs

    Shouldn't be because Altium schematic and pcb docs are self contained, they take a copy of all used library symbols/footprints and embed them in the doc.

  • in reply to harvie256

    Well I am afraid I have no idea.

     

    Rummaging around I have found settings for a PDF export, but I cannot find any export tool anywhere. I want to export to pdf or some file format that I can bring into 3D CAD (like DXF). I have been trying to print to PDF so maybe the fault is with the PDF printer. If there is a native export to PDF or other technical format then problem, probably solved.

  • in reply to Sparkylabs

    Simon Turner wrote:

     

    If they actually paid money for this site design then they made a big mistake, surely it has elements specifically integrated into it for them.

    They employ some developers to do custom integrations as well. Whether or not they made the right decision on their software is debatable, only they know how much they paid and how much it costs them to maintain vs how much any other solution might cost. It doesn't really matter though because we have what we have and I can't see that changing any time soon.

    Simon Turner wrote:

     

    I have never found my way into this site without having to google for it and that is a fail right there.

    Really?

     

    Go to https://www.element14.com/

     

    The from the menus at the top choose Resources -> Altium CircuitStudio

  • in reply to rachaelp

    yep and if we keep talking long enough this "thread" will become so thin that it will become pointless trying to post so then we would have to break the thread in a thread and reply to my first post to get back to the right width. A system that encourages multiple discussions in one thread while also shutting those threads down...... fail to the power of 2! There are plenty of people offering commercial support and integration of real forum software. But new is best apparently better. The lesson was obviously not learnt from circuit maker, CS should have had a completely dedicated and robust forum, this is a support platform, this is all the support I am getting for my money, it's not just some free forum I can chat about rubbish on.

  • in reply to Sparkylabs

    Simon Turner wrote:

     

    The lesson was obviously not learnt from circuit maker, CS should have had a completely dedicated and robust forum, this is a support platform, this is all the support I am getting for my money, it's not just some free forum I can chat about rubbish on.

    This is a community site, not a support platform. CS is cheap and as such support is via a community site. If you want real dedicated support, buy Altium Desginer, then you can enjoy forking out more than the cost of CS every year for annual maintenance just to access that support on an ongoing basis.

     

    Simon Turner wrote:

     

    yep and if we keep talking long enough this "thread" will become so thin that it will become pointless trying to post so then we would have to break the thread in a thread and reply to my first post to get back to the right width. A system that encourages multiple discussions in one thread while also shutting those threads down...... fail to the power of 2! There are plenty of people offering commercial sup

    I've not used a forum yet where this doesn't happen. Exactly the same happens on the EEVBlog forum, that's the nature of forums!

     

    Anyway, you are right, this separate thread has gone on long enough. I hope you find a solution to your initial problem. Good luck.

  • in reply to rachaelp

    Sorry but the EEVblog forum does not behave like this, just like many other well established platforms don't either.

  • in reply to Sparkylabs

    I have tried a different PDF printer and now the background comes out, so the problem is how the PDF printer handles the layers of CS schematic. But I still can't find any way of exporting to any useful format.

  • in reply to Sparkylabs

    Oh and if you want to talk support try Proteus, it costs £200 less for the same sort of functionality and granted it is over-complicated and does everything differently it a) works more stably than CS and 2) you can ring up and get dedicated support over the phone. me thinks someone is taking the micky with CS

  • in reply to Sparkylabs

    What? people jump topics and go off on tangents on that forum all the time? Are you talking about something else? What are you referring to when you say thread in a thread?