topic Re: HLR view, save line drawing as PDF: miserable result, most lines missing in 3D Part & Assembly Design

HLR view, save line drawing as PDF: miserable result, most lines missing

VeqTor — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:32:06 GMT

Hi Forum,

I have an *.asm assembly in Creo View 6.0, displayed in HLR mode as black and white line drawing.

When exporting that view to PDF ("Save Current View as 2D Vector File" -> PDF), most of the lines are missing in the resulting PDF.

If I export a single *.prt part from that *.asm assembly to PDF the same way, all lines are shown perfectly.

Thanks for help on how to export also the *.asm assembly with all lines visible in the resulting PDF.

Re: HLR view, save line drawing as PDF: miserable result, most lines missing

MartinHanak — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:48:27 GMT

Hi,

please report the problem to PTC Support.

Re: HLR view, save line drawing as PDF: miserable result, most lines missing

VeqTor — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:26:13 GMT

SOLVED:

Don't use *.asm/*.prt file folders for viewing in Creo View -- PDF vector export will not work properly.

Instead, use *.pvz files -- PDF vector export will turn out perfect.

[@ptc -- you could of course still work on this and occasionally fix that broken PDF vector export as far as *.asm/*.prt file folders are concerned]

Re: HLR view, save line drawing as PDF: miserable result, most lines missing

VeqTor — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 16:35:35 GMT

I stand corrected. Regardless of the format in which a part or assembly is loaded into Creo View, the problem with missing lines isn't fixed when exporting to PDF.

Re: HLR view, save line drawing as PDF: miserable result, most lines missing

VeqTor — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 18:41:25 GMT

Additionally to leaving out lines (orange), Creo View also forgets to put closure surfaces on some areas of sections (blue):

Re: HLR view, save line drawing as PDF: miserable result, most lines missing

VecTor — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 19:03:21 GMT

Seven years later and this is only NOT fixed but more terribly broken than ever.

Vector export is completely unusable now with most of our PVZ files:

Re: HLR view, save line drawing as PDF: miserable result, most lines missing

VecTor — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:49:23 GMT

Notably, the problem only occurs in perspective view mode and disappears in orthographic view mode. There is something terribly broken in Creo View's vector rendering engine when trying to export perspective views.