Application Notes

CoCreate Drafting

Subject: How to plot from CoCreate Drafting (ME10)  in PDF Format
 

1) Define the Plot transformations

Following table shows pen color assignments for GDI, PDF and Clipboard printer drivers.

0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
0.0 0.0 0.0 8	0.0 0.0 0.2 9	0.0 0.0 0.4 10	0.0 0.0 0.6 11	0.0 0.0 0.8 12	0.0 0.0 1.0 13	0.0 0.2 0.0 14	0.0 0.2 0.2 15	0.0 0.2 0.4 16	0.0 0.2 0.6 17	0.0 0.2 0.8 18	0.0 0.2 1.0 19
0.0 0.4 0.0 20	0.0 0.4 0.2 21	0.0 0.4 0.4 22	0.0 0.4 0.6 23	0.0 0.4 0.8 24	0.0 0.4 1.0 25	0.0 0.6 0.0 26	0.0 0.6 0.2 27	0.0 0.6 0.4 28	0.0 0.6 0.6 29	0.0 0.6 0.8 30	0.0 0.6 1.0 31
0.0 0.8 0.0 32	0.0 0.8 0.2 33	0.0 0.8 0.4 34	0.0 0.8 0.6 35	0.0 0.8 0.8 36	0.0 0.8 1.0 37	0.0 1.0 0.0 38	0.0 1.0 0.2 39	0.0 1.0 0.4 40	0.0 1.0 0.6 41	0.0 1.0 0.8 42	0.0 1.0 1.0 43
0.2 0.0 0.0 44	0.2 0.0 0.2 45	0.2 0.0 0.4 46	0.2 0.0 0.6 47	0.2 0.0 0.8 48	0.2 0.0 1.0 49	0.2 0.2 0.0 50	0.2 0.2 0.2 51	0.2 0.2 0.4 52	0.2 0.2 0.6 53	0.2 0.2 0.8 54	0.2 0.2 1.0 55
0.2 0.4 0.0 56	0.2 0.4 0.2 57	0.2 0.4 0.4 58	0.2 0.4 0.6 59	0.2 0.4 0.8 60	0.2 0.4 1.0 61	0.2 0.6 0.0 62	0.2 0.6 0.2 63	0.2 0.6 0.4 64	0.2 0.6 0.6 65	0.2 0.6 0.8 66	0.2 0.6 1.0 67
0.2 0.8 0.0 68	0.2 0.8 0.2 69	0.2 0.8 0.4 70	0.2 0.8 0.6 71	0.2 0.8 0.8 72	0.2 0.8 1.0 73	0.2 1.0 0.0 74	0.2 1.0 0.2 75	0.2 1.0 0.4 76	0.2 1.0 0.6 77	0.2 1.0 0.8 78	0.2 1.0 1.0 79
0.4 0.0 0.0 80	0.4 0.0 0.2 81	0.4 0.0 0.4 82	0.4 0.0 0.6 83	0.4 0.0 0.8 84	0.4 0.0 1.0 85	0.4 0.2 0.0 86	0.4 0.2 0.2 87	0.4 0.2 0.4 88	0.4 0.2 0.6 89	0.4 0.2 0.8 90	0.4 0.2 1.0 91
0.4 0.4 0.0 92	0.4 0.4 0.2 93	0.4 0.4 0.4 94	0.4 0.4 0.6 95	0.4 0.4 0.8 96	0.4 0.4 1.0 97	0.4 0.6 0.0 98	0.4 0.6 0.2 99	0.4 0.6 0.4 100	0.4 0.6 0.6 101	0.4 0.6 0.8 102	0.4 0.6 1.0 103
0.4 0.8 0.0 104	0.4 0.8 0.2 105	0.4 0.8 0.4 106	0.4 0.8 0.6 107	0.4 0.8 0.8 108	0.4 0.8 1.0 109	0.4 1.0 0.0 110	0.4 1.0 0.2 111	0.4 1.0 0.4 112	0.4 1.0 0.6 113	0.4 1.0 0.8 114	0.4 1.0 1.0 115
0.6 0.0 0.0 116	0.6 0.0 0.2 117	0.6 0.0 0.4 118	0.6 0.0 0.6 119	0.6 0.0 0.8 120	0.6 0.0 1.0 121	0.6 0.2 0.0 122	0.6 0.2 0.2 123	0.6 0.2 0.4 124	0.6 0.2 0.6 125	0.6 0.2 0.8 126	0.6 0.2 1.0 127
0.6 0.4 0.0 128	0.6 0.4 0.2 129	0.6 0.4 0.4 130	0.6 0.4 0.6 131	0.6 0.4 0.8 132	0.6 0.4 1.0 133	0.6 0.6 0.0 134	0.6 0.6 0.2 135	0.6 0.6 0.4 136	0.6 0.6 0.6 137	0.6 0.6 0.8 138	0.6 0.6 1.0 139
0.6 0.8 0.0 140	0.6 0.8 0.2 141	0.6 0.8 0.4 142	0.6 0.8 0.6 143	0.6 0.8 0.8 144	0.6 0.8 1.0 145	0.6 1.0 0.0 146	0.6 1.0 0.2 147	0.6 1.0 0.4 148	0.6 1.0 0.6 149	0.6 1.0 0.8 150	0.6 1.0 1.0 151
0.8 0.0 0.0 152	0.8 0.0 0.2 153	0.8 0.0 0.4 154	0.8 0.0 0.6 155	0.8 0.0 0.8 156	0.8 0.0 1.0 157	0.8 0.2 0.0 158	0.8 0.2 0.2 159	0.8 0.2 0.4 160	0.8 0.2 0.6 161	0.8 0.2 0.8 162	0.8 0.2 1.0 163
0.8 0.4 0.0 164	0.8 0.4 0.2 165	0.8 0.4 0.4 166	0.8 0.4 0.6 167	0.8 0.4 0.8 168	0.8 0.4 1.0 169	0.8 0.6 0.0 170	0.8 0.6 0.2 171	0.8 0.6 0.4 172	0.8 0.6 0.6 173	0.8 0.6 0.8 174	0.8 0.6 1.0 175
0.8 0.8 0.0 176	0.8 0.8 0.2 177	0.8 0.8 0.4 178	0.8 0.8 0.6 179	0.8 0.8 0.8 180	0.8 0.8 1.0 181	0.8 1.0 0.0 182	0.8 1.0 0.2 183	0.8 1.0 0.4 184	0.8 1.0 0.6 185	0.8 1.0 0.8 186	0.8 1.0 1.0 187
1.0 0.0 0.0 188	1.0 0.0 0.2 189	1.0 0.0 0.4 190	1.0 0.0 0.6 191	1.0 0.0 0.8 192	1.0 0.0 1.0 193	1.0 0.2 0.0 194	1.0 0.2 0.2 195	1.0 0.2 0.4 196	1.0 0.2 0.6 197	1.0 0.2 0.8 198	1.0 0.2 1.0 199
1.0 0.4 0.0 200	1.0 0.4 0.2 201	1.0 0.4 0.4 202	1.0 0.4 0.6 203	1.0 0.4 0.8 204	1.0 0.4 1.0 205	1.0 0.6 0.0 206	1.0 0.6 0.2 207	1.0 0.6 0.4 208	1.0 0.6 0.6 209	1.0 0.6 0.8 210	1.0 0.6 1.0 211
1.0 0.8 0.0 212	1.0 0.8 0.2 213	1.0 0.8 0.4 214	1.0 0.8 0.6 215	1.0 0.8 0.8 216	1.0 0.8 1.0 217	1.0 1.0 0.0 218	1.0 1.0 0.2 219	1.0 1.0 0.4 220	1.0 1.0 0.6 221	1.0 1.0 0.8 222	1.0 1.0 1.0 223
0.0 0.0 0.0 224	0.0 0.0 0.2 225	0.0 0.0 0.4 226	0.0 0.0 0.6 227	0.0 0.0 0.8 228	0.0 0.0 1.0 229	0.0 0.2 0.0 230	0.0 0.2 0.2 231	0.0 0.2 0.4 232	0.0 0.2 0.6 233	0.0 0.2 0.8 234	0.0 0.2 1.0 235
0.0 0.4 0.0 236	0.0 0.4 0.2 237	0.0 0.4 0.4 238	0.0 0.4 0.6 239	0.0 0.4 0.8 240	0.0 0.4 1.0 241	0.0 0.6 0.0 242	0.0 0.6 0.2 243	0.0 0.6 0.4 244	0.0 0.6 0.6 245	0.0 0.6 0.8 246	0.0 0.6 1.0 247
0.0 0.8 0.0 248	0.0 0.8 0.2 249	0.0 0.8 0.4 250	0.0 0.8 0.6 251	0.0 0.8 0.8 252	0.0 0.8 1.0 253	0.0 1.0 0.0 254	0.0 1.0 0.2 255

Colors in the table are defined in RGB mode. Each color component (R,G,B) has possible values from 0 (minimum) to 1 (maximum).
See following example for how to read Plot pen colors table:

2) Select the PDF_Generic and do not select the True Color option