HE07851: SAVE AS PDF IS LIMITED TO SHEET SIZES BELOW 200 INCHES

APAR status

• Closed as suggestion for future release.

Error description

• Scenario:
  1. Open attached CATDrawing (with size 225.6 in x 35 in)
  2. Draw some lines so you can have a reference of the Sheet's
  borders.
  3. File > Save As > "PDF"
  4. Open the PDF file in Adobe Reader
  5. Right click on the page > Document Properties
  Problem:
  PDF size is 200 in x 35 in.
  Expected Result:
  Page size is exactly as in CATIA = 225.6 in x 35 in
  

Local fix

• empty
  

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• Dear Customer:  we have reviewed the problem report you
  submitted and determined that the function referenced is
  working within the scope of the original design
  specification. However we recognize the value of your
  feedback and will consider including resolution of this issue
  as a product enhancement in a future release, if one is made
  available.  We thank you for your input.
  Additional Closure Information:
  Incident Diagnosis:
  CATIA export PDF in version 1.3.
  The minimum allowed page size is 3 by 3 units in
  default user space; the maximum
  is 14,400 by 14,400 units. In versions of PDF
  earlier than 1.6 (Acrobat
  7.0), the size of the default user space unit was
  fixed at 1?72 inch, yielding a
  minimum of approximately 0.04 by 0.04 inch and a
  maximum of 200 by 200
  inches.
  Beginning with PDF 1.6, the size of the unit may
  be set on a page-by-page
  basis; the default remains at 1/72 inch.
  In PDF versions earlier than PDF 1.6, the size of
  the default user space
  unit is fixed at 1?72 inch. In Acrobat viewers
  earlier than version 4.0, the
  minimum allowed page size is 72 by 72 units in
  default user space (1 by 1
  inch); the maximum is 3240 by 3240 units (45 by 45
  inches). In Acrobat
  versions 5.0 and later, the minimum allowed page
  size is 3 by 3 units (approximately
  0.04 by 0.04 inch); the maximum is 14,400 by
  14,400 units
  (200 by 200 inches).
  Beginning with PDF 1.6, the size of the default
  user space unit may be set
  with the User Unit entry of the page dictionary.
  Acrobat 7.0 supports a maximum User Unit value of
  75,000, which gives a maximum page dimension
  of 15,000,000 inches (14,400 * 75,000 * 1?72). The
  minimum
  User Unit value is 1.0 (the default).
  By-Pass:
  none
  Development Request Justification:
  Creating PDF version 1.6 require a strong study,
  indeed improvement for exporting PDF in version
  from 1.3 to 1.6, is not only affected the page
  size limit. The support of the relevant features
  improvement from version 1.3 to 1.6 requires to
  develop new functionality such as:
  First of all,
  - New transparent imaging model, which extends the
  opaque imaging model of earlier versions to
  include the ability to paint objects with varying
  degrees of opacity, allowing previously painted
  objects to show through. (version 1.4)
  But Also,
  - Specification of the PDF version in the document
  catalog
  - Additional viewer preferences for controlling
  the area of a page to be displayed
  or printed
  - Metadata streams, a new architecture for
  attaching descriptive information to
  PDF documents and their constituent parts
  - An extension to the use of streams to allow
  greater compression of PDF files.
  And for what the client is interesting in this IR,
  - The ability to specify the size of the unit in
  default user space, enabling the
  maximum page size of a PDF document to be increased.
  

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