Read cut-/dielines

Is it be possible to read the cut-/dieline-information in a pdf?

Hi,

If you are looking for CropBox, BleedBox and TrimBox dimensions then you can retrieve these values from an existing PDF page using DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET product.

Here is a code sample.

           PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(@"Source PDF file path");
            MergeDocument document = new MergeDocument(pdf);

            // Read CropBox values
            float cropBoxHeightLeft = document.Pages[0].Dimensions.CropBox.Left;
            float cropBoxHeightTop = document.Pages[0].Dimensions.CropBox.Top;
            float cropBoxHeightRight = document.Pages[0].Dimensions.CropBox.Right;
            float cropBoxHeightBottom = document.Pages[0].Dimensions.CropBox.Bottom;
            float cropBoxHeightValue = document.Pages[0].Dimensions.CropBox.Height;
            float cropBoxWidthValue = document.Pages[0].Dimensions.CropBox.Width;

            // Similarly for BleedBox
            float bleedBoxHeightValue = document.Pages[0].Dimensions.BleedBox.Height;
            float bleedBoxWidthValue = document.Pages[0].Dimensions.BleedBox.Width;
            // ...

            // Similarly for TrimBox
            float trimBoxHeightValue = document.Pages[0].Dimensions.TrimBox.Height;
            float trimBoxWidthValue = document.Pages[0].Dimensions.TrimBox.Width;
            // ...

Feel free to download fully functional evaluation edition of DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET product from NuGet (Package ID: ceTe.DynamicPDF.CoreSuite.NET) or from our website here

Thanks,
ceTe Software Support Team

No, I am not thinking of normal cropbox... Dielines are the "lines" that are used typically for packaging products with irregular shapes.

Hello,

There is no option to read cut/dieline information from a PDF using DynamicPDF product. You can extract text and can read form field values from a PDF. Please refer to the documentation on text extraction here and reading form field values here.

Thanks,
ceTe Software Support Team

Ok - but is it possible to develop this functionality?
Measure the length of the dielines for example

Hi,

We will add this to our feature request list and if feasible we may include it in a future version of DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET product.

Thanks,
ceTe Software Support Team

A cut line is a line added using a spot color and is usually named something like CutContour, Thu-cut, Cutpath, V-Cut, etc.  So to reframe the question, is it possible to find a line associated with a spot color name and then get its coordinates for evaluation?

Hi,

Currently there is no option in the DynamicPDF Core Suite for .NET product to find a line associated with a spot color name and then get its coordinates.

Thanks,
ceTe Software Support Team