Export PDF Drawings ( Home )

Tool description :

  • Export PDF Drawings outputs detail sheets , gather sheets or erection sheets as .pdf files.
  • PDF stands for Portable Document Format. The file format is commonly used for e-mail attachments and file sharing since any computer with a modern web browser can read a PDF file.
  • You may wish to use Export PDF Drawings in addition to Plotting or instead of Plotting .
  • Export PDF Drawings can set plot flags , just like Plotting does.
VIDEO Four sheets are output as individual PDF files by having " One document per sheet " turned on. Then " One document per sheet " is turned off and several sheets are output to a single PDF file. The vidoe also shows that you can search for specific strings in a PDF file if you have used a font other than the ' SDS2 ' font . Setup of the default fonts that auto detailing uses for various drawing objects is done in Drawing Presentation . (Recorded in SDS2 Detailing , v7.3.)
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Also see :

  • Print PDF (outputs your current Drawing Editor drawing)

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Step-by-step instructions :

Export PDF Drawings can be used to export detail sheets , gather sheets or erection sheets from Home. PDF stands for Portable Document File. The file format is commonly used for e-mail attachments and file sharing since any computer with a web browser that is equipped with the free Adobe Reader plug-in can read a PDF file. To output each of the sheets that you select in this procedure to individual PDF files, check the box for " One document per sheet ."

1 . Home > Export > 2D > Export PDF Drawings .

Possibility 1 : If detail sheets or gather sheets or erection sheets have been created in your current Job, a selection dialog will open. An abbreviated representation of that dialog is shown above , at the top of this page.

Possibility 2 : If no sheets reside in your current Job, you will get a warning to that effect. You will not be able to create a PDF document from Home until the user of a full-featured SDS2 program first create sheets. You may, however, be able to Print PDF files of individual drawings.

2 . Make the choices you want for " Reverse plot order "" and "One Document Per Sheet " and " Set printed flags ."

Reverse plot order applies when the " One document per sheet " is not checked'. Reverse plot order ' ( checked ) causes the selected sheets to be compiled into the PDF document opposite to their order in the selection list. ' Reverse plot order ' ( not checked ) compiles the sheets in their order in the selection list.

One document per sheet applies when you have selected more that one sheet. " One document per sheet " ( checked ) outputs each of the sheets that you select to individual PDF files (multiple files, one page each). " One document per sheet " ( not checked ) outputs all of the sheets that you select into a single PDF file (one file with multiple pages).

Set printed flags: " Set printed flags " ( checked ) enables the setting of printed flags in step 6 . " Set printed flags " ( not checked ) results in the program disregarding the choice you make in step 6 .

3 . Choose whether or not you want to " Plot comment layers " and " Plot revision layers ."

Plot comment layers applies to comment layers that are shown (marked " Show ") on those sheet items (details) which have been placed on the sheets that you select. " Plot comment layers " ( checked ) outputs the shown comment layers to the PDF document(s). " Plot comment layers " ( not checked ) causes only non-comment layers to be output.

Plot revision layers applies to revision layers that are shown (marked " Show ") on those sheet items (details) which have been placed on the sheets that you select. " Plot revision layers " ( checked ) outputs the shown revision layers to the PDF document(s). " Plot comment layers " ( not checked ) causes only non-revision layers to be output.

4 . You can simultaneously plot detail sheets and/or gather sheets and/or erection sheets. To control which types of sheets are eligible to be output, you can check ( ) or uncheck ( ) the boxes for " Detail sheets " and/or " Gather sheets " and/or " Erection sheets ."

= hide sheets of that type. = show sheets of that type. For example, if only " Detail sheets " is checked, only detail sheets will be eligible for selection to be output. All other types of sheets will be hidden.

opens the Hide Items window so that you can mask the sizes of sheets that you do not want displayed on the selection list .

5 . Select or deselect sheets. Be aware that the sheets that are selected by default are those sheets that are marked for plotting.

Before closing this selection dialog, you may want to choose the " Destination " where you want to output the PDF file(s) to.

Alternative 1 : Press the " OK " button to continue. Go to step 6 or 7.

Alternative 2 : Press the " Cancel " button to end this operation without outputting any PDF files. Do not continue.

6 . This step applies if " Set plotted flags " is checked. If, in step 5, you deselected sheets that the program automatically selected, the program opens the following yes-no dialog.

Warning!

Sheets automatically selected for plotting have been deselected? Would you like to retain automatic selections for next time?
     

Alternative 1 : Press " Yes " to cause the sheets you deselected in step 2 to be automatically selected (highlighted) the next time you plot a sheet or repeat this procedure ( Export PDF Drawings ).

Alternative 2 : Press " No " to permanently clear the plot flags.

Note: If " Set plotted flags " is not checked, then the choice you make in this step is ignored.

7 . The PDF file(s) are output. If the output destination has stored in it PDF sheet files with names that match file names of the sheets you are exporting, you will be notified of such and given the option to overwrite those files.

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