Edit the PDF Set Settings
Architectural, Framer
The drawing sets to be saved as PDF files, and the drawings included in sets, are defined in PDF output settings. You can edit the settings as follows:
- Select > Export > Edit PDF Set Settings.
- Edit the settings in the database view.
PDF Output Settings
Add a row to the database, see Edit a Vertex Database. Edit the fields of the new row.
General
- Order
- You can define the order of the rows in the database view by entering a serial number in the field. The serial number also determines the drawing order in the PDF file.
- Drawing name or [Panel Type]
- The contents of the field becomes the first heading in the table of contents in the PDF file. You can type the text you want in the field.
- Drawing File
- The file name of the drawing included in the drawing set. Only the name of the folder in the project folder is required as the path name, for example:
- Layer Group
- The drawing objects are drawn on certain drawing layers. The layers to be printed in the PDF file are defined as layer groups. Click the Layer Group button and select a layer group from a list.
- Set
- Defines the drawing set to which the drawing belongs. All the drawings included in a drawing set will be saved in one PDF file.
- Sheet, Force to Sheet
- The drawing will be scaled according to the selected sheet when Force to Sheet is selected. Select the sheet size from the Sheet list.
Condition
- Condition
- The option condition can only be used, if you have defined options for the building, see Option System. If the option condition is true in the solved option model, the drawing is included in the PDF file. Click the Condition button to select the option condition from the Options database.
Note:
- When you close the database, the program checks if all the drawing files included in the drawing sets exist. If a file cannot be found, the file name is displayed in a message box. You can select one of the following:
- Check - The program reopens the database for editing. Check the drawing file name, or delete the row from the database, if necessary.
- Ignore - The database remains unchanged.
Several files may be missing. If necessary, you can disable the checking by setting the keyword check_pdfpicts= 0 in the BDSXX keyword group.
- The settings will be saved in the PDFPICTS database in the project folder. You can copy the settings to a template project, or to any other project by copying the following files from one project folder to another:
d_PDFPICTS
d_PDFPICTSc