Publisher

If the Publisher add-on option is available to you, you can publish documents created during the design work in a folder or on a printer in different file formats. If the DesignStream Interface add-on option is available to you, you can publish documents to DesignStream as well.

Select the documents to be published in the Publisher dialog box. The custom-specific publisher sets have been defined in the database in the custom folder, and they are available for all buildings. You can also define building-specific publisher sets which are saved in the database in the building folder.

1. Open the Publisher dialog box.
   • Select > Export > Publisher.
   • If you are checking in a building to DesignStream, select Interactively in the Check-In to DesignStream dialog box.
2. Select a document set from the Set name list. The documents belonging to the set are displayed on the Files list.

   

   Create a New Document Set

3. Select the documents to be published. Check or clear the check box of the desired document in the Files list. By clicking the All / None button you can select all documents or clear all selections in turns.

   

   Add a New File to a Document Set

   Edit the Document Properties

4. Select the Publishing Destination. The destination can be a folder on the user's disk or on the network, or the DesignStream system. Check or clear the check box of the desired destination. The default folder for the sets included in the basic software delivery is the "pub" or "presentation" folder in the building folder.

   

   Add a New Publishing Destination

   Define Printer as a Document's Publishing Destination

5. If necessary, save all the selections you made (documents to be published, their properties, the publishing destination) in the document set. Click Save.

   

   Note: Save is only available if you are a system administrator, or you are using Building-specific document sets.

   Save a Document Set

6. Click Publish.

   

7. When you publish documents to the DesignStream system, you will be prompted: Update building data to DesignStream? Select either of the following:
   • Yes - The documents will be published and the information on the building data card will be updated to the building's meta data in the DesignStream system.
   • No - The documents will be published but the building data will not be updated.
   You can also publish documents when you check-in a building to the DesignStream system. In this case, the building data is updated automatically.