PDF Print Profiles

Use this function to define settings according to which PDF file is created. PDF profile specifies how the file is generated. There can be several profiles. Define the data in the dialog box.

1. On the tab, in the Sheet Sets group, click PDF Print Profiles.

Dialog Box Options

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Profile name

Name a new profile. This field can not be empty. -TEMP- is reserved name, which can be used for testing and other temporary use when you do not want to make a profile or change the old ones. -TEMP- profile is added to the profile database automatically if it does not exist (deleted accidentally).

Select Layers

Defines the layers that are visible. Select either of the followings:

• Layer Group - Accept the default layers or select from a list.
• Layers - Accept all the layers or define specific layers or layer span.Separate the layers with a comma (,) or give a span with a hyphen (-). For example 1,2,7-10.

Sheet

X and Y margins of the sheet of the PDF file are given to X margin and Y margin fields.

• X margin is margin for the right and the left side of the sheet.
• Y margin is margin for the top and the bottom side of the sheet.
• Size of the sheet of the PDF file is selected in the Size field. Select one of the following:Ax, A04, A02, A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10.If empty (---) is selected, size of the sheet will be drawing area + margins.If Ax is selected, size of the sheet will be smallest A-size where drawing + margins can be fitted.Size of the A02 and A04 sheets are two and four times the size of A0.

Sheet orientation

For the sheet's orientation can be selected Automatic, Portrait or Landscape.

If Automatic is selected, orientation is selected based on the drawing limits. If height of the drawing limits is greater than width, sheet will be portrait, otherwise sheet will be landscape.

Drawing

The option Automatic rotation will rotate drawing according to the selected sheet. This selection has no effect if orientation is Automatic. (see previous item).

• If drawing limits are horizontal and orientation is Portrait, drawing will be rotated 90°.
• If drawing limits are vertical and orientation is Landscape, drawing will be rotated 90°.
• In other cases drawing will not be rotated.

The option Free scale scales a drawing as big as possible to fit to the selected sheet.

The option Texts as lines prints the texts as lines in the drawing.

Position and Off-Page Ref.Links

The option Make links to reference is used to select if functional links are made to the position and off-page references in the drawing. In a large projects this function slows down PDF creation process.

The option Make links defines if links to the position and off-page references are marked by drawing a rectangle around them. This function has no effect if function Make links to references is not selected.

Color fills and raster pictures

Select Color fills with true color if you want to print in colors. Define the image resolution. Value 0 uses the original image resolution.

Penset and pen file (fonts folder) / Default pens

If the option Use widths is selected, pens use pen widths which are defined in a PDF settings. If it is not selected, width of all pens will be one pixel. Physical size of the one pixel line depends on the resolution of the printer.

If the option Scale widths is selected, the width of all pens will be scaled in the same proportions as Free scale. If the option Use widths is selected, this function has no effect.

Penset which is used is given to the Pen set number field. In the field File name you can type the name of the pen file saved in the fonts folder. If you leave the field empty, the default description will be used.

Screen colors and true line widths are printed with the penset number -1.

If the option Use colors is selected, pens use pen colors which are defined in a PDF settings. If it is not selected, color for all pens will be black.

Texts will be drawn as lines if the option Texts as lines is selected.

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Description fields

In a sheet data card and in a drawing data card there are description fields for the sheet and drawing descriptions. Name of these database fields are given to the Sheet and Drawing fields.

To find out the name in the field, do as follows:

1. Move cursor to the desired field in the archive card.
2. Select the context-sensitive function Database info.

Descriptions are used in table of contents of the PDF file so, that the names of description fields are separated with colon after the drawing number.

Description field contents of the sheet archive card are also added after the drawing number.

Drawing number sorted alphabetically

Drawing number sort functions defines how the drawing numbers are sorted in a contents (Bookmarks) of the PDF file.

Sheet numbers are always sorted in a ascending order starting from the first character.

With the options A -> Z and Z -> A selection are for ascending and descending sort order.

Character from which sort starts is given to the From char field.

Links / PostScript files to include

To the start and/or To the end of contents of PDF file can be added a link to the Internet page, to local document, for example, Word, Excel or HTML or to PostScript file, which is attached to the PDF file.

In the Description field you can enter the header, with which a link/attached PostScript file is displayed in contents of PDF file.

Link to the internet page, local document or PostScript file is given in the Link/File field. Link can be absolute (e.g. c:/psfiles/end.ps or http://www.vertex.fi/svx ) or reference to the named destination (e.g. EXT1 ) that is defined in the PDF settings dialog box. Named destination can be selected from the list. Named destinations has a form: EXT1 (c:/pdf/ps/ps1.ps). After keyword EXT1 there is a current value of the field in the parenthesis. In the Link/File field can be left the form selected the the menu: EXT1 (c:/pdf/ps/ps1.ps); the program removes automatically marks between parenthesis. If link is a named destination, the actual link is read from the PDF settings database. Named destinations are useful in a PDF batch process application. Batch process application creates PDF files based on the saved selection files. If the destination or location of the link changes, it is sufficient to make a change in the PDF settings database.

Table of Contents

The table of contents is not created, if No bookmarks is selected. The drawing prints out as an image, if As a picture and base picture is selected.

Opening mode

For the opening mode of PDF file you can select one of the following: 1 Bookmarks tab visible, 2 Thumbnails tab visible, 3 Layers tab visible, 4 Drawing only, or 5 Full screen.

Distiller settings

In the Settings file field it can be entered the name of Distiller settings file (*.joboptions). For further information see Distiller Instructions.

In the Layers profile field it can be entered the name of profile according to PDF layers are created. For further information see setup Settings keyword group.