Batch Printing Settings of Model Drawings

In the dialog box can be defined to output the drawings of a part, assembly or one or more of its parts and/or subassemblies either directly to the printer or into a file in the desired file format.

Dialog Box Options

To Printer
Prints drawings to the printer. Click the Printer Settings button, select the printer and make the other necessary selections.
Printer Settings
Save
Saves the drawings in a different file format as DWG, DXF or PDF. You can select more than one file format.
  • Saving as Dwg format. Click the Browse button to define the directory in which the converted files are saved. Click the Dwg Setup button to define the conversion.
  • Saving as Dxf format. Click the Browse button to define the directory in which the converted files are saved. Click the Dxf Setup button to define the conversion.
  • Saving as Pdf format. Click the Browse button to define the directory in which the converted file is saved. Enter a name for the file in the dialog box. Define the printer settings by clicking the Pdf-setup button.
Selecting the printed drawings
Defines the printed drawings of a model. Select one of the following:
  • Selected Item - Prints the drawings of the selected part or assembly.
  • Selected Item + Lower level button to print the drawings of the selected part/assembly and the parts/assemblies on the next layer.
  • Selected Item Subtree button to print the drawings of the selected part and all of its layers.
Update
Updates the geometries of the drawings to match the models before printing.
Special choice on
You can select which drawings to print when this checkbox is selected. When you click the Special choice button, you can enter search terms in the fields as the search criteria to select drawings to be printed of all drawings of a model.
For example, if you can select Part as a content in the Classification field, the drawings which archives data contains the content Part in the Classification field will be printed.