Export PDF files

Generate drawings for the electrical project in Acrobat format (PDF).

When you run this command from the contextual menu of a book, only the drawings that belong to this book are selected for export.

Exporting in PDF format uses an internal program and it is not necessary to install a PDF printer as PDF Creator or other.

An option dialog box opens asking you if you want to update the report and terminal strip drawings (according to the electrical project configuration settings).

Update drawings: All reports, design rules, and terminal strip drawings are updated before running the command.

Continue action without updating: Report, design rule and terminal strip drawings are not updated and the command runs.

Cancel: The command stops and drawings are not updated.

Export PDF files

Paper format: Defines the page size.

File name: Click [...] to select the directory and the name of the PDF file.

Create bookmarks and hyperlinks: Creates navigation links in the pages within the PDF file. You can also create a list of bookmarks using the content in the Pages and Components tabs in the dockable panel, or Datasheets of manufacturer parts. The Reports can also integrate links if they are managed in the report configurations.

Export one PDF per book: If the electrical project has several books, select this option to open a file explorer in the file creation directory at the end of the export. If the electrical project only has one book, the PDF file is opened at the end of the export.

Export data files: An electrical project can contain data files or data file shortcuts. Select this option to include these files in the exported PDF file. Only PDF files can be exported. This option is not available if there are not data file in the electrical project.

Orientation

Portrait/Landscape: Select the page orientation.

Plot with symmetry: Check the box if you want to print the graphical entities with symmetry.

Drawings

All/Selection: Allows you to define if you want to print all the drawings of the electrical project or a selection. In this case, click [...] to select the drawings.

Invert print order: Check this option to print the drawings from the last to first.

Scale

In the list, select a pre-defined scale ratio or enter a specific ratio (Unit printed = Drawing unit).

When you select a predefined ratio, two fields display the printed and drawing units. The setting Fit to format scales the graphical entities to fit into the selected paper size.

Plot area

Defines the drawing area to print.

All geometry: Area defined by the bounding box of all visible entities.

Drawing boundary: Area defined by the grid zone in drawing parameters.

Current view: Area visible on the screen or the current view when drawing is saved.

Plot with style

Each screen color used on the graphical entities corresponds to a color and a thickness on the PDF file. If you do not use a Plot style table, the screen colors and line thickness will be the same on the PDF file.

You can define a personal correspondence using plot style tables.

In the list, select the plot style table you want to use.

You can edit the plot style table selected by clicking Modify plot style table file. A dialog box opens in which you can associate each screen color with a printed color and thickness.

In the plot style table list, if you select None, you can check the box Plot with line thickness, where the colors and line thicknesses will be the same on the screen and on the PDF file.