Setting PDF Publishing Options
You can publish multiple drawing sheets to the following formats:
- A single DWF or PDF file
- Multiple single-page PDF or DWF files
To publish the model workspace and specified sheets of a drawing or multiple drawing files to PDF use the BatchPrint command.
To publish a drawing sheet set to PDF use the Publish to PDF option from the Sheet Set Manager.
To publish a drawing sheet set to DWF use the Publish to DWF option from the Sheet Set Manager.
Before publishing your drawing sheets to PDF or DWF files, you can specify various options in the PDF/DWF Options dialog box:
Note: In the PDF/DWF Options dialog box, you can specify the publishing options for PDF files. The software uses these settings also when you publish the drawing sheets to DWF.
- Publishing to a single, multi-sheet PDF or DWF file or multiple, single-sheet PDF or DWF files
- File name and location. Additionally, you can choose whether to be prompted for a file name each time you publish a file
- Resolution of the PDF or DWF file
- Include or not layer information, hyperlinks, and bookmarks
- Capture TrueType fonts of the drawing and include it in the PDF or DWF file
To display the PDF/DWF Options dialog box:
- Click File > Batch Print (or type BatchPrint).
- In the Batch Print dialog box, click PDF Options.
To specify the file name when publishing the PDF file:
- In the PDF/DWF Options dialog box, in General, do the following:
- Select Publish as Multi-sheet PDF to generate a single PDF file.
- Select Specify PDF file name on file dialog.
To publish a list of drawings to PDF:
- Click File > Batch Print (or type BatchPrint).
- In the Batch Print dialog box, use functions and options to specify the list of drawings or drawing sheets.
- Click PDF Options.
- In the PDF/DWF Options dialog box, do the following:
- In Path, specify the folder in which to save the PDF file. Click Browse to change the path.
- In Publish as Multi-sheet PDF, specify whether you want to generate a single PDF file or one PDF file for each sheet.
- Specify additional PDF publish options.
- Click OK.
To publish a drawing sheet set to PDF:
- On the Sheet Set Manager, select a drawing sheet set from the drop-down list.
- Right-click the drawing sheet set or a subset and select Publish > PDF Options from the context menu.
- In the PDF/DWF Options dialog box, do the following:
- In Path, specify the folder in which to save the PDF file.
- In Publish as Multi-sheet PDF, specify whether you want to generate a single PDF file or one PDF file for each sheet.
- Specify additional PDF publish options.
- Click OK.
PDF/DWF Options Dialog Box
Note: In the PDF/DWF Options dialog box, you can specify the publishing options for PDF files. The software uses these settings also when you publish the drawing sheets to DWF.
Path
Specifies the path to the folder to store the PDF files. Click Browse to change the path.
Publish as Multi-sheet PDF
Prints all selected Sheets into a single multi-sheet PDF file. If not selected, the software generates one PFD file for each sheet.
Note: This option is available only when the Sheets use PageLayouts with the built-in PDF printer specified as output device.
Specify PDF file name on file dialog
If selected, you are prompted to specify location and name of the PDF file in a dialog box when you start the batch print job. If cleared, specify path and name of the PDF file. These will appear in the Batch Print dialog box.
Note: This option is available only if you selected Publish as Multi-sheet PDF.
PDF file name
Specifies the PDF file name.
If you selected Specify PDF file name on file dialog, the PDF file name text box is not available. When you start the batch print job, you are prompted to specify location and name of the PDF file in a dialog box.
Quality Management
Groups the options for specifying the resolution of the PDF file.
Vector quality
Lets you specify the resolution of vector graphics within the PDF file. For printing from a viewer, use resolutions matching the printer output. For on-screen viewing, you can use resolutions above 2400 dpi.
Raster image quality
Lets you specify the resolution of raster images. For printing from a viewer, use resolutions matching the printer output. For on-screen viewing, you can use resolutions above 2400 dpi.
Merge control
Lets you specify whether overlapping lines overwrite or merge.
Data Management
Controls the data to include in the PDF file.
Use layers in PDF (PDF v1.5 or higher)
Lets you turn on and off layers when printing or viewing the PDF file.
Add hyperlinks
Lets you convert sheet links into hyperlinks in multi-sheet PDF files.
Generate bookmarks
Lets you create links to drawing sheets and add them to the bookmarks panel of the PDF viewer.
Font Management
Groups the options for managing TrueType fonts from the drawings.
Embed True Type fonts used in the drawing
Captures TrueType fonts used in the drawing's annotations and includes them in the PDF file. When viewing the PDF file, the fonts are read directly from the PDF file and the PDF viewer should not substitute them. This option increases the PDF file size.
Exceptions:
- Fonts that are not TrueType fonts
- Vertical Asian fonts
Optimized
Specifies whether to use True Type font-related optimization when creating the PDF file. This may influence the output performance, but reduces the file size.
Convert all True Type texts to geometry
Lets you convert all text to geometry during the export to PDF file when you cannot include your TrueType fonts in the PDF file. The text in the PDF file is identical to the text on the drawing.
The shape fonts are always printed as geometry regardless of the selection made.
Note: The Search tool from the PDF viewer can locate a specified text in the file.
SHX text as geometry
Lets you convert SHX fonts to geometry. Thus, annotations that use SHX fonts are represented using geometric entities, such as lines and arcs. Otherwise, the SHX-based annotations appear as text lines in the PDF file using a corresponding or similar TrueType font, which lets you select annotations in the PDF file as text objects.