PDF Output Settings

The drawing sets to be saved as PDF files, and the drawings included in sets, are defined in PDF output settings. You can edit the settings as follows:

1. Select the function File > Other Print Functions > Edit PDF Set Settings.
2. Edit the settings in the database view.

PDF Output Settings

Add a row to the database, see Editing Vertex Databases. Edit the fields of the new row.

General

Drawing Name

The contents of the field becomes the first heading in the table of contents in the PDF file.

Drawing File

The file name of the drawing included in the drawing set. Only the name of the folder in the project folder is required as the path name, for example:

view_sheets/1floor.vxp

You can refer to several drawing files by using the wildcard character *. For example, you can refer to all the profile drawings as follows:

opngs/*.vxp

If the file is directly in the project folder, only the file name is required, for example:

mydrawing*.vxp

You can also select a drawing by clicking the Drawing File button. It opens a list of all the drawings in the FILEINFO database. Drawings to which additional information, such as description or drawing number, has been set are saved in the FILEINFO database.

Document Information

Layer Group

The drawing objects are drawn on certain drawing layers. The layers to be printed in the PDF file are defined as layer groups. Click the Layer Group button and select a layer group from a list.

Drawing Layers
Layer Group Settings

Set

Defines the drawing set to which the drawing belongs. All the drawings included in a drawing set will be saved in one PDF file.

Sheet, Force to Sheet

The drawing will be scaled according to the selected sheet when Force to Sheet is selected. Select the sheet size from the Sheet list.

Otherwise the program selects a sheet on which the drawing fits.

Condition

Condition

The option condition can only be used, if you have defined options for the building, see Option System. If the option condition is true in the solved option model, the drawing is included in the PDF file. Click the Condition button to select the option condition from the Options database.

Select Options Dialog Box

If the field is empty, the drawing is always included in the PDF file regardless of the solved options.

Note

• When you close the database, the program checks if all the drawing files included in the drawing sets exist. If a file cannot be found, the file name is displayed in a message box. You can select one of the following:
  • Check - The program reopens the database for editing. Check the drawing file name, or delete the row from the database, if necessary.
  • Ignore - The database remains unchanged.

  Several files may be missing. If necessary, you can disable the checking by setting the keyword check_pdfpicts= 0 in the BDSXX keyword group.

Save the drawings of a project as a PDF file
Create Drawings for a PDF File
Editing Keywords