Export PDF Data

Module(s): Layout
Tool(s): Print Preview

You can use the Export PDF Data tool to save and archive one or more layouts or the elements displayed in print preview as a PDF file. You can then open this file using the associated application. Transparency settings and layers from Allplan are taken into account (except when using the PDF/A archiving format).

To save layouts or elements displayed in print preview as a PDF file

1. In the Layout module, click Export PDF Data (How).
   

   Activate Export PDF Data in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Create Layout

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   Layout

   Or:

   Open the Print Preview and click Export as PDF.

2. Select the layouts using the Layout structure or click Cancel to quit the tool.
3. Make settings in the 'Export PDF Data' dialog box or in the 'PDF export' palette. Then click OK or Export.

Notes:

• If you have not selected the Entire layout contents option in the Layout module, the size and orientation of the pages in the PDF file are based on the size and orientation of the current page. The elements that are within the printable area of the page are created. The printable area of the output device has no effect.
• When you select this tool in the Layout module, the manner in which the elements are displayed depends on the settings in the Print Layouts tool: the elements selected for printing, the page format and the print settings specified on the Print profile tab.
  When you select this tool in print preview, the program uses the settings defined in the Print Preview palette.
• When you have selected several layouts in the Layout module, the file name specified in the PDF file area is used for the layout with the lowest layout number.
  The names for the other PDF files are assigned automatically. The program takes into account the Create name of destination file from setting in the Options - Import and export - DXF, DWG, PDF export.
  • The Use prefix option has the following effect:
    
    With unnamed layouts and the Use prefix option being active, the names of all PDF files are preceded by the prefix Plan, which is followed by the number of the layout. Otherwise, the layout number is used for the file name.
    
    With named layouts and the Layout or drawing file number option being active, the layout name is used as the prefix, which is followed by the number of the layout.