Export PDF Data

Task area Layout Editor

You can use this tool to save and archive one or more layouts or the elements in print preview as a PDF file, which you can immediately open with the linked application. Transparency settings and layers from Allplan will be included (unless you use the PDF/A archiving format).

Note: You can also use the Print Preview tool to output contents of layouts in PDF format.

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

1. Click Export PDF Data (How) in the Layout Editor task.
   

   Activate Export PDF Data in one of the following ways

   • Actionbar:Task Layout Editor Task area Layout Editor

   • Menu bar: Create Layout

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

   Layout

   • Title bar: Allplan icon Export

   Or:

   Open Print Preview and click Export as PDF.

2. Only if you have selected this tool inLayout Editor:
   Select the layouts using the Layout structure in the Select layouts dialog box. Then click OK to confirm.
3. Define settings in the Export PDF Data dialog box or in the PDF export palette. Then click OK or Export respectively.

Notes:

• If you have not selected the Entire layout contents option in Layout Editor, the size and orientation of the pages in the PDF file will be based on the size and orientation of the current page. The program will create the elements that are within the printable area of the page, ignoring the printable area of the output device.
• When you select this tool in Layout Editor, the way the elements look depends on the settings in the Print Layouts tool. This means that the look is defined by 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 Layout Editor, the file name specified in the PDF file area will be used for the layout with the lowest layout number.
  The names for the other PDF files are assigned automatically. In doing so, the program considers the setting defined for the name of the target file in the Options (Import and export page - DXF, DWG, PDF export area).
  • 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 program use the layout number for the file name.
    
    With named layouts and the Layout or drawing file number option being active, the layout name acts as the prefix followed by the number of the layout.