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Dialog PDF export

In this dialog you start the actual export process. When exporting individual pages or an entire project in PDF format, only one file is created regardless of the selection.

Note:

When large pages are exported, you have to take into account that problems may occur in case of an export in the original size. Therefore you should first break up the imported DXF blocks so that scaling to the page size is possible. (This is done by using the menu items Edit > Other > Break up block.)

Overview of the main dialog elements:

Source (page / 3D model):

This field displays the source of the export. For an entire project, this is the project name; for individual pages the full page names are displayed (including the page properties Functional assignment, Higher-level function, etc.). The entries can't be edited here.

Scheme:

Choose the scheme that you would like to use from the drop-down list. Or click [...] to edit an existing scheme or create a new one in the Settings: PDF export dialog.

PDF file:

Here you enter the file path and the name of the file to be created, or select this interactively using [...]. The initial default is the documentation directory DOC and the name of the selected project (...\<Project.edb>\DOC\<Project>.PDF).

You can use the Insert path variable popup menu item to branch to the dialog Select path variable where you can select one of the available path variables.

Export medium:

You use this group box to specify the export medium to which it is to be output:

Note:

A MAPI-based e-mail client must be installed and correctly set up on your computer in order to exchange e-mails. For this reason the e-mail app of Windows 8® cannot be used either.

Output:

Use this group box to specify how the files are to be output:

Use print margins:

If this check box is selected, the print margins defined in the print settings are also used for PDF exports. As soon as a print margin has been set, a corresponding empty region is produced in the PDF pages. This produces a border when printing the pages from the Acrobat Reader.

From [Settings], you can navigate to the Settings: Print margins dialog, where you can view and edit the print settings relevant to PDF exports.

If the check box is deselected then the print margins are not taken into account. This means that a border for punching holes may possibly not exist when the pages generated from EPLAN are printed from the Acrobat Reader.

Output 3D model / Output pages with model views:

This setting is also of interest for you if the project to be printed has 3D models and / or pages with model views for these models.

The Output 3D model check box is displayed if the cursor is in the page navigator or on an open page in the graphical editor and you then start the PDF export.

The Output pages with model views check box is displayed if, e.g., the cursor is in the 3D view of an open 3D model or if an opened layout space is selected in the layout space navigator.

Apply to entire project:

Select this check box if the current selection is to be extended to include the entire project. If you have selected one or more pages all of the project's pages are exported. If a 3D model has been selected, all of the project's models are output.

If this check box is deselected, then only the selected pages or 3D models are exported.

Note:

In order to export all of the project's pages and models, you must also activate the Output 3D model / Output pages with model views check box.

[Settings]:

Menu item

Meaning

Output languages

Opens the Settings: PDF output languages dialog where you specify the languages in which the PDF file should be output.

Output size

Opens the Settings: PDF output size dialog. Here you specify the paper format in which to output the project pages to be exported.

Print margins

Opens the Settings: Print margins dialog. This is where you define the relevant print settings, such as margins and position, for PDF exports.

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