If you would like to publish a guest article on this blog about AutoCAD or Autodesk Technology, please email me at This is a great way to be seen by over 20,000+ people daily for free. In his spare time Paul writes the ‘ CAD Setter Out’ Blog and wishes he got out more. Paul uses AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor to create manufacturing ‘Workshop’ drawings day in – day out. Paul Munford is a Joinery draughtsman (a ‘Setter Out’) for Beck Interiors, a UK based international Interior Fit out contactor which specializes in Museum Interiors. There is an AutoCAD Printing and plotting thread on the Autodesk discussion groups. You can find out more about the EXPORTPDF command in the AutoCAD 2011 Online help. So what will you do with all that time you saved? Shh, I won’t mention it to your Boss! What will you do with all that time you saved?Īlthough plotting your PDF’s gives you a great deal of control over the final output, Exporting your PDF’s is quicker and is simple to set up and use.
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You also have the option to adjust whether you want to export the current layout, or all layouts in the file, and you can override the plot settings from here as well.įinally, there are a couple of options that are not available elsewhere – you can choose whether to add a plot stamp to your PDF file, and you can choose whether you want to see your resulting PDF in Adobe reader when the job is done. You can click the options button to bring up the ‘Export to PDF’ dialogue. The ‘Current Settings’ panel gives you some feedback on where you are in the process. The same set of tools is available to you inside the ‘Save as PDF Dialogue. If you don’t remember to set these options before you hit ‘Export’ – don’t worry. The Multi-sheet option will create one PDF which contains all your layouts. The Single-sheet option will create one PDF per layout. The Type drop down gives you the choice of Single-sheet or Multi-sheet PDF’s. The Default File path Location saves you having to tour around your folder structure each time you Export a PDF. The two options I use most frequently are the default file path Location and the Type. You can also override the precision of the Vector’s in the PDF file here. This dialogue allows you to control whether your Layer information is included in the PDF and how the lines merge on plotting. The printer with Lighting strike and check box pops up the PDF Export options dialogue. The layout and magnifying glass Icon brings up the Plot Preview window – so you can check out how your PDF will look, before you plot it. If you chose ‘Override’ the PDF Page setup Override dialogue pops up, which contains a simplified subset of the usual Plotting options. The Page setup dropdown allows you to use the current plot settings, or override them. If you are in Model space, you will also have the option to choose ’Display’, ‘Extents’ or ‘Window’ plot. The Export dropdown allows you to choose whether to Export the current Layout or all layouts in the file. If the two step process is to simple for you - there are a few more options you can use to tailor this process to your needs. If you set this up in your template file – you should only have to do it once. To make sure your PDF plot looks how you are expecting it to, make sure that your Layout is set up to plot from your regular plotter first. This will open the ‘Save as PDF’ dialogue, where you chose where to save your PDF, and what you want to call it. If you are not using the Ribbon, you can export from the command line by typing ‘EXPORTPDF’. The Export to PDF command can easily be found on the ‘Export to DWF/PDF’ panel of the ‘Output’ tab. How to Export PDF files from AutoCAD drawings – in a little more detail! Type in a file name (optional!) and hit the ‘Save’ button.How to ‘Export’ PDF files from AutoCAD Drawings in two simple steps.Įxporting PDF files from an AutoCAD drawing is a simple two step process: You can send your plots straight to AutoCAD's DWG to PDF.pc3 Plot configuration file to create your PDF’s. This feature has now been built directly into AutoCAD. To create a PDF you would have had to send your Plot file to this Virtual Plotter, which would create a PDF instead of a paper plot. If you have worked with previous versions of AutoCAD before release 2009, then you may have added a ‘Virtual’ PDF plotter to your computer. PDF support was finally added to AutoCAD in 2009. PDF remains the standard ‘Electronic’ file format for drawing exchange in the AEC Industries. The ability to ‘Plot’ PDF files directly from AutoCAD has been on the AUGI wish list for many years. Have you been Plotting or Printing Adobe® ‘Portable Document Files’ from your AutoCAD drawings? Check out AutoCAD's Export to PDF tool for a simple alternative. Guest post by Paul Munford ( The CAD Setter Out)
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