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Dialog for setting up writing parameters to PDF (multi-sheet drawing)

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This dialog appears on the screen after pressing the button. Parameters when exporting a file to PDF.

In the dialog, you can configure the settings for writing a multi-sheet drawing to PDF.

Description of Controls


The element

Description


Range Group


Pages in Document

Pages in Document.


All Pages

The option allows to save all the document sheets.


Pages

The option allows to specify numbers of sheets for saving. When this option is selected, the field for entering sheet numbers becomes available. You can enter sheet numbers separated by commas and/or specify sheet ranges, for example: 1, 3, 5–12, 17, 22–25.


All pages to one file

The option allows to generate a multi-page file on whose each page one document sheet will be located. With this option disabled, a separate PDF file is created for each sheet.


Setup Group


Color

A list from which you can select the color of the image. Advanced Options...


All lines are thin

This option allows to save all lines with the thickness set for printing thin lines in the dialog for setting up system lines. The default the value (thickness on paper) is 0.18 mm.

If this option is disabled, the lines are recorded with individual thicknesses for printing.

Line thickness on paper is a line style option. For system styles, it is set in the system lines settings dialog, and for user styles when setting them.

The line style also contains the “thickness on screen” parameter. Its value does not affect the export result.

The state of the option All lines Are Thin does not affect the thickness of the lines of the font.


Scale

The field to set the image scale.


Options Group


Resolution, dots per inch

Drop-down list allows you to enter or select the image resolution.


Greyscale

The option allows to write color tints with tints of gray color.


Embed fonts

The option allows to obtain the same text view in a PDF file as in the original document.


Crop by format

The option, the inclusion of which means that each page of the PDF document will be limited to the size of the format specified for the corresponding sheet in the drawing. In the created file will not be written those parts of the images that extend beyond the boundaries of the specified formats.

When the option is disabled, page sizes are determined by the dimensional rectangles of the objects located on them.


Filter

The button allows to set up Print Filters. After invoking the command, a dialog Print Filter Settings will appear on the screen.  In the created file, only those objects of a KOMPAS document whose printing is enabled will be present.


Save Settings

The option, allowing for saving preset settings of writing to the PDF format for further use.

On completion of the set-up, press the OKbutton. To cancel settings, press the Cancel button.

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