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How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:51:05 GMT

How do I plot to PDF and set the default name to the Layout name only, i.e. without the file name in front?

Most of the post I read on this subject are asking to use only the file name, without the Layout name but I want the opposite.

I publish several drawings each from each model each drawing has it's own drawing number. The drawing number and file name must match and renaming potentially hundreds of files (sometimes thousands) is time consuming (as all of you know).

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

pendean — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:52:21 GMT

There is nothing built-in to do that on the fly: but using SSM (SheetSetManager) to name the layout "sheets" and PUBLISH from there will go a long way to getting you what you want. But it does require a lot of preplanning.

You can do the same with PUBLISH command by manually editing each layout name and saving your publish list for future use/repeat, but that's a harder method.

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:47:42 GMT

Sounds like what I am doing now but that puts the file name in front of the layout name. I want to use only the layout name; without the file name in front.

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Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

pendean — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:21:28 GMT

I can't reproduce the problem, see screenshot, those are the names of the layouts and the names of the PDF I got afterwards. No file name in sight.

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:39:45 GMT

I looked harder at your solution and have the following to report.
    Using Sheet Set Manager, there is an 'Import Options...' button in the Choose Layouts step. One of the options is to, "Prefix sheet titles with file name" so, naturally, I unselected this since that is exactly what I am trying to exclude.
    I selected my files and options (anyone reading this should be aware that you have to set your publish options again here. The options you set using Publish do carry over).
    I saved and went to the Publish button. From here, there are several options (DWF, PDF, etc.) but I did not see an option for using the named Page setup that I have defined in each drawing. I like to define and name a Page setup for each layout so I know it will print correctly and to scale. Anyway, I selected Publish to PDF and it plotted correctly except that it put a number in front of each file name (the number was the sheet order within the sheet set). So, I still would have had to rename the files.
    I am new to using Sheet Sets so maybe there is something else I could have done but I found a better solution using the publish command.

    When using the publish command:
    1st try - I did not realize I could change the name of the output here. The field is titled, "Sheet Name" and is telling the publisher which layout to print. I would have thought if this was a name that did not exist in the drawing, it would produce an error but I was completely wrong. It does output a PDF with the layout name only (or any other name I specify). However, this is not much different than changing the name of the file afterward but, still, a step in the right direction.
    2nd try (and my preferred solution) - Execute the Publish command. Select 'Add Sheets'; now in the Select Drawings dialog box, un-select the 'Prefix sheet title with file name...' option. From the 'Include' pick list, select 'Layout' only. Now select 'Publish' and the output files will have only the layout name; no renaming anything. Also, this sheet list (*.dsd file) can be saved and the settings will all be retained.

    Thanks for making me try harder.

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

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Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

Sujan.Maharjan — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:29:07 GMT

Hi,

How do I etransmit file name as Sheet title names from sheet set manager?

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

Anonymous — Thu, 24 May 2018 07:52:37 GMT

perfect! thank you.

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

stig.werelius — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 20:27:40 GMT

I want the old way (before 2015) where the page numbers were simply 1,2,3...

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

maratovich — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 04:00:12 GMT

The old way is impossible.
You need to change the PDF file after printing.
You can rename the pages as you need, there are additional programs for this.

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

stig.werelius — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 04:31:13 GMT

Yeah, that’s what I do now. If you uncheck the “prefix” box and you have two tabs with the same name (like “layout1”) , it prompts for a new name. I just let it add the file name and number the .pdf after. I would rather not, but it is what it is

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

stig.werelius — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 04:35:25 GMT

BlueBeam has a lot of nice features

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

enes-builder — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:53:15 GMT

Hello,

At your very last step you changed the "include" to "layout" only and your saying the numbers wont show up in front of each page anymore ? Mine seems to still show up when I finally publish.

Please help!!!

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:04:26 GMT

It is at the beginning of the solution.

2nd try (and my preferred solution) - Execute the Publish command. Select 'Add Sheets'; now in the Select Drawings dialog box, un-select the 'Prefix sheet title with file name...' option.

Regards,

Steve

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

enes-builder — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:27:42 GMT

Hello,

Yes I went through the whole 2nd option and even checked off the 'Prefix sheet title with file name' option and it removed the name of the file it self from the page names however now it is putting a number in front of the page name like this [1] .

Thanks,

Enes

Re: How do I plot to PDF with only the layout name (without the file name)

Patrice.KengneTeukou6T88D — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:51:34 GMT

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Is-it-possible-to-change-the-default-file-name-proposed-when-saving-a-PDF-file-using-the-DWG-to-PDF-plotter.html