topic Re: Export Multiple IDW to a Single PDF Drawing Set in Inventor Forum

Export Multiple IDW to a Single PDF Drawing Set

Nate.KurthUYTF3 — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 17:41:46 GMT

I am looking for a way to manage my IDW sheets better. I need to be able to Export assemblies to PDF's for different divisions. I also want to be able to export everything as a single PDF for a full drawing set.

I have been making one 30 sheet IDW and selecting sheets to export but I want to make it a little more efficient.

Is there a way to select multiple IDW files and export into a combined PDF.

Or is there a way to have a sheet in one IDW linked to a sheet of another IDW (in other words have a master set with everything and create some other IDW that update based off the "Master")

Re: Export Multiple IDW to a Single PDF Drawing Set

mcgyvr — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 18:26:03 GMT

Nothing in Inventor that I'm aware of..

Lots of external choices like simply using Adobe Acrobat to merge PDFs or itext or dynamic merge ,etc...

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-api-vba-forum/merging-pdfs-using-ilogic/td-p/6788354

Google search yields a bunch more..

First one.. https://www.arysontechnologies.com/pdf-merge.html

Re: Export Multiple IDW to a Single PDF Drawing Set

A.Acheson — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 22:08:46 GMT

"Is there a way to select multiple IDW files and export into a combined PDF."

There is an ilogic rule on the ilogic forum to combine pdf files message 7 of the below link.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ilogic-api-vba-forum/merging-pdfs-using-ilogic/td-p/6788354

It may work for you depending on what pdf's you are using.

"Or is there a way to have a sheet in one IDW linked to a sheet of another IDW (in other words have a master set with everything and create some other IDW that update based off the "Master")"

You could copy each sheet using ilogic from individual files into the master drawing. The drawback here is changing sheet numbers/ potential errors with formatting etc.