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Is there a way to print all layouts to a PDF using "DWG to PDF" specifically?

Anonymous

Is there a way to print all layouts to a PDF using "DWG to PDF" specifically?

Anonymous
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I know that there are other ways to plot multiple layouts to PDF, but we use Teamcenter to control our drawings. Teamcenter has a built in option to create an auxiliary file (in this case a PDF). It takes its instructions from whatever settings you choose when plotting with DWG to PDF. You choose your settings, hit Apply to Layout, hit cancel, and upload. 

 

There is a work around of creating your own PDF and dropping it in Teamcenter, but this can get out of hand.

 

If anyone can point me in any potential direction to make this a possibility , I would be forever grateful.

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi

 

>> other ways to plot multiple layouts to PDF

Command _PUBLISH can do this (>>>details<<<), multiple layouts from one dwg-file as well as multiple layouts from multiple dwg-files :cara_guiñando_un_ojo:

 

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Anonymous
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Thank you for the reply, Alfred! These approaches work well for my work around, but every time I save changes back to Teamcenter, an additional one layout PDF is generated and no changes are made to the PDF that I've made with PUBLISH. Would you happen to know how I might go about making multi-layout printing an option while using the "DWG to PDF" plotter?

Anonymous
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I usually use "Publish to PDF" option that's part of the Sheet Set Manager (SSM). If you use SSM to set up all of your projects, this is the easiest and most streamline way of exporting layouts to PDF, as well as cataloging drawings and managing title blocks.

maratovich
Advisor
Advisor

Much depends on how you work in AutoCAD
Do you use only the model?
Do you use layouts?
Are you using a SSM?
How is your title block created?

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RobDraw
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Have a look at AUTOPUBLISH. I haven't used it but it looks like it will do what you want.

 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/AutoC...


Rob

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Anonymous
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I too have not used this command before. I might have to try it.
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s.borello
Advisor
Advisor

I don't know what Teamcenter is, but to achieve what you want to do I batch plot to PDF with a .DSD file.

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S.Faris
Advisor
Advisor

Check command EXPORTPDF and see if that is what you are looking for.

SALMANUL FARIS

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neaton
Advisor
Advisor

Set the PUBLISHCOLLATE system variable to 1. In the Publish dialog box set Publish to: PDF and Publish Options... to Multi-sheet file (should be pre-set when publishcollate =1). PUBLISHCOLLATE needs to be set on each computer that will use Publish to print to PDF.

publish.png

Nancy

 


@Anonymous wrote:

I know that there are other ways to plot multiple layouts to PDF, but we use Teamcenter to control our drawings. Teamcenter has a built in option to create an auxiliary file (in this case a PDF). It takes its instructions from whatever settings you choose when plotting with DWG to PDF. You choose your settings, hit Apply to Layout, hit cancel, and upload. 

There is a work around of creating your own PDF and dropping it in Teamcenter, but this can get out of hand.

If anyone can point me in any potential direction to make this a possibility , I would be forever grateful.




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Anonymous
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maratovich,

 

• I use both model and paper space.

• I do use layouts. When I have only one layout in a file, I do not have any issues. With a file that has multiple layouts, the automated process that uses the "DWG to PDF" plotter only grabs the first layout. This is my issue. Having to use the "DWG to PDF" plotter is out of my control.

• I am not using a SSM because I'm keeping it to one file with multiple layouts. Maybe I don't understand SSM enough. If an SSM can somehow communicate information to the "DWG to PDF" plotter, that would be great.

• The title block was created in paper space and is saved in our layout templates.

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pendean
Community Legend
Community Legend
If you plot anything from modelspace there is no automation available in the program for batch plotting and getting a consistent result.

You will need to go with a personal custom solution using LISP or other programming language available in AutoCAD. Those forums are over here https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-customization/ct-p/AutoCADTopic1
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maratovich
Advisor
Advisor

Maybe this will help you:
https://www.kdmsoft.net/revers.html
If you have questions - attach a sample of your title block, I will record a video.

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Anonymous
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Most of the projects I work on are also single file, multiple layouts. Utilising SSM just streamlines the process of having to manage title blocks, sheet numbers, revisions, publishing and more. I'd suggest you look further into it. There are a lot of good tutorials on YouTube.
Saying that, using SSM to publish PDFs is extremely easy. As easy as, simply setting up the way you want the drawings to be plotted to DWG to PDF plotter, sheet size, etc., as you normally would, just shift or control clicking the sheets to want to plot (or the whole project), and selecting publish to PDF. It's that simple.
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