EXPORTING A PDF

[Phil hunt]

morning

is it better to export a PDF from a layer or a viewport

just created a simple floor plan and exported from a design layer, are there any advantages of exporting from a viewport

my plan was created in wireframe with some solid fills

 

thanks

 

[PVA - Admin]

Generally viewport gives you a bit more control if the scene is rendered, as you can choose whether you want to update the renderings during export or not via a checkbox, but if it's just plan drawings then unless you need to separately scale various areas of the page then exporting from the design layer should be fine. Both methods let you control the quality via the DPI option with sheet layer DPI. (The sheet setting overriding the export dialog setting I'm fairly certain.)

[Phil hunt]

thanks jim  worth knowing though

[Jim Smith]

This may have to do with some settings I'm not too sure. In situations where I have Grey Layers or Classes in a Viewport I find Print-Save AsPDF,  from a Sheet View gives me a more true representation as opposed to Publish-Sheets-As PDFs . So I often have one or two Sheets that have to be added to the PDF set after Publishing.