PDF Export
PDF Export
GstarCAD 2020 → User Guide → Additional Pages
PDF Export
Now GstarCAD allows you to export to PDF file format. You can access this feature from File button - Export - PDF or input EXPORTPDF from the command line.
Select a PDF file, After clicking open button, the Import PDF dialog box will pop up:
Options in Export PDF Dialog Box:
- Current Settings: Display the current setting for the PDF file.You can change the current settings in Export to PDF Options dialog box by clicking Option button.
- Output Controls: Provides options to control PDF file output.
- Open in Viewer when Done: When this option is checked, the PDF file will open in the default viewer after the export completes.
- Include Plot Stamp: When this option is check, the PDF file should contain user-defined information such as drawing name, date and time, device name, plot scale and so on. To edit the plot stamp, click the Plot Stamp button to open the Plot Stamp dialog box.
- Export: Specifies the part of the drawing to be exported. If you are in model space, you can select the objects currently displayed, the drawing extents, or a selected area.If you are in paper space, you can select the current layout or all layouts.
- Window Selection button**:** Specifies a window area to export from model space by defining a rectangular area with two diagonal points. The button is availabe only after you select Export by Window.
- Page Setup: Specifies whether use the settings in the Page Setup Manager or uses your override settings. Some settings in Page Setup Manager are repeated in the Export to PDF Options dialog box, which is displayed by the Options button. The settings in the Export to PDF Options dialog box take precedence over the settings in the Page Setup Manager.
- Page Setup Override**:** Overrides page settings such as the paper size, plot style table(pen assignment) , drawing orientation, and plot scale. This button is available only after you select Override in the Page Setup box.
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