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Re: PDF export sheet total incorrect
Jason Young Jan 24, 2018 3:34 AM (in response to Logan Pegler)Can you not add a grain direction symbol into the face of the parts???
this would allow you to use the DXF output.
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Re: PDF export sheet total incorrect
Elmar Klammer Jan 24, 2018 4:47 AM (in response to Logan Pegler)Hi Logan,
Two possible solutions:
A) When printing the drawings to pdf I run a macro that deletes all sheets with "dxf" in the name. Then exports out to pdf without saving the file. That updates the sheet count correctly
B) You can add static sheet numbering i.e. 1 of 5. There is a macro in this forum that adds a note to sheets and filters sheet names. Just like option A. It just doesn't auto update. You need to run the macro to update the numbering if you change the sheet package.
C) I advise people that plate drawing usually shows a incorrect sheet number. They know that in most cases where it says 1 of 2 that the missing 2 of 2 is a dxf sheet.
That works in some cases. If you need strict document control then you need to go to A or B or D (some other idea)
Elmar
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Re: PDF export sheet total incorrect
Logan Pegler Jan 24, 2018 2:01 PM (in response to Elmar Klammer)Hi Elmar,
Option A sounds like the cleanest method as we may be able to integrate this into the task script in PDM so that it does this before exporting the PDF. Would it be possible for you to share this macro?
I'm not sure option B will be remembered by each engineer as new drawings are created so that would leave us with either your option C or leaving the DXF page in, each has their pros and cons.
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Re: PDF export sheet total incorrect
Greg H. Jan 24, 2018 9:15 AM (in response to Logan Pegler)What's the harm of having the pdf incorporate all sheets? (i.e. don't remove the "dxf's sheets") We do something similar here. Everything is a pdf & we have a separate dxf for lasered parts.
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Re: PDF export sheet total incorrect
Elmar Klammer Jan 24, 2018 9:26 AM (in response to Greg H.)One would be batch printing pdf's as you do when issuing paper copies to the shop. Also if you have drawing sheets without title block. Then your page numbering is still off on the print. But again your question is entirely a different point of view. It's a valid question. Just not an answer.
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Re: PDF export sheet total incorrect
Greg H. Jan 24, 2018 9:29 AM (in response to Elmar Klammer)Oh, I was under the presumption that they had title blocks, as ours do. I might have misread. Just a suggestion though.
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Re: PDF export sheet total incorrect
Logan Pegler Jan 24, 2018 1:58 PM (in response to Greg H.)Our DXF's do have title blocks, but only with the information required for the profilers, no sheet count etc. There isn't any harm in outputting the DXF page, but it looks a whole lot cleaner without it as most of the DXF profiles are out of bounds of the sheet due to being 1:1 scale.
It's just a preference really I'm just interested to see if there is a better way to do it, or how others are dealing with it.
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