Publish to PDF

Publish to PDF uses the predefined PDF templates or a custom template to generate the output.

PDF Type:

• 2D PDF - Storyboards are published to a static PDF document.
• 3D PDF - Storyboards are published as an interactive document where the model can be rotated, zoomed etc.

Note: Viewers that can handle 3D PDFs need to be installed to open these published documents.

Reference

Select what to publish:

• Current Document - Publish all the storyboards that the document contains.
• Current Storyboard - Publish the current storyboard.
• Current Snapshot - Publish the current snapshot.

Language - Select a language from the drop-down list.

Select Template

• Standard templates - Two standard PDF templates are included with Inventor Publisher. They are stored in the following location:

  Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 - \\ProgramData\Autodesk\Inventor Publisher XXXX\Templates\PDF

• Custom templates - Creates custom templates and also access these templates from any location including network locations.
• More - Adds PDF templates from the specified location to the template list. Click Browse to select the location where the templates are stored.

• Publish Transparent Background in Images - Removes the current background and applies a transparent background.
• Scale Annotations - Scales annotations to the output resolution. When this option is not selected(the default), annotations maintain the same positions as in the Publisher file. Annotation positions vary from the Publisher file.
• Display Published File in Adobe Reader - The published document automatically opens in the appropriate viewer, if installed.

Command Access:

Home tabPublish panelAdobe PDF

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