Select the settings for 2D AutoCAD and 2D Inventor PDF printing.
Note: You must have administrative access to perform these tasks.
- Click Tools > Administration > Vault Settings.
- Under PDF Options, click the Options button to launch the PDF Options dialog and configure the PDF publishing settings.
- Select an application and check the desired settings.
These tables describe the settings on the PDF Options dialog for 2D AutoCAD and 2D Inventor publishing.
| 2D AutoCAD PDF Publishing Options | |
| Add As An Attachment | Shows the published PDF file as an attachment to the file. |
| Upload to Source File Location | Automatically stores the published PDF file to the selected file location. |
| Upload To Selected Vault Path | Defines a specific location (using Browse) to store the published PDF file. |
| Sync Revision As Source | Allows both the published PDF and its source file to have the same revision value. |
| Use Page Settings From User DWG | Eliminates the need to reconfigure page settings in Vault if previously done in the native application. Checked and cannot be unchecked. |
| Include Model Space | Enables the published PDF file to contain model space view. |
| Include Layouts | Enables the published PDF file to contain model space view only. |
| Initialize Layouts | Supports legacy files. |
| Include Font Handling | Enables publishing a PDF file with font styles. |
| 2D Inventor PDF Publishing Options | |
| Add As An Attachment | Shows the published PDF file as an attachment to the file. |
| Upload to Source File Location | Automatically stores the published PDF file to the selected file location. |
| Sync Revision As Source | Allows both the published PDF and its source file to have the same revision value. |
| Upload To Selected Vault Path | Defines a specific location (using Browse) to store the published PDF file. |
| Vector Resolution | Set as 400 DPI for managing large PDF file size and appropriate details. |
| Plot Object Lineweights | Enables the published PDF file to display a consistent lineweight for object and consistent lineweight for linetypes. |
| All Sheets | Prints all the sheets in the drawing. To print sheets for which the Exclude from Printing option is checked in the Edit Sheet dialog box, select Print Excluded Sheets. |
| All Colors As Black | Prints the drawing in black and white. Embedded images and shaded views are still printed in color. |
See Publish PDF from 2D CAD Files for more information.