EXPPDFS command

Attaches PDF files as underlays to the current drawing through the Drawing Explorer.

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Note: To import PDF files as drawing entities, use the PDFIMPORT command.

Description

Displays the PDF Underlays category of the Drawing explorer dialog box:

Option within the command

Name: Reports the name of the PDF insert. This name is generated by the program, but can be edited by pressing double click on the name or right-click and choose Rename from the shortcut menu.

Load

Toggles loading of the PDF:

On: loads the PDF, and makes it visible.

Off: unloads the PDF, making it invisible.

Size: Reports the size of the PDF file.

References: Reports the number of times the PDF is attached to the drawing.

Date: Reports the date of the file. This can be useful in determining whether you ware working with the most recent revision.

Saved Path: Reports the path to the PDF file when first loaded. When the path cannot be found, click the Browse button which will display the Choose a File dialog box and locate the missing PDF file.

Found Path: Reports the current path to the PDF file. This path should match the Saved Path in most cases.

Context menu options

New: Attaches a PDF file to the current drawing. From the Select PDF Underlay File dialog box open a pdf file, specifies the parameters in the Attach PDF Underlay dialog box and an insertion point to locate the lower-left corner of the pdf.

Delete: Detaches the selected PDF attachments without warning.

Purge: Purges selected PDF files from the drawing; available only for those PDF file definitions that are not inserted in the drawing.

Insert: Attaches additional pages from a multi-page PDF file already attached to the current drawing.

From the Attach Pdf Underlay dialog box choose a page number from the Page drop-list.

The added page appears in Drawing explorer with the page number as a suffix to its name.

Run extended search for missing attachments: Runs an extended search for missing attachments.

Clear cash: Clear Cache for pdfs.

Relative path: Shows the Saved Path as a relative path.

Absolute path: Shows the Saved Path as an absolute path of the PDF file located in the drawing folder.

Filename as a path: Replaces the saved path with the file name.