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  • Vectorworks Tip 362 – Publishing to PDF

    • January 20, 2016
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    • jonathan

    This facility is only available if you have a Designer Series version of Vectorworks. It allows you to select which sheet layers or save views you want to print, and then it prints them to a single PDF file.

  • Vectorworks Tip 359 – Export to PDF

    • January 13, 2016
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    • jonathan

    There is more than one way to export your information to a PDF file. Both the “Export PDF” command and Publishing to PDF are available to every Design Series version of Vectorworks, though they’re not available in Fundamentals. There are differences between exporting to PDF and publishing, Export to PDF only exports…

  • Vectorworks Tip 293 – Cropping a PDF

    • July 22, 2015
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    • jonathan

    Beginner – When you import a PDF file, you sometimes find that the PDF has too much information on it. The solution is to crop out the areas that are not required.

  • Vectorworks Tip 290 – Snapping to a PDF

    • July 15, 2015
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    • jonathan

      Beginner – Some PDF files also carry vector information, which means that you can snap to the information. However, when you import a PDF file the Snap to Geometry is not active by default. Use the Object Info palette to activate that option.

  • Vectorworks Tip 286 Importing a PDF

    • July 3, 2015
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    • jonathan

    Beginner – An easy way to import a PDF file is drag it and drop it onto Vectorworks from a Finder Window (or File Explorer window). Choose the pages that you want to import and click on the OK button.

  • Vectorworks Tip #163 – Publish Command – Print to PDF

    • October 22, 2014
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    • jonathan

    The Publish… command is in the File menu. The Publish dialog box allows you to choose any of the sheet layers or saved views from your file and print to a PDF file in the order you require. You select the required sheet and saved views, click on the top arrow…

  • PDF Quality on Export PDF

    • March 8, 2013
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    • jonathan

    Some clients want to make sure that the PDF files they export are to a high standard. There are some settings you can use to control the output of PDF drawings, but it depends on how you are trying to create the PDF’s.

  • SST_1303 Vectorworks Service Select

    • March 7, 2013
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    • jonathan

    Vectorworks introduced this service a few years ago. The aim of this service is to provide an upgrade each year, a video library, library objects and so on.

  • beginnercast040 – Batch PDF

    • May 29, 2012
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    • jonathan

    I use batch exporting PDF files all the time. This is a great way to export all the sheet layers, or saved views from file.

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