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Soli - 7/21/2020 11:24:53 PM

Set the options for exporting PDF

I want to automate the PDF export.
I want this, because I need to set the name and path of PDF file, automatically from
entity properties and file properties..

I found how to export to PDF

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CLEAR nNumSel

INT nNumSel

// maskentity 0, 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,22

// This will invoke the Universal Selection Menu

GENSEL "Select dimensions to be changed...", nNumSel, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0

if (@error != 0)

EXIT

CLEAR aGenSelEnts

//Populate variable with the entities just selected

GETSELECTED aGenSelEnts

//SetExportOptionsPdf

ExportEntities aGenSelEnts , PDF , "TEST.PDF"

pause "%d" , @error
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For now, in this example the name and path of PDF are fixed.

I need to set the options for PDF export before PDF export (see SetExportOptionsPdf)
I can't find a such function in KXL documentation.

Can Kubotek help me?
Thanks

Solomon Steinberg,
Israel

DELL OPTIPLEX 7050
NVIDIA QUADRO P2000
KEYCREATOR 13.5
KEYCREATOR 2020 SP2

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Hans_Winkler - 7/22/2020 8:29:19 AM

RE:Set the options for exporting PDF

Hi Soli,
I know there are undocumented settings, the only export setting for PDF I remember is to set the Black and White option:
SET PDFBlack, 0 //off
SET PDFBlack, 1 //on
Of course the 0 and 1 may be replaced with a integer variable.

I hope someone at Kubotek can jump in to list the other options that are available. I do believe Greg M. had listed some of them in the old forum (still sad that forum is gone).

Hans

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Advanced member	Hans_Winkler - 7/22/2020 9:10:17 AM RE:Set the options for exporting PDF I messed around with it a little and figured out a few more: SET PDFResolution, 600 SET PDFOrientation, 0 SET PDFScale, 1 SET PDFPointsize, 1 SET PDFPrintconfig, "Soli" Reply \| Quote \| Subscribe to post


Advanced member	Hans_Winkler - 7/22/2020 9:28:54 AM RE:Set the options for exporting PDF A few more: SET PDFMarginTop, .75 SET PDFMarginBottom, .75 SET PDFMarginRight, .75 SET PDFMarginLeft, .75 Reply \| Quote \| Subscribe to post

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Dana - 7/22/2020 9:48:01 AM

RE:Set the options for exporting PDF

There is also:

SET PDFHeight, 11
SET PDFWidth, 17

At one point I was using:

EXPORT PDF, "s:\\test.pdf"

but I had it commented out of my kxl, because apparently using EXPORT PDF ignores the line width settings in the printer configuration (Set PDFPrintConfig) (for all I know that may be fixed now) Instead, I use a compiled Autoit (a Windows scripting language) script to click the KC menus to export the PDF:

Send("{ESC}{ESC}{ESC}{ESC}{ALT}FEF{F7}{F1}")

Autoit is great for automating other KC functions that aren't supported by KXL.

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Advanced member	Hans_Winkler - 7/22/2020 10:08:01 AM RE:Set the options for exporting PDF Hi Dana, sorry I didn't see your post until I posted mine. Hans Reply \| Quote \| Subscribe to post

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Hans_Winkler - 7/22/2020 10:06:18 AM

RE:Set the options for exporting PDF

Maybe I'll have them soon on my own:
SET PDFPaper, 0 // 0 = Keyin, then the other two lines will set the the width and height. All numbers above correspond to the different items in the "Size" dropdown box.
SET PDFWidth, 8.5
SET PDFHeight, 11

Soli, Maybe that is all you need :)!

All the best to you,
Hans

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Soli - 7/22/2020 4:11:45 PM

RE:Set the options for exporting PDF

Hans and Dana,

Your help is highly appreciated.

All set functions work very well.
But ExportEntities aGenSelEnts , PDF , "TEST.PDF" produces
an additional unwanted
view 1 of the model at x=0 y=0 of the drawing.

(for both All display or Window selection method )