Exporting to a PDF format file

PDF format files allow you to distribute your drawing to others for viewing in Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free software that users can download. PDF files can also be viewed, reviewed, and edited in Adobe Acrobat.

You can export drawings to two-dimensional and three-dimensional PDF files.

To export a drawing to a .pdf file

   1   Do one of the following to choose PDF Out ():

    On the ribbon, choose the Application button then choose Export > PDF Out, or choose Output > PDF Out (in Export).

    On the menu, choose File > Export > PDF Out.

    Type pdfexport and then press Enter.

   2   In Save As Type, choose Portable Document Format (pdf).

   3   Specify the name of the file you want to create.

   4   Click Save.

   5   Mark the layouts and/or the model to export.

   6   Select the page setup you want to assign to each layout or the model when exported.

   7   Select the layer state you want to assign to each layout or the model when exported.

   8   To create a 3D .pdf file instead of 2D, mark Include Layer Information and then mark Create 3D PDF File.

   9   Choose additional options for how you want to export to the .pdf file. Click [?] to see details about each option.

   10   Click Export.

You can also print and publish to .pdf files.
If instead of exporting you need to print to a .pdf file, you can print or publish directly to a .pdf file. One advantage of publishing is that you can print from multiple drawings to a single .pdf file. For details about printing to .pdf, see Selecting a printer or plotter. For details about publishing to pdf, see Publishing a sheet list to the printer named in page setup.