Alibre Design

Chapter 9 - Working with Parts‣ To create a PDF file of an assembly in an exploded view:1. You must have a license for full publishing.2. You must be viewing an assembly in the exploded state.3. From the File menu, select Publish to PDF. The PDF Publishing Wizard opens.4. In the Templates section, select a template to use. (See PDF PublishingTemplates (on page 247) for more information)5. In the Add title to 3D model view field, enter a title if you wish to have oneshown at the top of the page in the PDF file.6. Click Next.7. If you chose one of the templates that includes exploded view steps,a. In Publish State, choose to publish in Exploded or Unexploded State. This willdetermine which state the model is displayed in the PDF.b. In Text, choose the Font button if you would like to change the font of theexploded view steps in the PDF. The text "PDF Publishing" will update toreflect the new fontc. Click Next.8. In Save Location, browse to the location you want to save the PDF file to.Note: If you choose to save to an existing file, the published page will be added tothe existing file at the end as an additional page.9. Choose Preview if you would like to view the PDF file before saving it. Thiscreates a temporary file that is deleted if you do not publish the file.10. Select your Paper size.11. Click Publish.The PDF file will be created and saved to the location you specified.246