Alibre Design

Chapter 9 - Working with Parts‣ To create a PDF file of a 2D drawing:1. You must have installed PDFCreator during the installation of Alibre Design.Note: PDFCreator cannot be installed on the Vista operating system. If you choose to install adifferent PDF Printer application, you can print the drawing to PDF, but you will be unable toadd a header or footer to the PDF.2. You must have Full Publishing capability.3. From the File menu, select Publish to PDF, or select the Publish to Acrobat PDF toolfrom the PDF Publishing toolbar. The PDF Publishing Wizard opens, and the BOM/Drawingtab is active. The Drawing Template option is selected.4. Click Next.5. If you want to add a header, select the Title tab and enter a title. Click the Font buttonto change the font of the Title. Please note: The Title can be one line only,and the text will not wrap.6. If you want to add a footer, select the Footer tab and enter a footer. Click the Font buttonto change the font of the Footer. Please note: The Footer can be one lineonly, and the text will not wrap.7. Click Next.8. In the Page Layout section, select which page layout you wish to publish to.9. Check the Put my logo on the top right corner to include an image in the PDF; then clickBrowse to find and select the image.10. 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, after clicking Publish, you will be prompted tochoose if you want to overwrite the existing file or add the published page to the existing file atthe end as an additional page.11. Choose Preview if you would like to view the PDF file before saving it. This creates atemporary file that is deleted if you do not publish the file.233