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📤 Exports

PDF Export

The PDF Export feature allows you to create a downloadable PDF of your project.

How to Export

Navigate to the Export screen and click the Export button adjacent to the PDF.

Customizing the PDF - Left Toolbar

Step-by-step

  1. Choose the Mode - Water, Fire, Gas, Heating or Cooling, Drainage, or Ventilation (The selected mode will determine the data included in the PDF).

  2. Set the Paper Size for the export.

  3. Select the Scale for the export to control the size of elements on the page.

  4. Adjust Detail to set the line thickness in the export.

  5. Modify Annotation Font Size if you’ve added annotations and want to adjust their readability.

  6. Set the PDF Transparency to control the transparency of the PDF background (a lighter background can help make your system components stand out more).

  7. For Rooms Below Transparency, adjust this setting if you have heat load rooms drawn and want to control their visibility or transparency.

  8. Choose whether to include a Cover Sheet for a professional title page.

  9. Toggle Floor Plans (background PDF) on or off to include or exclude the background floor plan.

  10. Adjust Override and Highlighted Components to control the visibility of overridden or highlighted components.

  11. Under Heat Load Info, select what information you want displayed for rooms, such as room names, volumes, or heat load values.

Customizing the PDF - Right Toolbar

Step-by-step

  1. Adjust Result Filters to control visibility of results

  2. Choose to show/hide Warnings

  3. If you want to export as a Heatmap, choose that from the options

  4. Select any Schedules you want to include on the drawing:

    - Scale as needed.

    - Choose if the should display all levels.

    - Turn headings on/off with the buttons

    - Drag the schedule around on the page to a location that suits

Customizing the PDF - Bottom Toolbar

Step-by-step

  1. Set a Title Block - Custom, Horizontal, Vertical, or Hidden

    (This title block is auto-filled with company and project information from your settings).

  2. Enabling Custom PDF Exports will allow you to use the PDF Exports you created in the Settings

    (You can then choose which of the following you want to include - Inc. Cover Sheets, Inc. Title Block, Inc. Appendices).

  3. Use the Levels Scroll to preview how each level will look in the PDF.

  4. Once you’ve configured all settings, click Export This Level to export the current level or Export All Levels to export all levels of the project as a multi-page PDF.