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Generating Sheets & Exporting to PDF
Generating Sheets & Exporting to PDF
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Snaptrude offers enhanced PDF export capabilities for massing models and initial concept layouts, providing a more streamlined design workflow. With this, users can customize layout plans with room tags, adjust font size, modify tag content, and set sheet size and scale before exporting to PDF. The feature also supports exporting color-coded plans and multiple sheets at once, including title blocks, as scaled PDFs. These improvements eliminate the need for additional software, making the conceptual design process more efficient and seamless.

Configure Sheet View Settings

Once the massing model or layout is complete, adjust the view settings before creating sheets for export.

Step 1: Start by navigating to the 'Views' tab and select the 'Settings' option. The 'View Settings' tab will then appear on the right side of the screen.

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Step 2: From the Texture/Monochrome dropdown, select your preferred mode. Monochrome renders the canvas in black and white, while Texture preserves the original colors of the spaces.

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Step 3: To toggle the visibility of label tags, click the plus sign next to the visible tags. By default, labels are displayed with the respective areas.

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Step 4: If you wish hide the areas and view only the labels, click on the 'Label, Area' dropdown and uncheck the 'Areas' option.

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Creating a Sheet

Once the view settings have been adjusted, you can create sheets from the 'Sheet' tab.

Step 1: Choose a sheet size from the standard list in the dropdown menu.

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Step 2: Choose the scale for the sheet in the 'Scale' dropdown. The scale depends on the project units and will differ for metric or imperial systems.

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Pro-tip: Preview the sheet by clicking on Preview Mode before finalizing to save it.

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Step 3: Once satisfied with the edits, click on Save Sheet to save it.

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Viewing & Editing Saved Sheets

Step 1: View your saved sheet in the 'Views' tab (on the top right corner) under the 'Views and Sheet' option. All created sheets are listed there. Click on a sheet to open it.

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Step 2: To rename, update, or delete a sheet, click on the three dots next to the respective sheet.

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Step 3: Update any existing sheets using the 'View Settings'. Once you've made your changes, go back to the sheet and click on 'Update'.

Updating a sheet can include:

  1. Switching the color mode between monochrome and texture

  2. Adjusting the scale or sheet size

  3. Enabling or disabling visible tags

  4. Modifying tag content, such as Label + Area

  5. Change the camera position using 'PAN

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Exporting Sheets to PDF

Step 1: To export the sheets created, navigate to the Project Name dropdown and select Export > Views/Sheets > PDF

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Step 2: Choose to export all sheets or select specific ones from the list. To combine all sheets into a single PDF, check the corresponding button.

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Step 3: To add a title block to the sheet, check the 'Title Block' option and enter the project and company name.

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Step 4: Click on Export PDF to begin the export process. The exported PDF will download as a zip folder on your system. You will also receive an email with a link to download this zip folder again at a later date.

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Pro-tip: This PDF can then be edited directly on other PDF editing platforms for modifying the texts, or changing overlay texture if required.

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