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Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Jefferson — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:21:26 GMT

I am working with the demo version of Acrobat Pro 8, trying to dial it in and make it work for me before shelling out, wondering how those of you who use this for your publishing of PDF sets have it setup. After having some oversize file issues,

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=18310

I am already much happier with the reduced file size output vs. the built-in Amyuni PDF publisher, but, can't figure out how to merge multiple sheets into a single PDF set straight out of ArchiCAD. Can this be done, or does it always require post merging process in Acrobat?

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Erika Epstein — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:17:39 GMT

Jefferson,
In publisher if you select a FOLDER that contains pdfs a checkbox appears "Merge to one pdf file" on the bottom format tab.

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Jefferson — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:23:19 GMT

Hey Erika!

I only have that option with the "stock / built-in" Amyuni PDF publisher. When I choose Acrobat PDF as the print driver the dialogue box for merge doesn't appear for me, as well the little icons show up the sas any other non-PDF print sets, not PDF icons.

Are you using Acrobat and getting themerge option?

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Erika Epstein — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:43:32 GMT

Hi Jefferson,
10 & 11 work the same way. I have ADOBE professional, and when I select a folder I get the box, see screen shot.

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Jefferson — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:11:37 GMT

I am pretty confused now Erika...........I just have no route to the Acrobat PDF publisher with ArchiCAD recognizing the set as a PDF set and allowing me to merge. For me ArchiCAD see this as "print" set, and the only set allowing merge is PDF, which is controlled by the Amyuni driver. I have tried crreating new publisher sets, every way I can think of to get there.........I am now wondering if the Amyuni driver were delted, [risky perhaps], from my print driver options, if the Adobe PDF driver would then become the default PDF driver and allow merge. Might have to give that a go..........

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Jefferson — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:38:01 GMT

Amyuni setting limitations.......w/ desired merge option [complete w/ oh so typical speeling errors ]

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

__archiben — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:49:48 GMT

jeff - you don't 'print' PDFs from the publisher - you choose the 'Save' method. PDF is then a 'save as' format option (like DWG, etc...)

(but looking at your last post i think you might have found this...)

it is limited in its options (cheap PDF driver ) and the resolution is only applicable to arcs.

if you want to use the adobe PDF driver, you do need to go the 'Print' route . . . but as you've found, there is no way to combine the files into one PDF. if you really wanted, i'm sure there would be a way of using 'distiller' (a part of the acrobat application family) to post-process a batch of PDF-printed files. it all starts to get a little confusing then.

the manual way is simply to publish all your PDFs individually to one folder, select them all and open with acrobat - it's pretty simple generating a single PDF file from there (File>Create PDF>From Multiple Files... and 'Include all Open Files')

depends what you're after i guess - i tend to use archicad's (limited) built-in PDF generator to merge my files because it's easier, and then acrobat to optimise it.

whichever the case, i think you've found the limitations of archicad's PDF capabilities. something needs to be done on graphisoft's part to make this process easier - PDFs aren't going to go away any time soon!

cheers!
ben

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Jefferson — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:04:38 GMT

Gidday Mr. Frost!
Yep! Once again left wanting something just a little more than what we're offered..........when I get some time I am tempted to try removing the Amyuni driver and see if AC will default to the Acrobat PDF driver WITH the internal merging option. A guy can dream eh?

Interestingly enough, in my experimentation with distilling/optimizing, whatever you-they-we want to call it I generated very different results, actually increasing the file size on occasion! Pilot error no doubt. Now this was playing with one of my ultra fill heavy hunjugo size files previously generated the Amyuni route. Perhaps there was no optimizing that animal.

When you optimize, do you just leave the default settings in Acrobat?

Weather starting to get nice down there? Mostly gray 'n cold here, with more to come. I miss my flip flops......

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

__archiben — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:59:34 GMT

Jefferson wrote:
When you optimize, do you just leave the default settings in Acrobat?

i tend to unembed any fonts that are pretty standard, and 'optimise for fast web preview' . . .

Weather starting to get nice down there? Mostly gray 'n cold here, with more to come. I miss my flip flops......

it's bloody rainin: gray and cold here too.

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Barry Kelly — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:32:48 GMT

Jefferson wrote:
Hey Erika!

I only have that option with the "stock / built-in" Amyuni PDF publisher. When I choose Acrobat PDF as the print driver the dialogue box for merge doesn't appear for me, as well the little icons show up the sas any other non-PDF print sets, not PDF icons.

Are you using Acrobat and getting themerge option?

As you have discovered and was noted by Archiben you can't SAVE PDF files using the Acrobat printer as you have to PRINT.
And if you PRINT you can't merge the pages.

However if you forget the Publisher there is a way.
Have the Navigatior set to show the layouts and now go to the FILE menu and PRINT from there.

You can choose to print the selected layouts (unfortunately you can't choose the entire layout which is what we used to do from 8.1 Plotmaker).
So you have to select what you want in the navigator before printing.
I can't remember if these will print as one file automatically or if there is a setting in the Acrobat printer to join the pages.
I no longer have Acrobat but I know it was possible.

Barry.

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:43:22 GMT

I don't use the publisher but, get the results you want from setting the printer setup to the adobe printer with proper page size selected.

I have my printer set up as Adobe with page size set to the layout page size. I then choose all layouts in navigator I want printed and hit the print button under the file menu. I then choose the options to print all "selected layouts". I name the file and thats it. I get a complete set of the pages selected in one PDF file.

Sincerely,

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Jefferson — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:11:50 GMT

Hey Barry & Mark -

I think you two are essentially saying the same thing.........conceptually anyway, and, I like the outside the box thinking

In trying your method, [typically I don't use the navigator palette anymore, Organizer seems to do it for me, but I digress, again.......] My problem is, if I am trying this correctly, I select the drawings I want to merge into a single file in Navigator, viewing at least one of them, [is that right?], and when I go to file>print I loose the multiple selection. I am only allowed to print a single file.........can you help point me in the right direction?

might be some lag time in my responses here, trying to cook dinner at the same time..........

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

__archiben — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:33:01 GMT

Jefferson wrote:
... when I go to file>print I loose the multiple selection. I am only allowed to print a single file.........can you help point me in the right direction?

you need to be in a layout window to get the option to print multiple layouts in the print settings dialogue. but yes - that works. the process disappeared on me for a while - it popped up in acrobat about 5 minutes later - so i thought that it had failed. and i don't get an option to merge the layouts this way, it just merges them whether i like it or not.

nice workaround!

cheers
ben

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Barry Kelly — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:04:30 GMT

Jefferson wrote:
Hey Barry & Mark -

I think you two are essentially saying the same thing.........conceptually anyway, and, I like the outside the box thinking

Yes.

Jefferson wrote:
In trying your method, [typically I don't use the navigator palette anymore, Organizer seems to do it for me, but I digress, again.......]

The organizer will work so long as you don't have the navigator open as well - just one or the other.

Jefferson wrote:
I select the drawings I want to merge into a single file in Navigator, viewing at least one of them, [is that right?],

Yes, I forgot to say you must be viewing a layout otherwise you will print what is on the screen in Archicad.

Jefferson wrote:
and when I go to file>print I loose the multiple selection. I am only allowed to print a single file.........can you help point me in the right direction?

The layouts should remain selected in the Navigator/Organizer - maybe not highlighted but they should still have a box around them.
You will only be prompted for one file name and it should add all pages into that one file so long as you choose to print "Selected layouts in Navigator".

Barry.

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Jefferson — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:48:34 GMT

That's it!!! That's it!!! Thanks so much gents! I figured there had to be a way and someone would've been here before..........excellent work-around!

I was in the layout but glazing right over the old style "drawings selected in Navigator".

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:02:51 GMT

But, you only get hyperlinked markers with the method that Erika gave, using the Amyuni driver, right? So, we don't want GS to think this workaround resolves the issue?

Karl

Re: Acrobat Pro settings for PDF Publisher set

Jefferson — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:15:07 GMT

But, you only get hyperlinked markers with the method that Erika gave, using the Amyuni driver, right? So, we don't want GS to think this workaround resolves the issue?

Absolutely right Karl! this does not constitute a perfect solution. I never actually knew that the section markers in my PDFs were hyperlinked... Live and learn!