topic Re: Publisher Set Properties Dialog Box in Documentation

Publisher Set Properties Dialog Box

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:23:36 GMT

I am Publishing to PDF all the time and under the "Publisher Set Properties Dialog Box" I have to continually enter a path for each project to save the PDF's to - I know it's once each project but at times it can be a bit tedious.
Is there a simpler way to save to the current working directory or even have a variable called there ?

Re: Publisher Set Properties Dialog Box

TomWaltz — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:12:25 GMT

I've always wanted a "relative path" that you could set in a template, so every Publisher set defaults to something like $Project/PDFs

Re: Publisher Set Properties Dialog Box

Link — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:38:38 GMT

Tom said:

I've always wanted a "relative path" that you could set in a template, so every Publisher set defaults to something like $Project/PDFs

Likewise. But seeing as we only just got this functionality for drawing paths, I'm not holding my breath for publishing paths, despite multiple wishes to GS.

The best alternatives I have found are either to have a dedicated and centralized 'Published Items 'folder, but that is prone users forgetting to move them to the appropriate location afterwards.

Or leave the path completely blank which forces the user to specify a path when they publish for the first time. That's a better method IMHO. They do have to hit Publish again after setting the path, but at least they don't need to manually move files in the OS.

You're a respectable CAD Manager Tom, and I am sure you treat your team with the intelligence & respect they deserve. No doubt you have come up with the best solution.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Publisher Set Properties Dialog Box

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:16:18 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
I've always wanted a "relative path" that you could set in a template, so every Publisher set defaults to something like $Project/PDFs

Wow now that's what I'm talking about Tom ! - maybe one day !

Still....as I am learning with Archicad....as in many aspects of life...things are often not what they seem...nor as they should be.....still we press on regardless...work around it ....and hope for change...

Re: Publisher Set Properties Dialog Box

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:15:59 GMT

Is there any way of doing this yet?