topic Re: Publish PDF without overriding existing file in Documentation

Publish PDF without overriding existing file

Narska — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:05:58 GMT

Is there any setting that would have archicad not overide an existing PDF with the same name when publishing a new set?

Re: Publish PDF without overriding existing file

Eduardo Rolon — Sun, 16 May 2021 18:00:15 GMT

AFAIK No.
If the Auto rename option worked with all Publishing options and it had the DATE autotext then you could use it as a prefix and it might work within the limitations but this is another of the 80% tools.

Re: Publish PDF without overriding existing file

Narska — Sun, 16 May 2021 19:13:12 GMT

This date auto-text thing you mention would likely save me hours over the course of a year... I'm not a programmer but this seems like low-hanging fruit.

ejrolon wrote:
AFAIK No.
If the Auto rename option worked with all Publishing options and it had the DATE autotext then you could use it as a prefix and it might work within the limitations but this is another of the 80% tools.

Re: Publish PDF without overriding existing file

DGSketcher — Sun, 16 May 2021 21:34:42 GMT

I am using AC24 on Mac and can add <SHORTDATE> to the end of both custom file & folder names in Publisher which seem to be updating correctly these days. Earlier versions were prone to ignoring the conversion or placing the date as static. Worth a try?

Re: Publish PDF without overriding existing file

Eduardo Rolon — Sun, 16 May 2021 21:58:57 GMT

That doesn't seem to be an option in the US version.

Re: Publish PDF without overriding existing file

Eduardo Rolon — Sun, 16 May 2021 22:01:39 GMT

OK, writing <SHORTDATE> looks like it might work

Re: Publish PDF without overriding existing file

DGSketcher — Sun, 16 May 2021 22:08:08 GMT

There's a list of system auto texts here... https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/user-guide/135256/, and yes I think you have to type them in manually.

Re: Publish PDF without overriding existing file

Eduardo Rolon — Sun, 16 May 2021 22:09:01 GMT

and to get a YYYY-MM-DD without the slashes you type:

<YEARLONG>-<MONTHNUMBER>-<DAYOFMONTH>

Re: Publish PDF without overriding existing file

Podolsky — Mon, 17 May 2021 06:05:31 GMT

Yes, not all auto-texts are shown in drop-down menu - you need to type them manually and it works.

Re: Publish PDF without overriding existing file

Brian Spears — Mon, 17 May 2021 16:05:44 GMT

The short date can be configured to YYYY-MM-DD in the System Preferences.